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Difference between training, education, and learning?
I have a saying that, "Training is what you do to your dog, Education is what you provide to human beings."
When I think of training, I think of getting a person (or animal) to perform a given task/procedure with the least amount of effort necessary. It's all about getting from point A to point B in the least amount of time. Training is also almost entirely a formal learning process that focuses on physical/psychomotor skills.
Education is a man-made construct of experiences designed to help a person make implicit and tacit connections between the physical world and the internal workings of the body/mind. For this reason, the results of education tends to be more robust and profound. Education can be either formal or informal, depending on the variety of experiences that make up the whole, and can cover both physical/psychomotor skills and affective/cognitive concepts.
Learning is what occurs as connections are made; it's the result of training and education. You can have Learning occur with both, however learning from training will be limited to a single task/idea compared to deeper growth and connections that can come from diverse educational experiences.