teaching

1. The profession of a teacher (synset 100888759)
   "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
   is a type of: education - the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
   subtypes:

   • catechesis - oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)
   • catechetical instruction - teaching religious principles by questions and answers
   • language teaching - teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language
   • teaching reading - teaching beginners to read
   • schooling - the act of teaching at school
   • indoctrination - teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
   • tuition, tutelage, tutorship - teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
   • lesson - a unit of instruction
   • hypnopedia, sleep-learning - teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)
   • spoonfeeding - teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
   • lecture, lecturing - teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
   same as: instruction, pedagogy
2. A doctrine that is taught (synset 106195690)
   "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
   is a type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
   subtypes:

   • golden rule - a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount
   • mitsvah, mitzvah - (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
   same as: commandment, precept
3. 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, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy

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