Introduction to Education Dr. Aoun Al-Khasawneh Dr. Mohammed Hamad Al-Tayti Samer Al-Aghbar Salha Khattab Adnan Al-Hassoun Fadwa Musa Latifa Ayesh Muneer Arefej

Introduction to Education Dr. Aoun Al-Khasawneh Dr. Mohamed Hamed Al-Taytisi Semeer Al-Akbar Salha Khattab Adnan Al-Hassoun Fadwa Mousa Loteefa Ayesh Munir Aref We were keen to make this book in a new, easy, simple style and in accordance with the curriculum plan for the subject. It was prepared and designed in a way that facilitates searching and exploring information, concepts, and basic educational ideas. The book contains twelve chapters: The first chapter: Education, its meanings, definitions, purposes, concepts, functions, necessity. It also clarifies the relation of education to other sciences including philosophy, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and biology. The second chapter: The historical foundations of education, illustrating the historical story of education from ancient times of Eastern peoples such as Indian, Israelite, Chinese, Croatian, Assyrian, ancient Egypt, Arab, and Islamic. It also covers education for Western peoples such as Greeks, Romans, Christianity, and discusses Renaissance societies and education from the 17th century to the 20th century. The third chapter: Ancient educational philosophies, explaining their meanings and clarifying their definitions. It also addresses the intellectual topics adopted and believed in by each philosophy, along with the most important educational directives and applications. Additionally, it provides a brief about the most important philosophers and their ideas in idealism, naturalism, existentialism, realism, pragmatism, and Islamic philosophies. At the end of the chapter, a table compares research fields of philosophies in human nature, existence, knowledge, and values to help the reader understand the diverse philosophies. The fourth chapter: Complements the discussion of new educational philosophies, similarly addressing individual, collective, non-distinctive, human selective, and Arab philosophies, with mentions of contributions by the Arab thinker Sati' Al-Husri. The fifth chapter: The psychological foundations of education, covering topics such as intelligence, abilities, aptitude, methods of measuring individual differences, and human nature. It explains the importance of attention, perception, memory, reasoning, learning, and its theories, along with influencing factors. The sixth chapter: The cultural foundations of education, defining culture, its elements, characteristics, and levels. It clarifies the meanings and importance of education and cultural behavior, as well as written material. The seventh chapter: The social foundations of education, clearly presenting the concept of society, its elements, forms, structure, types, needs, and the relationship between education and society. The eighth chapter: Education and development, explaining the concept, role, and requirements of development. It also discusses the relationship between education and change, types, theories, and manifestations of change. The ninth chapter: The educational foundations of education, comparing learning and teaching, elements of the educational process, types of learning, stages, teacher qualities, learner characteristics, and various teaching methods such as elimination, Montessori, storytelling, project-based (Dewey), and Daltan methods. It also explains the curriculum and its foundations. The tenth chapter: The environmental foundations of education, including the school (its development, factors of emergence, and functions), the relationship between school and family, functions of the family and school, arts education, and early childhood programs. The eleventh chapter: Educational renewals, justifications for educational renewal, areas, and models. It also addresses questions related to literacy, adult education, programmed education, inclusive education, special education, and education for all. The twelfth chapter: Education and learning in Jordan, with a historical perspective, the philosophy of education in Jordan, general objectives, principles of educational policy, trends for educational development, and the problems faced in Jordan.