Definition of education-others
1. education [ n ] the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Examples:
"he received no formal education"
"our instruction was carefully programmed"
"good teaching is seldom rewarded"
(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 .
Synonyms education instruction teaching educational_activity pedagogy Related Terms activity course extension higher_education work-study_program extracurricular_activity coeducation secondary_education elementary_education lesson homework project tuition academic_program point_system Department_of_Education teach train2. education [ n ] knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
Examples:
"it was clear that he had a very broad education"
(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 .
Synonyms education Related Terms content experience eruditeness physical_education enlightenment foundation train3. education [ n ] the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
Examples:
"education is a preparation for life"
"a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
(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 .
Synonyms education Related Terms learning school vocational_training self-education special_education mastering acculturation4. education [ n ] 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 .
Synonyms education Related Terms profession teaching5. education [ n ] the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
Examples:
"a woman of breeding and refinement"
(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 .
Synonyms education breeding training Related Terms upbringing educate6. Education [ n ] the federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
Synonyms Education_Department Education Department_of_Education Related Terms executive_departmentSimilar Spelling
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Education_Secretary
