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includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal *?l-:bc]
learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating U;PGBoe
politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain Hj\iI p
predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may n:TW Z.9
lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from x-hr64WFK
infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process thatstarts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life. ,RA;X
Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from '3<AzR2
one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same PM(M c]6
time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, pgp@Zw)r)k
and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an bi01]
understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the vOF"p4 ^ 3
subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their a;GuFnfn,
classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are
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experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
