“教育”一词是现代教育领域中使用最为广泛的关键概念,但对它的解释众说纷云,莫衷一是,在一定程度上误导着教育实践,所以很有必要对其进行词源学的考证,只有这样才能对教育有一个更明晰的理解并指导实践。本文重点以“教育”的汉语词源学分析为重点,追其源、溯其始,然后再辅以“教育”的英语词源分析,并作简略的中西比较,从而进一步探讨出中西在教育理念、方式、方法等方面存在的根本性差异。 “Education ” is the most widely used key concept in the field of modern education. However, there are many explanations and explanations for it. It is misleading to some extent misleading educational practice, so it is necessary to etymologically Research, the only way to have a clearer understanding of education and guide practice. This essay focuses on the analysis of Chinese Etymology of “Education ”, tracing its origin, tracing back to the beginning, and then supplemented by the analysis of English etymology of “Education ” and making a brief comparison between China and the West to explore further Chinese and Western education in the concept, methods, methods and other aspects of the existence of the fundamental differences.