Comment on Node ant

kathy gill — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:15:04 -0400

I have to argue -- or at last contextualize -- with this assertion: "...more than 75% of what we learn comes from experiences outside of any formal education program and from people we know outside the walls of any class."

(1) The source cited (also written by the author) references a 1994 study that focuses *specifically* on job-related **training**. "Training" and "learning" are not synonymous. That said, the learning that takes place in the workplace is only one subset of all "learning". [Original study:
http://www.bls.gov/ore/abstract/ec/ec940090.htm]