ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the relationship between education and schooling in general, and discusses some of the concerns that have been raised about schooling and explores some practical implications of art of living for schooling and education. It aims to establish an understanding of education that goes beyond schooling but also informs schooling through the wider philosophical and theoretical background presented. The chapter outlines some of the critiques of current school systems, mainly targeting the inflexibility, inequality and disruptiveness of schooling for people's lives. Education includes a broad range of situations, topics, tasks and interactions of which schooling covers only a small, although significant, part in the lifespan of an individual. Schmid discusses these areas of learning in the context of a suggested new school subject: "Lebensgestaltung." Schmid also draws attention to the personality of the teacher: "that the personality of the pedagogue and his/her ability for self-reflection is of even higher importance than in education in general goes without saying.".
