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education
has definitions from the fields of work,education,psychology,government
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[ noun ] (education) the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Synonyms Examples "he received no formal education" "our instruction was carefully programmed" "good teaching is seldom rewarded" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)One or two of the schools have a five year curriculum , but the usual pattern of American education has limited most of them to the four year plan which seems to be the minimum in acceptable institutions . There is plenty of opportunity for proper education today . |
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[ noun ] knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
Examples "it was clear that he had a very broad education" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Mr._Bates shows us how this mutual education spreads its inevitable havoc . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The architects do not believe that the education of the interior_designer is sufficiently good or sufficiently extended to compare with that of the architect and that , therefore , the interior_designer is incapable of understanding the architectural principles involved in planning the interior of a building . Ordinary politeness may have militated against this opinion being stated so badly but anyone with a wide acquaintance in both groups and who has sat through the many round_tables , workshops or panel_discussions - whatever they are called - on this subject will recognize that the final , boiled_down crux_of_the_matter is education . It will occur to anyone that the teacher must have adequate education , a depth and breadth of knowledge far beyond the immediate necessities of his course plus complete dedication to his subject and to his students . We must build a corps of highly professional teachers of interior_design who have had education , experience in the profession and are willing to take_on the usual accompaniments of teaching - minimal income and minimal status among their confreres . Related terms content experience eruditeness physical_education enlightenment foundation train |
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[ noun ] (psychology,education) the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
Examples "education is a preparation for life" "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` A person with a master's_degree in physics , chemistry , math or English , yet who has not taken Education courses , is not permitted to teach in the public_schools '' , said Grover . College teachers in Texas are not required to have the Education courses . |
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[ noun ] (work,education) the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)A veteran Jackson_County legislator will ask the Georgia_House Monday to back federal aid to education , something it has consistently opposed in the past . Rep._Mac_Barber of Commerce is asking the House in a privilege resolution to `` endorse increased federal support for public education , provided_that such funds be received and expended '' as state funds . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Dr._Clark has served as teacher and principal in Oklahoma high_schools , as teacher and athletic director at Raymondville_,_Texas_,_High_School , as an instructor at the University_of_Oklahoma , and as an associate_professor of education at Fort_Hays_,_Kan._,_State_College . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)One solution is the acquisition of degrees in education but it is a poor substitute . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
Examples "a woman of breeding and refinement" Used in print (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)For a moment she thought_of answering with the truth but she knew there were men who shied_away_from virginity , who demanded some degree of education in body as_well_as mind . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (government,education) the federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
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