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reeducation

reeducation

1 5.4
Teaching someone new skills to replace old knowledge or habits
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪʃən/
translation icon : reentrenamiento
  • The government offers reeducation programs to help workers adapt to new technologies.
  • muscle reeducation

I'm going to a reeducation camp where I'm going to learn how to say substantive without double clutching.

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Examples

  • After years of outdated training, her reeducation focused on modern teaching methods.

  • The research team decided to develop a robot system to aid the therapist in providing upper extremity reeducation for stroke patients.

    Academic text (1991)

  • MMCP completed its mission of research, development, and teacher reeducation two decades ago.

    Academic text (1991)

  • I'm afraid I'm going to have to schedule you for a reeducation session.

    Blog text (5)

  • I admit my own fallibility, and I also now realize the importance of the reeducation of the English language.

    Blog text (3)

  • In the late 1950s, the United States Office of Education recognized that the success of teaching the recommended higher-level mathematics courses, including calculus in high school, hinged on teacher reeducation.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The nonprofit organization provides reeducation for former inmates to prepare them for jobs.

Synonyms

refresher
vsreeducation
17 4.1

A short course that reviews skills and teaches new ways to do them

seeks to replace previous knowledge and habits instead of reviewing them
retraining
vsreeducation
14 3.9

Learning new skills to do a different job

focuses on replacing old knowledge or habits across contexts
edification
vsreeducation
  • Formal
7 7.4

Learning that improves the mind or character

focuses on replacing old skills or habits rather than improving morals
reinstruction
vsreeducation
6.0

To teach or train someone again to refresh their skills

aims to replace previous knowledge and habits rather than just refresh

Compounds

reeducation camp
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A place where a government holds people and forces them to change their beliefs

reeducation initiative
  • Formal
7.5

A program that teaches people new skills and helps them change their behaviour

How Intensive

reeducation
1 5.4
retraining
14 3.9
training
∞ 1.5
orientation
48 3.2

Surface Forms

reeducation singular
reeducations plural

Morphology

reeducation = education (transparent) = re + educate + ion

Adding the productive prefix 're-' to 'education' clearly gives the meaning of education again or anew.

Etymology

Reeducation comes from re- meaning 'again' and education meaning 'teaching' or 'training'. So in medicine or work it means 'teaching someone again' to regain lost skills or learn new ones, like relearning to walk after an accident or retraining for a new job.