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The Nexus Between Education And Entertainment, By Raji Usman Amao

According to Wikipedia, defines Entertainment as a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience’s attention.

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It is evidential that one has weight than the other, I will delve into the propriety of analysing the nexus of which one is more relevant in the aspect of better life and can be sustainable till eternity. I will be define what is Education and also what is Entertainment?

Education simply means a guidance on how to read, write and explore it as it was show-case in the theory aspect in the practical angle. It is the way of acquiring knowledge formally or informally and to be more knowledgeable in a particular field or subject matter.

Also, Education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession.Education is the transmission of knowledge, skills, and character traits.

While Entertainment is a act of gesticulation to amuse the audience to laugh, feel happy and relax.

According to Wikipedia, defines Entertainment as a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience’s attention.

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Lo and Behold, I will delve into why youths crave indulgence towards Entertainment than Education, Will it be a pathway success for them in life?

Entertainment helps to maintain the essential level of happiness in life, gives one delight and pleasure. It can root from a mere idea or a task, yet it developed a thousand years ago as a form of keeping the attention of the audience. This element cannot be underestimated in the students` lives.

Parents and guardians often think that when their wards are flexing on with entertainment.

Invariably, Entertainment is crucial for a child’s growth and even affects their learning capability. In some way, entertainment helps to reshape the mind of a learner, thus improving one’s concentration and refreshen their memory from consuming junky stuffs.Education tends to spur maturity, responsibility, and growth. Also, it imparts knowledge to a learner via continuous training. One can become a valuable citizen as it trains learners for future employment.

One benefit is that entertainment encourages personalized learning. A person can make an individual decision to learn concepts and gain tremendous knowledge. In class, there are several theoretical subjects. So, entertainment sometimes has elements of bringing joy and positive emotions while being meaningful to some theories learned in class. From this method, students can relate what they know from class with what they observe.

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Moreover, this approach improves creativity. This way, an individual can visualize concepts readily. Due to independent learning platforms, one can examine and even implement the ideas that are used in the entertainment process. The pleasant part of that entertainment process of learning is crucial. One explicit benefit is that students are more likely to memorize the concepts they gain from entertainment as compared to those acquired by concentrated learning. Therefore, when knowledge is delivered through the process of entertainment, a student is more likely to gain the advantage of that procedure.

Furtherly, there is what we called EDUTAINMENT is the fusion of Education and Entertainment to give it meaningful clues.

Edutainment is the new word or term used to describe the almagam of two areas or things together. It is the use of video and audio process of learning has been proved to enhance the interest of the students in education. It is possible to make the teaching a fun process when both are used concurrently and meaningfully, the instructors are more likely to design the activities of learning that improve the students’ mental and physical development.

Overall, when tye schools upgrade to teaching methods combined with pleasure, there will be an increased in the outcome.

Education and Entertainment work interwoven because one will complement the others to make it more lively, creative and provide good results that will entice young people to want to be more indulge in their study that will be easier for them without going forth and back. It is also keenly improved the awareness of virtual creativity class to enable them have access to and it is important not to deny yourself the pleasure of getting entertained, and instead consult experts when you have daunting and uphill tasks.

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