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opvoeding

Definitions of opvoeding
  1. noun
    the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
    synonyms: educatie
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    types:
    catechese, catechismus, godsdienstles, godsdienstonderwijs
    oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation)
    taalonderwijs
    teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language
    indoctrinatie
    teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically
    bijles, docentschap, privaatonderwijs
    teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
    bijbellezing, lezing, schriftlezing
    a unit of instruction
    type of:
    professie
    an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
  2. noun
    the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
    synonyms: educatie, opleiding
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    types:
    assimilatieproces
    the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
    zelfonderricht, zelfstudie
    the process of educating yourself
    leertijd
    the process of being formally educated at a school
    beroepsonderwijs, beroepsopleiding, vakonderwijs, vakopleiding
    training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade
    type of:
    schoolkennis
    the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
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