Communication with respect to education is based on a reasonable understanding and the use of appropriate terms. Existing educational research does not meet these two basic premises. Rather, the present educational research is mired in errors that degrade education to the level of common sense, confuse it with non-educational facts, or turn it into a simple function. As a result, the longer the research continues, the further away it becomes from the reality of education and the result of covering up education. ‘Education,’ which is contained in the term ‘education of the whole person,’ is no exception. To realize the elegant ideal of ‘education of the whole person,’ it is necessary to grasp the proper meaning of education as well as the concept of the whole person. However, the existing discussion on ‘education of the whole person’ has failed to meet expectations due to confusion in concepts and poor use of terminology. The study believed that the cause was misguided views of education and analyzed them from a critical perspective. It also carried out the work of correcting the term to the contextual meaning referred to in ‘education of the whole person.’ Through this, it is expected to contribute to eliminating obstacles to communication on ‘education of the whole person.’