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teaching

teaching

572 1.0
A job helping people learn
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/
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  • Well, he showed us the way through his example, his teaching, his word.
  • teaching and learning
  • student teaching
  • learning and teaching

So it's immensely valuable as a teaching tool.

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Examples

  • Your teaching days are over.

  • Let's talk about learning in the classroom and teaching large lecture classes.

  • And the fourth part, funny enough, is teaching connection.

  • Like I, I think defense learning and teaching defense is so simple.

  • What have you learned about deep learning from teaching it a lot?

  • The study was designed for the teaching of two short stories over two weeks.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Bonnie had moved to New York for the teaching job a little over a year ago.

  • Seven student teachers were engaged in the student teaching experience during the fall semester.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The results strongly suggest that certain approaches to teaching literature are especially effective for certain purposes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Your teaching days are over.

Synonyms

education
vsteaching
572 1.0

The work of teaching students in schools or universities

is the broader act of giving knowledge beyond formal institutions
instruction
vsteaching
141 1.9

Teaching or training given to help someone learn a skill

is the general professional act of giving knowledge in any setting
imparting
vsteaching
4.2

An act of giving information or skills to other people

is the organized professional process of giving knowledge to people

Compounds

A way a person uses to help students learn

Helping beginners learn to read

An official paper that shows someone can teach in public schools

1 2.5

A thing people use in class to help students learn, like pictures or models

1 4.4

A graduate student who leads classes and helps a professor

Work where people help others learn to speak and understand another language

Two or more teachers work together to teach the same group of students

co-teaching
  • Specialized
3.6

Two teachers work together in the same classroom to teach students

co-teaching
  • Specialized
3.8

A class where two teachers work together to teach students

A university degree taken after a bachelor's degree for people learning advanced teaching methods and classroom practice

pre-teaching
  • Specialized
3.9

A short activity that introduces important words or ideas before a lesson

4.6

A required number of classes a teacher must give

How Formal

instruction
141 1.9
teaching
572 1.0
tutoring
49 2.2
coaching
184 2.5
guidance
248 2.1

Surface Forms

teaching singular
teachings plural

Morphology

teaching = teach (transparent) = teach + ing

A regular nominalization/gerund from the verb 'teach' meaning the act or profession of instructing.

Etymology

Teaching comes from the old English verb teach, which meant 'to show' or 'to point out'. Think of a teacher pointing the way to knowledge; that's why teaching means the act or job of instructing others.