From Envirowiki

Education is the process of teaching people new concepts or skills. It can also include teaching people how to learning.

Much modern day education takes place in schools, and has become somewhat synonymous with the school system. But education doesn't have to take place in schools, and any experience can be educating if one learns from it. Self education can be much more important for some people, especially those who find it hard to deal with the rote learning systems in place in nearly all primary and secondary schools.

Alternatives to rote learning include problem-based learning, in which one is given a problem to solve, and in doing so learns the skills or knowledge

In Siddharta, Herman Hesse argues that wisdom cannot be taught, or learnt from a teacher, only knowledge can, but that that knowledge can contribute to the process of becoming wise.