# education (learning)

people help other people acquire knowledge

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: education  ·  Arena: emergence

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [help](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-help.assistance), [knowledge](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-knowledge.cognitive), [get](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-get.acquisition)

**Through:** a group of people uses assistance to enable the acquisition of knowledge by others

**Novel properties:**
- structured guidance
- asymmetric knowledge exchange
- learning facilitation

## Examples
- In 2023, Khan Academy served 160 million lessons to students worldwide via free online videos. *(computing)*
- The University of Bologna, founded in 1088, has continuously taught law and medicine for over 900 years. *(institutions)*
- In a 2019 study, MIT researchers used spaced repetition software to teach Mandarin vocabulary to 500 volunteers in 8 weeks. *(cognitive)*

## Used by
- [college](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-college.education) (L15)
- [students](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-students.group) (L14)

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