teaching
/'ti:tʃiɳ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act, practice, or profession of a teacher; instruction: "Teaching" refers to the work or profession of a teacher, or the act of providing knowledge or skill to someone.
- Something taught; a precept, doctrine, or body of principles or ideas: "Teaching" can also refer to a particular idea, principle, or set of beliefs that is taught, often in a moral, religious, or philosophical context.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Profession/Act):
- She has dedicated her life to the teaching of mathematics.
- Effective teaching requires patience and creativity.
- Noun (Precept/Doctrine):
- The book explores the core teachings of Buddhism.
- He tried to live according to his father's moral teachings.
Advanced Usage
- "to go into teaching": to choose teaching as a profession.
- After graduation, she decided to go into teaching.
- "teaching and learning": a common phrase referring to the combined process of instruction and acquisition of knowledge.
- The conference focused on innovations in teaching and learning.
Variants and Related Words
- Teach (verb): to impart knowledge or skill to someone.
- He teaches English at the local high school.
- Teacher (noun): a person who teaches.
- The teacher explained the concept clearly.
- Teachings (noun, plural form): often used to refer to a set of doctrines or principles.
- The prophet's teachings were recorded by his followers.
Synonyms
- Instruction: the act of teaching.
- Education: the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction.
- Doctrine: a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a group.
Related Phrases
- Teaching assistant: a student or graduate who assists a professor with teaching duties.
- The teaching assistant held a review session before the exam.
- Teaching method: a particular way or strategy of teaching.
- The professor's interactive teaching method kept students engaged.
Related Idioms
- Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.: A critical (and often disputed) proverb suggesting teaching is a profession for those not skilled in practical application. (Note: This idiom is presented for cultural literacy; its sentiment is widely contested.)
- He dismissed the critic with the old saying, "Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."
Noun
- 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
- a doctrine that is taught
- the teachings of religion
- he believed all the Christian precepts
- the profession of a teacher
- he prepared for teaching while still in college
- pedagogy is recognized as an important profession