The main question addressed is how can the structure of the fund of knowledge about education be used productively and fruitfully to organize university faculties, curricula and research programs whose purpose is to teach, extend and disseminate knowledge about education. Part One deals with the questions of: (1) what is knowledge about education? (2) why is it desirable to use the term educology to denote knowledge about education? (3) what is the origin of the term educology? (4) what kinds of knowledge about education are possible? (5) what disciplines are required to produce knowledge...

There is education and educology. Education is a process in which someone intentionally teaches and someone intentionally studies under guidance some content in some physical, social and cultural setting with a view that the student achieves some range of knowing and/or understanding. The four essential elements of education are teachers, students, content and setting. Education can be official or unofficial, effective or ineffective, and good or bad. Educology is the fund of knowledge (i.e. the set of true statements) about education. Educology is produced by research. Educological research...