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educology

educology noun: the fund of knowledge about the educational process, including theoretical, philosophical, and praxeological perspectives.

Noun

educology (uncountable)

  1. The fund of knowledge about the educational process, including theoretical, philosophical, and praxeological perspectives.
    • The rules, logical operations, and procedures that are required to substantiate knowledge claims about the field of educational phenomena constitute the discipline of educology, and comparison is one of the requisite logical operations.1981, James E. Christensen, Perspectives on education as educology, page 279

Origin of educology

From education + -o- + -logy.

Words formed from educology

Questions about educology

What does educology mean?
Educology means the fund of knowledge about the educational process, including theoretical, philosophical, and praxeological perspectives.
What part of speech is educology?
Educology is a noun.

Words near educology in the dictionary

  1. educive
  2. educological
  3. educologically
  4. educologist
  5. educologists
  6. educology
  7. educracies
  8. educracy
  9. educrat
  10. educrats
  11. educt

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