The Difference in
Education and
Schooling
By:
Heather Miller
Joe Glenn
Josh Augustine
ED 210
Ronald G. Helms
“I never let my schooling
interfere with my
education.”
Mark Twain
http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2004/03/25/schooling-vs-education/
So What is Education?
Is it a high school diploma, a GED, a
bachelor’s or even a Master’s degree?
You can be well educated without having any
of these things, If you know what Education
means!
Education
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Any process that shapes the potential of a
maturing organism
Determined by the knowledge skills or discipline
of character
Basic skills, academics, technical, discipline,
citizenship
Using inspiration, visionary ambitions, creativity,
risk, ability to bounce back from failure, motivation
Education can come from:
Reading
 Travel
 Watching videos or TV
 Asking questions
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Getting an Education
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Not given an education by attending school
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Education is not a spectator sport
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Self directed
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Learning can only be done by the student
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Teachers can not insure the student remembers a thing
To the uneducated, an A is just three
sticks. ~A.A. Milne
Education is a progressive discovery of our
own ignorance. ~Will Durant
Education is not preparation for life;
education is life itself. ~John Dewey
An Educated person is one that
not only knows where to find
the information one needs to
know, but also is able to use
that information productively!
We learn...
10% of what we read
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we both hear and see
70% of what is discussed
80% of what we experience personally
95% of what we teach to someone else
– William Glasser
Education can not be Tested
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Test can not measure intelligence or ability
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How the mind processes information
How motivating experiences develop
persistence
How the mind sorts out instincts, opinions,
evaluations, possibilities or alternatives
“Knowledge has not value, it’s like
a dictionary filled with words.”
Words by themselves have no value, it
requires putting them together to have
value
 “Knowledge only has value when used with
a process and process in an artificial
environment is not predictable or
measurable”
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The aim of education is to enable individuals to
continue their education ... (and) the object
and reward of learning is continued capacity
for growth. Now this idea cannot be applied to
all the members of a society except where
intercourse of man with man is mutual, and
except where there is adequate provision for
the reconstruction of social habits and
institutions by means of wide stimulation
arising from equitably distributed interests.
And this means a democratic society.
John Dewey
Education is not the
filling of a pail, but
the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats
Schooling
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The process of molding minds and behaviors
according to the interest of some particular group.
Teacher is doing the drawing out of what they believe
to be in the best interest of the child
Authority required to decide what is going to be
counted as correct
Memory and academic
Not a choice
Access to learn, does not have to learn
“My education was
interrupted only by
my schooling”
Winston Churchill
Teaching to a test
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does not inspire or motivate
anyone
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memorizing does not inspire
a love to learn, it turns off the
desire to learn
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Standardized tests are
creating failure labels
Tests label everyone that is enable to put
thoughts on paper as a failure!
What is exercised grows stronger, what is ignored
stays dormant
School stresses academics, leaving natural skills out
“Your schooling may
be over, but
remember that your
education still
continues”
Differences Between
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Education
Potential to challenge
freedom of thought
Individual chooses
because of interest
One forms own
judgment
Depends on dialogue
between people as
equals
Necessary to the world
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Schooling
Doing what you are told
Leading the individual to
follow the teacher’s
directions
Teacher chooses to be in
student’s best interest
Authority decides what is
right
the process of being
taught in a school.
Differences
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Freedom
 Education is freedom
 Schooling is not
Education is the antithesis of Schooling
 Opposites
Teachers
 Schooling requires one
 Education helps
Choice
 Schooling – teachers choice
 Education – free will
Necessity
 Education is necessary for the world
 Schooling is required
“Education is what
remains after one
has forgotten
everything he
learned in school.”
Distinctive but interrelated
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Education has to do with the processes of learning
Schooling is the means by which social, political and economic
factors shape the learning environment
They help to understand how societal values and social
policies influence decisions regarding what to teach, how to
teach, and when to teach children.
School is one location that education can take place
Education is what remains after one has forgotten
everything he learned in school.
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
What are some Differences between
education and schooling?
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Freedom
Choice
Teachers
Necessary
All the Above
What is education and
schooling?
A. Separate
B. Exact
same
C. Interrelated
D. None of the above
How does Schooling and Education
make you successful
A.
B.
C.
D.
Education is necessary for the
world
Schooling helps achieve education
Education is the foundation of
everything
All the above
Don't limit a child to
your own learning, for
he was born in another
time.
Rabbinical Saying
Bibliography
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