From Learning Society: “The schooled society devalues learning that happens outside classrooms, overlooking the crucial skills developed through work, volunteering, caring for others, and life experience. The schooled society creates a fairly rigid conception of the life course, overly prescribing where and when learning best happens … Moving beyond the schooled society requires, first, distinguishing schooling and learning. Schooling refers to formal education leading to credentials. Learning means acquiring capabilities and skills — regardless of where and how that acquisition occurs.”
