Autodidacticism or self-education is the practice of education without the guidance of schoolmasters.
Tadao Ando is a famous autodidact architect of the twenty-first century.
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. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education entails unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena.
Children in a Japanese kindergarten
Primary school classroom in Ethiopia
A high school senior (twelfth grade) classroom in the United States
Students in a laboratory at Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia
