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Abstract

We tend to think of learning in terms of the arrangements and procedures involved in school. This is how we in the United States and other industrialized nations master large, print-based bodies of information and achieve certification for adult status and occupations. However, it is not the only way we learn. Much of what we learn is part of the process of growing up as a member of a social group. We learn to walk, talk, eat, dress, cook, ride a bicycle, and acquire many other skills and associated knowledge without taking courses…

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