Forum Discussion
Difference between training, education, and learning?
I have a strong belief that if you're not being taught a new skill, it's not really training, it's a presentation or information session.
I'd be interested in hearing the community's take on this...
What a great question!
Education is teaching content that will be used over a length of time. We are educated and learn math that we will use over our lifetime in different environments/situations. A teacher educates by checking for understanding, creating activities, providing critical thinking, testing, re-testing, grading various types of assessments, group activities, and providing complete learner experiences/simulations over a given time period (weeks, months, years even).
Training is short-term learning of skills that is specific to an environment. Training can be applied immediately after a session. What is trained today, should be useful tomorrow. A trainer trains - monkey see, monkey do! The good trainers uses some of the teaching methods but alas, we are not given the amount of time that would allow for such an immersive experience so we are focused on behaviors that will increase performance and not so much on critical thinking.
I may be educated in word processing (what it is, various ways of processing, how to define it, editing, formatting preferences...) but I needed training in inserting a picture into Word97, then how it changed in Word 03.... up to 13.
Learning is just what we do as a result of our biology, perceptions, environments and experiences. We cannot stop learning.
