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Education is the process of acquiring and imparting knowledge, which is crucial to the conscious advancement of a learner to his or her participation in the transformation of the world for a better tomorrow. Educative process can be a bipolar, tripolar, or multipolar process. The components of educative process are knowledge, application of skills, understan... [More]
Education is the process of acquiring and imparting knowledge, which is crucial to the conscious advancement of a learner to his or her participation in the transformation of the world for a better tomorrow. Educative process can be a bipolar, tripolar, or multipolar process. The components of educative process are knowledge, application of skills, understanding, comprehension, expression, appreciation, teaching, learning, initiation, instruction, training, and indoctrination. Among these, knowledge takes a dominant position. Herbert Spencer stated that education is a preparation for “complete living”. Education is classified into formal, informal, and nonformal types. Nursing education is a professional education that is consciously and systematically planned and executed through instruction and discipline. The goals of nursing education are harmonious development, inculcating the right attitude, knowledge and skill aim, emphasis on high-tech-high-touch approach, professional development, leadership development, social aim, citizenship, and assisting to build a promising career. The current trends in nursing education include curriculum changes, innovations in teaching and learning, educational quality assurance, transnational acceptance, etc. Multipolar process, formal education, informal education, nonformal education, nursing education, transnational acceptance[Less]