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teach-in

teach-in

2 7.0
A long meeting at a university to learn about and discuss an important or controversial issue
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːtʃ ɪn/
translation icon : encuentro educativo
  • teach-ins and protests

Examples

  • "The first Earth Day drew an estimated 20 million people in the United States to lectures, meetings, teach-ins, and a variety of celebrations."

    Academic text (1990)
  • Have you talked to your friend Professor Coleman about giving a lecture or a teach-in at Duke?

    Blog text (22)
  • The former Dean of Students, now in her 70s, who was just starting her career here in 1968, tells us about the teach-ins and the protests.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Along with more conventional and sanctioned organizing tactics such as membership drives, demonstrations, strikes, and teach-ins, those of us

    Academic text (2005)
  • The university organized a teach-in to discuss the impacts of climate change on society.

  • During the teach-in, the professor encouraged students to share their views on the controversial topic.

  • Many students participated in the teach-in, which focused on important social justice issues facing the community.

Synonyms

seminar
vsteach-in
209 3.7

A small class where people discuss a topic with a teacher

is a larger, public, extended event focused on controversial issues
to lecture
vsteach-in
65 3.8

To give a talk that teaches people about a subject, often at a university

is extended and involves group discussion on important issues
public lecture
vsteach-in
1 2.8

A talk on a subject that anyone can attend

is longer and includes open discussion and debate

How Formal

conference
  • Formal
3.0
lecture
365 3.1
teach-in
2 7.0
seminar
209 3.7
talk
718 1.8
discussion
1.4

Surface Forms

teach-in singular
teach-ins plural

Morphology

teach-in = teach (semi-transparent) = in + teach

The parts suggest an event involving teaching, but the specific meaning of an organized extended discussion meeting on a public issue is not fully predictable from the components alone. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Teach-in comes from putting teach and in together, literally 'teach' 'in' a meeting. It began on university campuses in the 1960s as long sessions to learn about and discuss important public issues, which is why a teach-in today is an extended meeting for teaching and open discussion.