Education

Word EDUCATION
Character 9
Hyphenation ed u ca tion
Pronunciations /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃn̩/

Definitions and meanings of "Education"

What do we mean by education?

The act or process of educating or being educated. noun

The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process. noun

A program of instruction of a specified kind or level. noun

The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning. noun

An instructive or enlightening experience. noun

The imparting or acquisition of knowledge; mental and moral training; cultivation of the mind, feelings, and manners. noun

The rearing of animals, especially bees, silkworms, or the like; culture, as of bacteria in experimenting; a brood or collection of cultivated creatures. noun

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline noun

The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment. noun

Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally. noun

The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) noun

The gradual process of acquiring knowledge noun

Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction noun

The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill noun

The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 noun

The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) noun

The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Education

The word "education" in example sentences

For example I added myself to the education directory this way @wefollow #education. ❋ Mr. Byrne (2009)

If this be true, and popular opinion is to supersede the wisdom of the experts, if the people are really to have power, and be competent critics of good government, or merely to become good material in the hands of constructive statesmanship, education must include or be essentially _political education_. ❋ G.E. Partridge (N/A)

But if this be granted, I have established my contention that the Humanities should not be treated as a mere crown and ornament of education; that they should inform every part of it, from the beginning, in every school of the realm: that whether a child have more education or less education, what he has can be, and should be a ‘liberal education’ throughout. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Ornamental education is not wanted -- it is worse than useless until a _useful education_ has been inculcated. ❋ Richard King (1913)

” And, as I am afraid it is not permissible to speak of this form of opposition to scientific education in the past tense; may we not expect to be told that this, not only omission, but prohibition, of “mere literary instruction and education” is a patent example of scientific narrow-mindedness? ❋ Unknown (1909)

But notwithstanding the fact that I value most highly a _genuinely_ religious education, I feel that for the purposes just mentioned we cannot place much reliance upon _that which in our schools of to-day passes by the name of religious education_. ❋ Albert Moll (1900)

His intellect had been less cultivated by education, and _education adds to the beauty of the face_. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

_Well, then, as you have such a great objection to a child commencing his education early in life, at what age may he, with safety, commence his lessons? and which do you prefer -- home or school education_? ❋ Pye Henry Chavasse (1844)

Mendelssohn, the son of a poor rabbin, in a village in Germany, received an education completely rabbinical, and its nature must be comprehended, or the term of _education_ would be misunderstood. ❋ Isaac Disraeli (1807)

It will be an education _to fit them for an education_ to be introduced with the progress of that fitness; intellectual culture finding a felicitous adaptation of the soil. ❋ John Foster (1806)

When it comes to education, the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study. ❋ Unknown (2008)

HPFacebookVote. init (80494552133, 125205, 'McCain Sex-Ed Ad Launched; Obama Camp: "Perverse"', 'John McCain is out with a response ad to Barack Obama\'s attacks today on his education policy, accusing the Democratic nominee of not accomplishing a single education-related goal other than to promote \ "comprehensive sex education\" to kindergartners. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The fear of govt. in education is taken to the extreme (once again). ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am a proud "neoliberal" in education because I believe "education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army"; better yet, the best defense against an army of ignoramuses. ❋ Alemayehu G. Mariam (2010)

Incidentally, money invested in education is money we get back in the form of lower crime rates, increased tax revenue, and a more skilled workforce. ❋ Bill Folman (2010)

As a consequence, inclusion in education is a process concerning with the never-ending search to find better ways of responding to diversity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One reason the rest of the world surpasses us in education is precisely because they do not buy Biblical (or other religious) Revelation over Reason, and as importantly, they do not buy Authoritarian proclamations as substitutes for independent scientific inquiry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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