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A Dictionary of Education (1 ed.)
Edited by: susan wallace.
Education is of relevance to everyone but it involves a specialised vocabulary and terminology which may be opaque or unfamiliar to those new to the field. The new UK-focused Dictionary of Education provides clear and concise definitions for 1,250 terms, from A* to zero tolerance , that anyone studying education or working in the field is likely to encounter. Coverage includes all sectors of education: pre-school, primary, secondary, further and higher education, special needs, adult and continuing education, and work-based learning. It also includes major legislation, key figures andorganisations, and national curriculum and assessment terminology.
The dictionary features entry-level weblinks, a timeline summary of landmark educational legislation since 1945 and a glossary of acronyms. In addition, there is a useful, fully cross-referenced section of comparative terms used in the US, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. This up-to-date and authoritative dictionary is essential for all students of education, teachers, and lecturers ondevelopment programmes, and it is strongly recommended for governors, classroom assistants, and parents.
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Susan Wallace is a Reader in Education at Nottingham Trent University. She is the author of a number of books on further education, including Managing Behaviour in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2007), Teaching, Tutoring and Training in the Lifelong Learning Sector (2007), and Getting the Buggers Motivated in FE (2007).
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Academic board, academic monitoring, accelerated learning, access arrangements, access course, access fund, access to employment, accessibility plans, accountability, accreditation, accreditation of prior learning, achievement, action for employment, action research, front matter, publishing information, general links for this work, notes on the contributors, abbreviations, educational provision in some other english‐speaking countries.
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Definition of education
- instruction
Examples of education in a Sentence
Word history.
circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing education
- adult education
- bilingual education
- compensatory education
- continuing education
- counter - education
- distance education
- further education
- higher education
- physical education
- self - education
- sex education
- special education
- tertiary education
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“Education.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/education. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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