What is Education?
'''Education''' is about learning [[skill]]s and [[knowledge]]. It also means helping people to learn how to do things and support them to think about what they learn. It is also important for educators to teach ways to find and use information. Education needs research to find out how to make it better.<ref>Anderson, Garry & Arsenault, Nancy 1998. ''Fundamentals of Educational Research''. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-97822-1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=t85N0Ka1nq8C]</ref><ref>Gitomer, Drew H. & Bell, Courtney A. (eds) 2016. ''Handbook of research on teaching''. AERA.</ref> Through education, the knowledge of [[society]], [[country]], and of the [[world]] is passed on from [[generation]] to generation. This may include education in [[morality]], for example learning how to act as loyal, honest and effective [[citizen]]. [[File:ArtAndFeminism MoMA18 - 30 - Editing with Megan Wacha.jpg|thumb|Learning in a library]] Education may help and guide individuals from one class to another. Educated people and groups can do things like help less-educated people and encourage them to get educated. [[File:Graz University-Library reading-room.jpg|thumb|[[Library]] reading-room of [[Graz|harvard library]] University.]] [[File:Jan Steen school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, 1672.jpg|thumb|A school class with a sleeping schoolmaster, oil on panel painting by [[Jan Steen]], 1672]] == Types of education == There are different ways to categorize education: for example, by age or subject. One way is to divide it into ''formal education'', ''non-[[formal]] education'', and ''informal education''. '''Formal education''' is usually in [[school]], where a person may learn basic, academic, or trade skills. Small children often attend a [[nursery]] or [[kindergarten]] but often formal education begins in [[elementary school]] and continues with [[secondary school]]. Post-secondary education, or [[higher education]], is usually at a [[college]] or [[university]] which may grant an [[academic degree]]. Or, students may go to