Etymologically, the word ‘education’ derives from the Latin word ēducātiō – meaning ‘breeding, bringing up, rearing’; from ēducō - meaning ‘I educate, I train’ and from its homonym ēdūcō – meaning ‘I lead forth, I take out, I raise up, I erect’. Education is the coupled process of teaching and learning, where teaching is facilitating and providing learning, while learning is the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Education can be either formal or informal and any experience that has a formative aim may be considered educational. Formal learning is a program of learning recognized by a qualification or certificate, which is different from non-formal learning that is not usually recognized. Formal education occurs in structured environments like schools with classrooms and multiple students, and it is classically divided into multiple stages: preschool or kindergarten, primary school, secondary school and then college, university. Instead, informal learning is any learning resulting from daily activities and experiences, and it occurs in a variety of places, such as at home, work, and through daily interactions and shared relationships among members of society.

Education as an Opportunity

Franca Daniele
2021-01-01

Abstract

Etymologically, the word ‘education’ derives from the Latin word ēducātiō – meaning ‘breeding, bringing up, rearing’; from ēducō - meaning ‘I educate, I train’ and from its homonym ēdūcō – meaning ‘I lead forth, I take out, I raise up, I erect’. Education is the coupled process of teaching and learning, where teaching is facilitating and providing learning, while learning is the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Education can be either formal or informal and any experience that has a formative aim may be considered educational. Formal learning is a program of learning recognized by a qualification or certificate, which is different from non-formal learning that is not usually recognized. Formal education occurs in structured environments like schools with classrooms and multiple students, and it is classically divided into multiple stages: preschool or kindergarten, primary school, secondary school and then college, university. Instead, informal learning is any learning resulting from daily activities and experiences, and it occurs in a variety of places, such as at home, work, and through daily interactions and shared relationships among members of society.
2021
978-608-4642-75-6
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