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EducationandSchooling
ItiscommonlybelievedintheUnitedStates
thatschooliswherepeoplegotogetaneducation.
Nevertheless,
ithasbeensaid
thattodaychildreninterrupttheireducationtogotoschool.
Thedistinctionbetweenschoolingandeducation
impliedbythisremarkisimportant.
Educationismuchmoreopen-endedandall-inclusivethanschooling.
Educationknowsnobounds.
Itcantakeplaceanywhere,
whetherintheshoweroronthejob;
whetherinakitchenoronatractor.
Itincludesboththeformallearningthattakesplaceinschools
andthewholeuniverseofinformallearning.
Theagentsofeducationcanrangefromareveredgrandparent
tothepeopledebatingpoliticsontheradio,
fromachildtoadistinguishedscientist.
Whereasschoolinghasacertainpredictability,
educationquiteoftenproducessurprises.
Achanceconversationwithastrangermayleadapersontodiscover
howlittleheknowsofotherreligions.
Peopleareengagedineducationfrominfancyon.
Education, then, isaverybroad, inclusiveterm.
Itisalifelongprocess,
aprocessthatstartslongbeforethestartofschool,
andonethatshouldbeanintegralpartofone’sentirelife.
Schooling, ontheotherhand, isaspecific, formalizedprocess,
whosegeneralpatternvarieslittlefromonesettingtothenext.
Throughoutacountry,
childrenarriveatschoolatapproximatelythesametime,
takeassignedseats, aretaughtbyanadult,
usesimilartextbooks, dohomework, takeexams, andsoon.
Theslicesofrealitythataretobelearned,
whethertheyarethealphabet
oranunderstandingoftheworkingsofgovernment,
haveusuallybeenlimitedbytheboundariesofthesubjectbeingtaught.
Forexample,
highschoolstudentsknow
thattheyarenotlikelytofindoutintheirclasses
thetruthaboutpoliticalproblemsintheircommunities
orwhatthenewestfilmmakersareexperimentingwith.
Therearedefiniteconditions
surroundingtheformalizedprocessofschooling.