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includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal 87Uv+((H
learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating }?~uAU-
politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain ]q3Kd{B
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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. 6nfkZvn
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one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same '; dW'Uwc
time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, Y) h%<J
and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an rO`g~>-
understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the u20b+c4
subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their ZYt
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classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are nMa^Eq#
experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
