Category: E
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Education trends
Forecasted patterns in education.
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Education program
The organized learning environment, integrating and coordinating all elements that are intended to expedite learning, educational process.
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Education major
A student whose program of studies gives primary emphasis to subject matter in an area of education and who, according to his or her institutional requirements, concentrates on a minimum number of courses or semester hours of college credit in the specialty of education.
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Education
A complex process of experiences that influence the way a person perceives him or herself in relation to the social and physical environments. It is a purposeful process for expediting learning although it does take place in other contexts. The process by which a child (and later an adult) acquires new knowledge and skills, especially…
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Educated citizenry
A goal of society according to which all members of society participate intelligently in its direction and development.
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Educable child
A child able to benefit from academic instruction at some level.
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Educability expectation
A parameter of classification that represents a predictable expectation of educational achievement.
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Ectropion
A contraction of the eyelid, usually the lower lid, so that it is turned outward and becomes easily irritated. A turning of the edge of an eyelid outwards. Turning outward (eversion) of an edge or margin, especially of the eyelid, as a result of injury, facial nerve paralysis, or atrophy of eye tissue. Weakening of…
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Ectothrix
Infection of the hair where sporulation is outside the hair. Any fungus that produces arthrospores on the hair shafts.
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Ectoplasm
The outermost portion of the cytoplasm of the microzoan cell, consisting of jellylike plasmagel that is hyaline and relatively free of granules. The outer layer of cytoplasm in cells, which is denser than the inner cytoplasm (endoplasm) and is concerned with activities such as cell movement. The external region of a cell’s protoplasm.