education
Other forms: educations
Whenever you learn something new, you are getting some amount of education. You might get your education in school, where you're learning to speak French, or in your garage, where you're learning how to repair your bike.
Back in the 1500s, the word education meant "the raising of children," but it also meant "the training of animals." While there are probably a few teachers who feel like animal trainers, education these days has come to mean either "teaching" or "the process of acquiring knowledge."
Definitions of education
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the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill“he received no formal education”synonyms: didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teachingtypes:coeducationthe teaching of different genders in the same institutionscontinuing educationa program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-timeclass, course, course of instruction, course of studyeducation imparted in a series of lessons or meetingselementary educationeducation in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade schoolextension, extension service, university extensionan educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular studentsextracurricular activityeducational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculumhigher educationeducation provided by a college or universitysecondary educationeducation beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory schoolteam teachinga method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of studentswork-study programan educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal studyadult educationa course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal studyart classa class in which you learn to draw or paintchildbirth-preparation classa course that teaches pregnant women to use breathing and concentration and exercise techniques to use during labordramaticsparticipation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activityathleticsparticipation in sports events as an extracurricular activitycorrespondence coursea course offered (by mail) by a correspondence schoolcourse of lecturesa series of lectures dealing with a subjectdirected studya course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subjectextension coursea course offered as part of an extension servicehome studya course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroomindustrial artsa course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schoolspropaedeutic, propaedeuticsa course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)refresher, refresher coursea course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developmentsrequired coursea course that all students are required to takeseminara course offered for a small group of advanced studentsworkshopa brief intensive course for a small group; emphasizes problem solvingtype of:activityany specific behavior
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the gradual process of acquiring knowledge“education is a preparation for life”“a girl's education was less important than a boy's”types:acculturation, assimilationthe process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structuremasteringbecoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery ofspecial educationeducation of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroomvocational education, vocational trainingtraining for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or tradeosmosisthe gradual and unconscious absorption of knowledge or ideastype of:
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knowledge acquired by learning and instruction“it was clear that he had a very broad education”types:physical educationtraining in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygieneexperiencethe accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activitiesencyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarshipprofound scholarly knowledgeenlightenmenteducation that results in understanding and the spread of knowledgewoodcraftskill and experience in matters relating to the woods (as hunting or fishing or camping)lettersscholarly attainmentsatori(Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenmenttype of:cognitive content, content, mental objectthe sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)types:catechesisoral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)catechetical instructionteaching religious principles by questions and answerslanguage teachingteaching people to speak and understand a foreign languageteaching readingteaching beginners to readschoolingthe act of teaching at schoolindoctrinationteaching someone to accept doctrines uncriticallylessona unit of instructionhypnopedia, sleep-learningteaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)spoonfeedingteaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thoughttype of:professionan occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
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the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)type of:upbringingproperties acquired during a person's formative years
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