Terms Used in Education

Teaching

"teaching is the process of carrying out those activities that experience has shown to be effective in getting students to learn"

Relationship between teaching and learning

Teaching is what teachers do.

Learning is what students do.

Learning

Learning is skill acquisition and increased fluency. A teacher is anyone who affects the environment so that others learn.

Education

Education encompasses teaching and learning specific skills, and also something less tangible but more profound: the imparting of knowledge, good judgement and wisdom. Education has as one of its fundamental goals the imparting of culture from generation to generation (see socialization). Education is 'to draw out'. This means facilitating realisation of self-potential and latent talents of an individual.

The education of an individual human begins at birth and continues throughout life. Some believe that education begins even before birth, as evidenced by some parents' playing music or reading to the baby in the womb in the hope it will influence the child's development. For some, the struggles and triumphs of daily life provide far more instruction than does formal schooling (thus Mark Twain's admonition to "never let school interfere with your education"). Family members may have a profound educational effect — often more profound than they realize — though family teaching may function very informally; but formality only proves the education outside the family that is also being taught.

Technology

Technology seems to be under scrutiny for some inherent abilities to help teachers teach, help learners learn and fundamentally change the social and educational context of classrooms (Agostino, 1999; Berrien, 1998; Cuban, 1986; Oppenheimer, 1997). Using tool, equipment help to teach more effective.

The quality of assessment in technology education is dependent on the quality of teacher knowledge

The aim of assessment is to educate and improve student performance and teaching (Freeman, 1998; McGee & Fraser, 2001; Wiggins, 1998). Assessment should be designed to teach, not just to measure, by revealing to the students what worthy adult work looks like (authentic tasks) (Wiggins, 1998).

Relationship

Education system encompasses teaching and learning process. With the advent of technology, this system will be carried out and implemented more effectively. With the availability of assessment, we can determine the extent to which the effectiveness of technology-based education system for teaching and learning process.