#education  the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
  supertype:  profession  an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
  subtype:  pedagogy__teaching__instruction  the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
     subtype:  catechesis  oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)
     subtype:  catechetical_instruction  teaching religious principles by questions and answers
     subtype:  language_teaching  teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language
     subtype:  teaching_reading  teaching beginners to read
        subtype:  phonics__phonic  teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values
        subtype:  whole-word_method  teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words
     subtype:  schooling  the act of teaching at school
     subtype:  indoctrination  teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
        subtype:  brainwashing  forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs
        subtype:  inculcation__ingraining__instilling  teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
     subtype:  tutorship__tutelage__tuition  teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
     subtype:  lesson  a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"
        subtype:  language_lesson  a period of instruction learning a language
           subtype:  French_lesson  instruction in the French language
           subtype:  German_lesson  instruction in the German language
           subtype:  Hebrew_lesson  instruction in the Hebrew language
        subtype:  dance_lesson__dancelesson  a lesson in dancing
        subtype:  music_lesson__musiclesson  a lesson in performing music
           subtype:  piano_lesson__pianolesson  a lesson in playing the piano
           subtype:  violin_lesson  a less in playing the violin
        subtype:  tennis_lesson  a lesson in playing tennis
        subtype:  golf_lesson  a lesson in playing gold
     subtype:  sleep-learning__sleeplearning__hypnopedia  teaching during sleep (as by suing recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep)
     subtype:  spoonfeeding  teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
     subtype:  lecturing__lecture  teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
        subtype:  talk  a act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
           subtype:  chalk_talk__chalktalk  a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk

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