Teaching is the practice implemented by a ''
teacher'' aimed at transmitting
skills (
knowledge,
know-how, and
interpersonal skills) to a
learner, a
student
A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.
In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
, or any other audience in the context of an
educational institution
An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high schools, and universities. They provide a large variety of learning environments an ...
. Teaching is closely related to ''
learning
Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, value (personal and cultural), values, attitudes, and preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, and some machine learning, machines ...
'', the student's activity of appropriating this knowledge.
Teaching is part of the broader concept of ''
education''.
[Naïl Ver, Adeline Paul and Farid Malki, ''Professeur des écoles : droits, responsabilités, carrière'', Retz Éditions, 2014, 223 p.]
Methods
Profession
Training
References
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