School:Education

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Formal education consists of systematic instruction, teaching and training by professional teachers. This consists of the application of pedagogy and the development of curricula. In a liberal education tradition, teachers draw on many different disciplines for their lessons, including psychology, philosophy, information technology, linguistics, biology, and sociology. Teachers in specialized professions such as astrophysics, law, or zoology may teach only in a narrow area, usually as professors at institutions of higher learning. There is much specialist instruction in fields of trade for those who want specific skills, such as required to be a pilot, for example. Finally, there is an array of educational opportunity in the informal sphere- for this reason, society subsidizes institutions such as museums and libraries. Informal education also includes knowledge and skills learned and refined during the course of life, including education that comes from experience in practicing a profession.

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[edit] Biblography

Wikipedia article on Lev Vygotsky
Wikipedia article on Jean Piaget
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Expertise and Expert Learning
Wikipedia article on Lisa Delpi - Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
Wikipedia article on Paulo Freire

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