educology en · NOUN
Etymology
From education + -o- + -logy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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:
Deriveds
educological · educologist · educologically
Translations (6)
fr éducologie (the fund of knowledge about the educational process) · uk освітологія (the fund of knowledge about the educational process) · fi kasvatustiede (the fund of knowledge about the educational process) · es educología (the fund of knowledge about the educational process) · ro educologie (the fund of knowledge about the educational process) · sq edukologjia (the fund of knowledge about the educational process)