Editing Outline of education (section)

== Educational theory and practice ==
* [[Curriculum studies]] &ndash; field where researchers and educators examine how educational experiences are designed and organized to support meaningful learning
* [[Educational research]] &ndash; systematic collection and analysis of evidence and data related to various aspects of education including student learning, interaction, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics.
* [[Instructional theory]] &ndash; study of how to design learning environments, methods, and materials in ways that facilitate learning
* [[Learning theory (education)|Learning theory]] &ndash; describes how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning.

=== Pedogagical and instructional approaches ===
{{Main|Pedagogy}}
* [[Alternative education]]
* [[Instructional design]]
* [[Learning environment]]
* [[Learning space]]
* [[Learning community]]
* [[Learning styles]]
* [[Socialization]]

==== Teaching methods ====
{{Main|Teaching method}}
[[Teaching method]] &ndash; set of principles and methods used by teachers to enable student learning.
* [[Collaborative learning]] &ndash; situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together.
* [[Context-based learning]] &ndash; use of real-life and fictitious examples in teaching environments in order to learn through the actual, practical experience with a subject
* [[Design-based learning]] &ndash; inquiry-based form of learning, or pedagogy, that is based on integration of design thinking and the design process into the classroom at the K-12 and post-secondary levels.
* [[Direct instruction]] &ndash; explicit teaching of a skill set using lectures or demonstrations of the material to students
* [[Evidence-based education]] &ndash; principle that education practices should be based on the best available scientific evidence, with randomised trials as the gold standard of evidence, rather than tradition, personal judgement, or other influences
* [[Experiential education]] &ndash; philosophy of education that describes the process that occurs between a teacher and student that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and content
* [[Experiential learning]] &ndash; process of learning through experience, and is more narrowly defined as "learning through reflection on doing"
* [[Homework]] set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed at home.
* [[Inquiry-based learning]] &ndash; form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios.
* [[Kinesthetic learning]] &ndash; learning that involves physical activity, prefering whole-body movement to process new and difficult information
* [[Learning by teaching]] &ndash; method of teaching in which students are made to learn material and prepare lessons to teach it to the other students.
* [[Online learning community]] &ndash; public or private destination on the Internet that addresses its members' learning needs by facilitating peer-to-peer learning
* [[Open learning]] &ndash; activities that either enhance learning opportunities within formal education systems or broaden learning opportunities beyond formal education systems
* [[Open classroom]] &ndash; student-centered learning space design format, where large group of students of varying skill levels would be in a single, large classroom with several teachers overseeing them.
* [[Outcome-based education]] &ndash; educational theory that bases each part of an educational system around goals (outcomes)
* [[Outdoor education]] &ndash; organized learning that takes place in the outdoors, such as during school camping trips
* [[Personalized learning]] &ndash; efforts to tailor education to meet the different needs of students.
* [[Problem-based learning]] &ndash; teaching method in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem found in trigger material
* [[Problem-posing education]] &ndash; method of teaching that emphasizes critical thinking for the purpose of liberation, coined by Brazilian educator [[Paulo Freire]] 
* [[Project-based learning]] &ndash; teaching method that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which it is believed that students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems
* [[Service-learning]] &ndash; educational approach that uses community service to meet both classroom learning objectives and societal needs
* [[Slow education]] &ndash; adaptive and non-standards based approaches to teaching
* [[Single-sex education]] &ndash; practice of conducting education with male and female students attending separate classes, buildings or schools
* [[Student-centred learning]] &ndash; methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student, aiming to develop learner autonomy and independence
* [[Taxonomy of Educational Objectives]] (Bloom's Taxonomy) &ndash; framework for categorizing educational goals, developed by a committee of educators chaired by [[Benjamin Bloom]] in 1956

=== Educational materials, tools and technologies ===
* [[Curriculum]]
* [[Educational technology]] (the use of electronic educational technology is also called e-learning)
** [[Educational animation]]
** [[Educational robotics]]
** [[Outline of open educational resources]]
* [[Instructional materials]]
** [[Lesson plan]]
** [[Textbook]]