What Is an Educand?

The child must be seen as somebody who is capable of being educated, thus: an educand. The educand is a child or youth, hence a non-adult becoming an adult. Implied in his mode of not-yet are the future prospects of may-yet and should-yet. In his actual becoming, the child is dependent on the educative support of a fellow human being without whose aid his potential humanization cannot be realized. The educator and the educand are united in a particular relationship. In giving his pedagogic support to the educand, the educator has a definite purpose in view: bringing his charge to adulthood. In the course of his humanization the child is in need of aid and support which the adult mentor supplies. This mutual striving towards the non-adult's adulthood creates a pedagogic relationship between the two participants.