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• n  the profession of a teacher
  he prepared for teaching while still in college
• n  a doctrine that is taught
  the teachings of religion
• n  the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
  good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded
• v  impart skills or knowledge to
• v  accustom gradually to some action or attitude

• All teacher candidates in Finland, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands, for example, receive two to three years of graduate-level preparation for teaching, at government expense .
• It's been called the holy grail of the teaching profession academic freedom plus job security all rolled nicely into a union contract.

• instruction
• pedagogy
• precept
• commandment
• education
• didactics
• educational activity
• teach
• learn
• instruct

News & Articles

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• Teaching children good manners
  Bad manners abound To answer Lynne Varner’s question “Are we teaching kids manners these days?,” the answer in many cases is, sadly, no. [“Blog: Wanted: kids with manners,” Opinion, June 20.] A recent McDonald’s commercial shows a boy bonding with his dad by blowi
  June 21, 2013 - Seattle Times
• From Teaching Religion to Writing Mail Act-On & MailTags - Scott Morrison at WWDC
  Scott Morrison was teaching high school computer science when he decided he needed a hobby. So he decided to learn Objective-C as a hobby. One thing led to another, and soon he was creating mail plug-ins for OS X 10.3 Jaguar's Mail app.Mr. Morrison quit his job with some trepidation, worried about the isolated life of a developer, and started his software business. He told his story to TMO's ...
  June 20, 2013 - The Mac Observer
• Teaching teachers — badly
  Teaching teachers — badly Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 7:13 am, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The nation's teacher preparation programs are failing miserably and future educators leave college unprepared for an actual classroom, according to a report released Tuesday. Too many schools ...
  June 19, 2013 - Albany Times Union

Quotes

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• Gilbert Arenas in ESPN
  I understand the importance of teaching nonviolence to kids in today's world,Arenas wrote. "Guns and violence are serious problems, not joking matters -- a lesson that's been brought home to me over the past few weeks. I thought about this...
• Kirsten Dunst in International Herald Tribune
  Being a part of this is constantly teaching me new things,Dunst said. "I feel totally honored and was really proud to vote, and have never been so proud to vote in my entire life."
• Franklin Graham in FOXNews
  But he's our president-elect, and those positions that he holds that are contrary to Biblical teaching, I hope that God will change his heart,said Graham, who now heads the Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.