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Guidance and Counseling

Notes The educationists and philosophers have defined education as process of development. Some
definitions have explained here for this purpose.
“By education I mean all-round drawing the best in child and man body, mind and soul.”
— M.K. Gandhi
According to Gandhi education is a process for training of hand, head and heart, i.e., 3H of a
child and man.
The process of development has been defined and explained in the following terms :
(a) Educational Guidance is a dynamic process.
(b) Educational Guidance is a continuous process or life-long process.
(c) Educational Guidance is a tripolar process, and
(d) Educational Guidance is a purposeful or objective-oriented process.
In this way, education means a process for developing child’s abilities by imparting
knowledges.
(2) Educational Guidance as a Teachers-training : The term ‘Education’ is also used for preparing
teachers, i.e., teachers-education. In these colleges of Education, theory and methodology of
teaching are taught to the pupil-teachers teaching practice is organised to prepare effective-
teachers. These colleges of education were called training colleges but not the term ‘training’
has been replaced by the term ‘Education’. Thus, the second meaning of Education is training
for teachers.
(3) Educational Guidance as an instrument of social change and social control : During ancient
times the social change was brought about by social war and battle. After Mahabharat
Bhismpitahma has expected for the new changed society. But today the social change and
social control is possible peacefully by changing the education. Mahatma Gandhi had tried
to reform the untouchability of caste system in society but he could not succeed. Education
could reform the evil of untouchability by introducting uniform system in the schools. In
this way, the fifth meaning of education is as an instrument of social change and social
control.
(4) Educational Guidance is the creator and creature of the society : The society establishes the
education institutions to create new society according to its leads. Thus, society creates
education and education creates new society. It is an effective agency for developing and
forming new society. In this way, sixth meaning is that education is the creator and creature
of the society.
(5) Educational Guidance as a filtering process : In India democratic form of government has
adopted. Abraham Lincon defines the term ‘democracy’ as “The government of people, for
the people and by the people.” The government by the people means that such people and
by the people.” The government by the people means that such people would be prepared
by the education who was provide the leadership is the various fields. In education system,
there are tests is to filtering the people who can reach at the top level which may provide
the leadership and will govern the people. Thus, education is a filtering process in the
democracy.
(6) Educational Guidance is for future or futurology : The purpose of Education is to prepare
people for future not for today. They would be capable to acquire the place and can pace
with the world. Thus, the education is given for future always. The orientation of education
is towards life situation.

6.2 Definitions of Educational Guidance

“Guidance in the wider context of a total curriculum and embracing education of everyone of the
basic activity patter-intellectual as well as social, economic as well as artists, moral as well as

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