Pedagogical theory embraces a wide range of factors to be considered and the new
area of study, instruction and learning, is one of these factors, though its importance is
growing in academic circles. It is an egregious fallacy to view the theory of instruction
and learning as representative of all theories of education. Sectional debate, as we see
today in the realm of education, is a recent development which surfaced to the fore in
the late 1970s: all related theories had been subsumed under the greater theme of
education before this decade. The earlier classification of educational disciplines as an
independent realm of study is articulated in such appellations as educational
philosophy, educational psychology, educational administration and educational
sociology.