Difference between revisions of "Education"

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Education is the process of facilitating learning.

Description

Knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits of a group of people are transferred to other people, through storytelling, discussion, teaching, training, or research.

Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators, but learners may also educate themselves in a process called autodidactic learning.

Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational.

Education is commonly and formally divided into stages such as preschool, primary school, secondary school and then college, university or apprenticeship. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy.

Right to education

A right to education has been recognized by some governments. At the global level, Article 13 of the United Nations' 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognizes the right of everyone to an education.

Compulsory education

Although education is compulsory in most places up to a certain age, attendance at school often isn't, and a minority of parents choose home-schooling, sometimes with the assistance of modern electronic educational technology (also called e-learning).

Formal and informal settings

Education can take place in formal or informal settings.

See also

• Citizen Maths
• Curriculum
• Distance education
• Educational technology
• Information
• Knowledge
• Learning
• Machine learning
• Pedagogy
• Problem solving
• Reason
• Syllabus
• Syllabus versus curriculum

External links

• Education @ Wikipedia