education :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

n. the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"

education

n. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

breeding, training

n. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"

Department of Education, Education Department

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

instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity

n. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

indoctrination

n. teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically

perfection, idol, paragon, beau ideal

n. an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept

quintessence

n. the purest and most concentrated essence of something

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

literacy

n. the ability to read and write

history

n. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"

social background

n. a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"

comprehension

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

apprehension, discernment, understanding, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

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