education

1. The activities of educating or instructing;
   Activities that impart knowledge or skill (synset 100884975)
   "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
   associated with:

   • education - the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
   • point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules
   • education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
   • academic program - (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)
   • department of education, education, education department - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
   • tuition, tuition fee - a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • coeducation - education of men and women in the same institutions
   • continuing education - a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time
   • class, course, course of instruction, course of study - education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
   • elementary education - education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school
   • extension, extension service, university extension - an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
   • extracurricular activity - educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum
   • higher education - education provided by a college or university
   • secondary education - education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school
   • team teaching - a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students
   • work-study program - an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study
   has:

   • classroom project - a school task requiring considerable effort
   • classwork - the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom
   • homework, prep, preparation - preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
   • lesson - a task assigned for individual study
   same as: didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
2. Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction (synset 105993172)
   "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
   is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
   subtypes:

   • physical education - training in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygiene
   • experience - the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
   • encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship - profound scholarly knowledge
   • enlightenment - education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
   • foundation, grounding - education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
3. The gradual process of acquiring knowledge (synset 105761561)
   "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
   referred to in: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
   is a type of: acquisition, learning - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
   subtypes:

   • acculturation, assimilation - the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
   • mastering - becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of
   • self-cultivation, self-education - the process of educating yourself
   • school, schooling - the process of being formally educated at a school
   • special education - education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom
   • vocational education, vocational training - training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade
4. The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) (synset 100612720)
   referred to in: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
   is a type of: profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
   subtypes: instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the profession of a teacher
5. The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) (synset 104929077)
   "a woman of breeding and refinement"
   is a type of: upbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years
   same as: breeding, training
6. The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students);
   Created 1979 (synset 108149619)
   referred to in: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
   is a type of: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
   same as: department of education, education department

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