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Learning that takes place in schools or school-like environments (formal education) or in the world at large; the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society.
In developing cultures there is often little formal education; children learn from their environment and activities, and the adults around them act as teachers. In more complex societies, where there is more knowledge to be passed on, a more selective and efficient means of transmission
the school and teacher
becomes necessary. The content of formal education, its duration, and who receives it have varied widely from culture to culture and age to age, as has the philosophy of education. Some philosophers (e.g., Rousseau ) have seen the innate human state as desirable in itself and therefore to be tampered with as little as possible, a view often taken in alternative education. See also behaviourism ; John Dewey ; elementary education ; higher education ; kindergarten ; lyceum movement ; progressive education ; public school ; special education ; teaching .
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Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
continuing education
adult education
education philosophy of
elementary education
primary education
higher education
National Education Association
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physical education
preschool education
progressive education
secondary education
special education
technical education