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can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It 4;RCPC
includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal =nx:GT3&[
learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating Wi[m`#
politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain tRnW%F5
predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may JhCk kw
lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from 9 9 "[b
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. d:hL
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Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from $ [ iT~B$
one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same oD#>8Aw s
time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, Y#&0x_Z
and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an Y^2Qxo3"3
understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the iv:/g|MBI&
subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their B>Cs&}Y!
classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are "6N~2q,SW
experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.
