haridusteadust
Haridusteadust, literally education science, is the interdisciplinary scholarly field that studies education and learning across formal and informal settings. It seeks to understand how people acquire knowledge, how teaching can be organized most effectively, and how educational institutions shape individual and social outcomes.
Its subfields span pedagogy and didactics, curriculum studies, assessment and evaluation, educational psychology, sociology of education,
Methodologically, haridusteadust uses qualitative methods such as interviews and ethnography, quantitative methods including large-scale surveys and
Historically, the field emerged in Europe and North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
In practice, haridusteadust informs teacher education, curriculum development, assessment policy, and educational reform. It aims to