Education Definition | What is Education? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
[n] the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded"
[n] the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
[n] the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
[n] knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
[n] the federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
education Poems and Poetry
Synonyms
breeding, Department of Education, Education Department, educational activity, training
See Also...
acculturation, acquisition, activity, assimilation, class, classroom project, coeducation, cognitive content, content, course, course of instruction, course of study, elementary education, enlightenment, eruditeness, erudition, executive department, experience, extension, extension service, extracurricular activity, foundation, grounding, higher education, homework, instruction, learnedness, learning, lesson, mastering, mental object, pedagogy, physical education, prep, preparation, profession, scholarship, school, schooling, secondary education, self-cultivation, self-education, special education, teaching, university extension, upbringing, vocational education, vocational training, work-study program
Related Terms
accomplishments, acculturation, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, attainments, broadening the mind, catechization, civility, civilization, coaching, course of study, cultivation, culture, didactics, direction, drilling, edification, enculturation, e
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