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OVERVIEW OF EDUCATION

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8 The world around us is as a result of two major factors. It is either you teach or you learn. The teaching and learning that occurs is what we mostly term it as education. Education in its sense has no definite definition. One describes education according to the way he or she sees it. Many scholars have come up with school of thoughts about education. All these scholars (John Dewey, Ellen White, Plato etc.) all have different approach to defining education. That is to say, they all spoke about education from different views. However, they all have some common analogies in their description about education.  John Dewey (1916), the American Educationist came up with his view of education that education has no end and the end of one's life means the end of his or her education. This lay much emphasis on education as a way of life which helps us to grow through constant change; improving our lifestyle and providing good living. Dewey also believed that human beings learn through