Teaching is the work that a teacher does in helping students to learn.
The Government funds university teaching.
...the teaching of English in schools. [+ of]
2. countable noun [usually plural, with poss]
The teachings of a particular person, group of people, or religion are all the ideas and principles that they teach.
...the teachings of Jesus.
I assumed that the traditional teaching on marriage was outdated. [+ on]
teaching in British English
(ˈtiːtʃɪŋ)
noun
1.
the art or profession of a teacher
2. (sometimes plural)
something taught; precept
3. (modifier)
denoting a person or institution that teaches
a teaching hospital
4. (modifier)
used in teaching
teaching materials
teaching in American English
(ˈtitʃɪŋ)
noun
1.
the action of a person who teaches; profession of a teacher
2.
something taught; precept, doctrine, or instruction
usually used in pl.
Examples of 'teaching' in a sentence
teaching
My mother worked incredibly hard teaching English.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The history department was good at teaching, but research was undervalued.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some of the teaching goes over the heads of a ten and nine-year-old.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Since last year's general election this has been ratcheted up as the government announced plans to measure university teaching standards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Another source of pride for her was being one of the first lay people to serve on the ethics committee of a London teaching hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Sources suggest that the project was forced out of the borough when it met'massive' local council and teaching union opposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Teaching unions and the Labour party fiercely oppose the use of unqualified teachers in schools, arguing that they are a threat to school standards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Similarly worrying is the withdrawal of government funding for the teaching of some arts subjects.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Two teaching unions have said they want to have this strike to show the strength of feeling.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Very giving and likely to choose a caring job like a nurse or teaching assistant.
The Sun (2013)
Particularly damaging has been its effect on university teaching.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Well our teaching on work has to grow out of our teaching on discipleship.
Christianity Today (2000)
The university performed poorly in teaching and research assessments but new audits were complimentary.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Yet course providers need to make sure that people are going into teaching with the right motivations.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Most teaching hospitals have a pool of regular volunteer patients.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Three parents have become qualified teaching assistants at neighbouring schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
For a larger teaching university without big research grants such a move would spell financial disaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She is qualified in teaching and social work.
Langan, Mary (ed) Taking Child Abuse Seriously: Contemporary issues in child protection theory andpractice (1990)
The university has the strongest teaching and research profile in modern universities.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There his outstanding intellectual abilities came to the attention of the teaching staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Such practices are often seen as deriving from the teachings of Eastern religions.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Teaching is something that Britain does well.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
To continue monitoring my mother, the doctors referred her to a highly respected teaching hospital.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The teaching of religion in schools is also a growing source of concern, amid fears of radicalisation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I have a fantasy about retiring to a small liberal arts college and teaching.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
teaching
British English: teaching /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/ NOUN
Teaching is the work that a teacher does in helping students to learn.
...the teaching of English in schools.
American English: teaching
Arabic: تَدْرِيس
Brazilian Portuguese: ensino
Chinese: 教学
Croatian: poduka
Czech: učení povolání
Danish: undervisning
Dutch: onderwijs
European Spanish: enseñanza
Finnish: opetus koulussa
French: enseignement
German: Unterrichten
Greek: διδασκαλία
Italian: insegnamento
Japanese: 教えること
Korean: 가르치기
Norwegian: undervisning
Polish: nauczanie
European Portuguese: ensino
Romanian: predare
Russian: обучение
Latin American Spanish: enseñanza
Swedish: undervisning
Thai: การสอน
Turkish: öğretme
Ukrainian: викладання
Vietnamese: nghề dạy học
All related terms of 'teaching'
teach
If you teach someone something, you give them instructions so that they know about it or how to do it.
teaching aid
any device, object, or machine used by a teacher to clarify or enliven a subject
teaching job
a position as a teacher
team teaching
a system whereby two or more teachers pool their skills , knowledge, etc, to teach combined classes
school teaching
School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
teaching career
A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
teaching fellow
a postgraduate student who is given tuition , accommodation , expenses , etc, in return for some teaching duties
teaching staff
those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
distance teaching
teaching via correspondence or the internet , where students are not physically present in a classroom
student teaching
the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
teaching assistant
In the United States, a teaching assistant is a graduate student at a college or university who teaches some classes .
teaching equipment
teaching aids
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital that is linked with a medical school, where medical students and newly qualified doctors receive practical training .
teaching machine
a machine that presents information and questions to the user , registers the answers , and indicates whether these are correct or acceptable
teaching practice
Teaching practice is a period that a student teacher spends teaching at a school as part of his or her training.
teaching software
computer software for use in providing online education
teaching certificate
a certificate that shows that a person is qualified to be a teacher
teaching profession
→ the teaching profession
teaching qualification
Your qualifications are the examinations that you have passed.
the teaching profession
the profession of a teacher
English Language Teaching
the practice and theory of learning and teaching English for the benefit of people whose first language is not English
Initial Teaching Alphabet
a 44 letter phonetic alphabet used mainly in the 1960s for teaching children to read and write
Nuffield teaching project
(in Britain) a complete school programme in mathematics , science , languages, etc, with suggested complementary theory and practical work
Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
→ the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles
a treatise , perhaps of the 1st or early 2nd century ad , on Christian morality and practices