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Education provides guided and intended learning across various human disciplines. The result of disciplined inquiry about education is distinct from the process of education itself. If adequate, educational research should result in knowledge about education—that is, educology. Educology is needed to improve education, in contrast to trial-and-error approaches. Education should not only become more effective; it should also become more worthwhile. Not all effective education is worthwhile. Education can be instrumentally valuable but lack intrinsic value. We should avoid effective yet bad education. Instead, we should seek worthwhile education—that is both instrumentally and intrinsically good. Worthwhile education should be designed to improve the quality of life for everyone everywhere.
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Frick, T.W. (2021). Educology Is Interdisciplinary: What Is It? Why Do We Need It? Why Should We Care?. In: Hokanson, B., Exter, M., Grincewicz, A., Schmidt, M., Tawfik, A.A. (eds) Intersections Across Disciplines. Educational Communications and Technology: Issues and Innovations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53875-0_3
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