The philosophy of education is the branch of applied philosophy that investigates the nature of education as well as its aims and problems. It also examines the concepts and presuppositions of educati
Inscribed herma of Plato (Berlin, Altes Museum)
Bust of Aristotle. Roman copy after a Greek bronze original by Lysippos from 330 BC.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Maurice Quentin de La Tour
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education happens in a complex institutional framework, like public schools. Non-formal education
Young children in a kindergarten in Japan
Primary school classroom in Ethiopia
A high-school senior (twelfth grade) classroom in the United States
Students in a laboratory in the Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University in Russia