The Challenge of establishing a common set of terms for discourse, inquiry and research in educational science

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Andragogika; Edukologija; Pedagogika; Sampratų diskursas; Švietimas; Andragogy; Education; Educology; Lithuania; Pedagogics; Pedagogy; Terms discourse.

ENA brief history of the use of the term educology in the world and Lithuania is presented. A comparative analysis of various educational phenomena such as education, selfeducation, pedagogy, andragogy, training, fostering, teaching, learning and others is conducted. The difference between educology (knowledge about education) and education as process are identified. Three main processes - child education, child partial self-education and adult full self-education - encompassing education as phenomenon are presented. A semantic analyis is made of the words education and educology in Greek, Latin, Italian, English, Russian and Lithuanian. The main finding of the research is that educology can be understood as research on the three levels of education, viz. child education, child self-education and adult self-education. Educological research has as its purpose the extension of knowledge about these processes. [From the publication]