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  2. Linenfold - Wikipedia

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    The linenfold of France, Netherlands, and Germany "is carved with a sharper definition and greater delicacy than was usual in England", [7] where an early linenfold panelling can be seen in the hall screen at Compton Wynyates.

  3. Definitions of education - Wikipedia

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    Definitions of education try to determine the essential features of education. Many general characteristics have been ascribed to education. However, there are several disagreements concerning its exact definition and a great variety of definitions have been proposed by theorists belonging to diverse fields.

  4. Education - Wikipedia

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    Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits and manifests in various forms. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum.

  5. Not only a matter of education - HuffPost

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    in achievement, the definition of a good education is based on the results on standardized tests in reading and mathematics, for which children are tested in grades 3 through 8. “If a child fails the test, she is judged not to have received a good education from the school. If the school does not make

  6. Learning theory (education) - Wikipedia

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    The German word Gestalt is roughly equivalent to the English "emergence (of a form-as in the game pictionary, when all of a sudden one recognises what the person is trying to convey - the form and meaning "emerge")", configuration or organization and emphasizes the whole of human experience. [27]

  7. Instructional theory - Wikipedia

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    An instructional theory is "a theory that offers explicit guidance on how to better help people learn and develop." [ 1 ] It provides insights about what is likely to happen and why with respect to different kinds of teaching and learning activities while helping indicate approaches for their evaluation. [ 2 ]

  8. Bildung - Wikipedia

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    Bildung (German: [ˈbɪldʊŋ] ⓘ, "education", "formation", etc.) refers to the German tradition of self-cultivation (as related to the German for: creation, image, shape), wherein philosophy and education are linked in a manner that refers to a process of both personal and cultural maturation.

  9. Glossary of education terms (A–C) - Wikipedia

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    The word comes from the akademeia just outside ancient Athens, where the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning. Academic degree A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.