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A lesson or class is a structured period of time where <a href="/facts/Learning/lehEKRjC">learning</a> is intended to occur. It involves one or more <a href="/facts/Student/rEltb5wk">students</a> (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a <a href="/facts/Teacher/5zkjcWo8">teacher</a> or instructor. A lesson may be either one section of a <a href="/facts/Textbook/9sunkH2y">textbook</a> (which, apart from the printed page, can also include <a href="/facts/Multimedia/PtJteq27">multimedia</a>) or, more frequently, a short period of time during which learners are taught about a particular subject or taught how to perform a particular activity. Lessons are generally taught in a <a href="/facts/Classroom/RIPkR5M6">classroom</a> but may instead take place in a <a href="/facts/Situated_learning/JnljWPKd">situated learning</a> <a href="/facts/Social_environment/FQwohJQF">environment</a>.
In a wider sense, a lesson is an insight gained by a learner into previously unfamiliar subject-matter. Such a lesson can be either planned or accidental, enjoyable or painful. The colloquial phrase "to teach someone a lesson", means to punish or scold a person for a mistake they have made in order to ensure that they do not make the same mistake again.
Lessons can also be made entertaining. When the term <a href="/facts/Education/WIwsQKF9">education</a> is combined with <a href="/facts/Entertainment/XXRnLM62">entertainment</a>, the term <a href="/facts/Edutainment/SXKNW3Dj">edutainment</a> is coined.

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