Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Train, Instruct, Teach and Educate

^^^ That's my cute little diagram you asked me to make in class.

Education - Any situation where something is learned. Does not necessarily involve training, instruction or teaching.
Instruction - The act of transferring specific knowledge. Does not necessarily result in learning or involve training or teaching.
Training - Instruction for the purpose of eliciting a specific task or activity.
Teaching - The art of creating a situation and/or environment where education occurs. Usually involves training and instruction, but does not always result in learning.

Instruction is passive - one person or medium attempting to transfer information to another or group of human beings.

Training is two way, between the instructor and the learner, but has a focus of a specific task or set of tasks.

Teaching is interactive, between the instructor (teacher) and the student or students. It relies, or should rely, more on directing the student to their learning, has a much broader scope than training, and often has hidden curricula.
Education is whenever someone learns, from the formality of a College Law class to when a two year old puts their hand on a hot stove.

1 comment:

Jessi said...

Hi Max,

I'm taking a class titled "Theory of Instructional Design" this semester from my school. Do you mind if I ask what text you are using? (Sorry if you mentioned it somewhere and I missed it) Jessi