The concept of education will be defined by three educational theories, Páll Skúlason’s and Guðmundur Finnbogason’s combined theory of human nature, John Dewey’s theory of experinece and Nel Noddings’s theory of happiness.
Menntunarhugtakið verður skilgreint út frá þremur menntakenningum, mannkjarnakenningu Guðmundar Finnbogasonar og Páls Skúlasonar, reynslukenningu John Dewey og hamingjukenningu Nel Noddings.