Philosophy of Education What does it mean to educate? The Webster’s New American Dictionary defines the word educate as “to provide with schooling; to develop mentally and morally; to provide with information, train, discipline, school, instruct, teach.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines education as "The systematic instruction, schooling or training given to the young in preparation for the work of life; by extension, similar instruction or training obtained in adult age. Also,the whole …showed first 75 words of 535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 535 total…in a high school or college situation. Education for most people begins outside of the classroom. What is learned in school should not be considered an education. A better word one should consider is knowledge, or perhaps knowledge of information. Knowledge is gained in school. And knowledge is not an education in itself. When a person can use the information he has learned and apply them to everyday things then that person is truly educated.