Education vs Schooling

Even though schooling is frequently misidentified as education, there is much

difference between education and schooling. The term education encompasses
basically two meanings. They are formal and informal ways of gaining
knowledge while schooling stands for the initial and secondary stage of formal
education system that take place in school. Education as mentioned above can
take place not only through informal ways such as learning from peers, life
experiences, by reading or learning things through online sources but also
through formal means. For instance, through educational institutions
like school, university or even training colleges. Thus, it becomes clear schooling
is one branch of formal education in the wide arena of education. In this article,
we will be discussing the sources of knowledge, the stages and the participants
of both schooling and when education is concerned as a whole.

What is Schooling?
School is the initial stage of formal student education in most countries. It is
common for youngsters who are below the age of schooling to attend pre-
schools for basic educational skills. The historical evidence of education
institutions similar to schools in the present day runs back to the days of ancient
Greek, Rome and Indian civilizations. In all these ancient contexts attendance to
formal education institutions was considered a privilege and depended on social
classes. In the modern day, school education is considered as one of the basic
rights of citizens. As well, many countries have government schools and their
fee is rather affordable to the general public.

Normally, children of age 6-8 are enrolled to schools and are promoted to higher
grades or classes depending on their performance. In all schools, be it public or
privatized, there are specific curricula intended for each age groups or grades.
When the administration of schools are concerned principle or a head-
teacher /master is in charge of the management and under his supervision there
are heads of sections, units and teachers in charge of classes. The students in
school are educated in classroom settings with teachers acting as resource
persons. There are occasions where teacher’s role is played by computer
assisted learning. It is important to remember in schools the teaching process is
pre-scheduled , and a rigid structure involves in everything including student
categorization,administration and promotion to higher levels. School education
eventually leads to university/college education.

What is Education?
The terms education covers not only formal, but also informal methods of
gaining knowledge. It includes formal means of education that start with schools
and continue to universities, post-graduate institutes which are high in the
hierarchy. Formal aspect of education is always systematic, pre-scheduled and
well administered by authorities. In addition, each stage of formal education
leads to higher levels in education. As well, more importantly all other informal
means of knowledge like learning from peers, in work situations, from sources
like books, online sources and free lecture sessions that take place outside
educational institutions are also part of education. When this informal aspect of
education is concerned as a whole, it is not systematic, pre-scheduled or
properly administered. Most of the time the learning content is not pre-
scheduled, it is either random or depends on the interest of the learner. Also,
there is no specific stage that leads from one to another in this case, for
example, the concept of lifelong education. It is noteworthy that the term
education stands for both these formal, institutionalized and informal,
personalized ways of learning.

What is the difference between Education

and Schooling?
So when schooling and education concerned respectively it is noticeable,

• Education is a wider concept that includes both formal and informal means of
gaining knowledge whereas schooling is the first stage of formal education in
most countries.

• Other than schooling there are higher levels of formal education institutions
such as university, graduate school, etc.

• Formal means of education like schooling vary from that of informal because
of the pre-scheduled content, administration and levels that lead to one other.

• When education concerned as a whole, it includes both these formal and

informal means of acquiring knowledge.

So, in conclusion, schooling stands for the formal education system that take
place in school while the term education includes a number of different sources
of knowledge both formal and informal.
Difference between Teaching and Instruction

Teaching Instruction

1 Teaching works for overall development. Instruction works for skill development.

2 Teaching arouses critical thinking. Instruction arouses functional thinking.

Instruction aims for producing carbon copy or

3 Teaching produces new product.
photocopy.

4 Teaching is explaining how something is done. Instruction is telling how something is done.

When you teach someone, you may transmit

When you instruct someone, you’re giving him
5 almost anything: concepts, ideas, theories or, say,
a set of tools or tasks to do something specific.
history.

6 A teacher strews ideas to be subverted. An instructor lays down rules to be obeyed.

7 Teaching provokes. Instructions prescribes.

8 Teaching is liberation. Instruction is regimentation.