Asynchronous task: A. Gather as many definitions of Education as you can. Make sure to cite the authority for each definition. e.g. "Education is the active aspect of philosophical belief, the practical means of realizing ideals of life." T.P. Nunn

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Name: Maria Ana N. Romano     Program: MAED-PE


1. "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." -John Dewey 

2. "Education is the active aspect of philosophical belief, the practical means of realizing ideals of life.-T.P. Nunn 

3. "The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done—men who are creative, inventive, and discoverers."-Jean Piaget

4. "Education is the creation of a sound mind in a sound body."-Aristotle

5. "Education is the process of directing youth towards what they must become when grown up."-Plato 

6. "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him."-John Locke 

7. "By education, I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man—body, mind, and spirit."-Mahatma Gandhi 

8. "The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but to be yourself all the time."-Jiddu Krishnamurti 

9. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."-Nelson Mandela 

10. "Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits."-UNESCO 

11. "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."-Albert Einstein

12. "Education must not simply teach work – it must teach life."-W.E.B. Du Bois 

13.  "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."- Malcolm X

14. "Education does not change the world. Education changes people. People change the world."-Paulo Freire

15. "The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence."-Rabindranath Tagore 

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