Chapter 2

MEANING AND GOALS OF EDUCATION

Wewillidentifythelexicalandterminologicalmeaningsofeducation,
showthenecessityandthegoalsofeducation,andrefertoitsrelationto
teaching,philosophy,andpolicy.Educationistshaveconcernedwiththe
aboveasawhole.Asacomparativestudy,wehavetopasspreciselyby
allofthetopicsthatwehaverecentlypresented.Wewillexposethemin
theformofapreliminaryintroductiontothemoderneducationalstudies
as compared to the Islamic, which is the main concern of this book.