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Education vs Enculturation - What's the difference?

education | enculturation |

As nouns the difference between education and enculturation

is that education is the process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment while enculturation is the process by which an individual adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which he or she is immersed.

education

English

Alternative forms

* (generally jocular) educashun, educamation

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.}}

    Derived terms

    * all-round education * distance education * educational * educationist * general education * liberal education * mass education * primary education * secondary education * tertiary education * higher education * further education * edjamacation

    Related terms

    * educate

    See also

    * training * schooling

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    enculturation

    English

    (wikipedia enculturation)

    Noun

  • the process by which an individual adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which he or she is immersed

    • Related terms

    * enculturate * enculture

    Usage notes

    Some social scientists reverse the meanings of enculturation and acculturation. Primary socialization is sometimes called enculturation, while secondary socialization is sometimes called acculturation.