educations
Formal learning experiences
Educations is the plural of education, referring to multiple instances of formal learning or training.
The plural appears when distinguishing different types or systems: comparing the educations available in public versus private schools, Their educations took very different paths.
It also describes the learning experiences of multiple people: The children's educations were disrupted by the war.
Formal education received
- degreesUnits of measurement
- diplomasProof of academic completion
- certificatesOfficial proof documents
- universitiesInstitutions granting advanced degrees
colleges · institutions · curricula · accreditation · qualifications · enrollment · graduation · academia
Gaining knowledge gradually
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- developmentProgress toward maturity
growth · formation · training · upbringing · socialization · mentorship · guidance · discipline
Four-discipline academic grouping
- humanitiesStudy of culture
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- sciencesOrganized bodies of knowledge
- medicineCurative substance or practice
law · engineering · business · trades · arts · theology · agriculture · nursing
Available to all
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- charterFounding organizational document
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- MontessoriChild-led educational philosophy
Waldorf · homeschooling · boarding · vocational · madrasas · yeshivas · compulsory · secular
Chief in importance
- secondaryLesser in rank
- tertiaryOf third importance
- elementaryOf first principles
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
kindergarten · middle school · high school · undergraduate · graduate · postgraduate · doctoral · continuing
schooling
Formal education received
- degreesUnits of measurement
- diplomasProof of academic completion
- certificatesOfficial proof documents
universities · colleges · institutions · curricula · accreditation · qualifications · enrollment · graduation · academia · tuition
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- cultivationFostering growth through care
development · growth · formation · training · upbringing · socialization · mentorship · guidance · discipline · literacy
STEM
Four-discipline academic grouping
- humanitiesStudy of culture
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- sciencesOrganized bodies of knowledge
medicine · law · engineering · business · trades · arts · theology · agriculture · nursing · teacher training
public
Available to all
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- charterFounding organizational document
- parochialNarrow in perspective
Montessori · Waldorf · homeschooling · boarding · vocational · madrasas · yeshivas · compulsory · secular · religious
primary
Chief in importance
- secondaryLesser in rank
- tertiaryOf third importance
- elementaryOf first principles
preschool · kindergarten · middle school · high school · undergraduate · graduate · postgraduate · doctoral · continuing · adult
educationsignorances
Lacks of knowledge
illiteracies · unenlightenment · nescience · benightedness · unawareness
educationsindoctrinations
Imposed belief trainings
brainwashings · neglect · anti-intellectualism · dumbing down · barbarism
- physical educationInstruction in fitness
- higher educationPost-secondary academic training
- public educationCommunal, tax-funded schooling
- special educationAdapted instruction for disabilities
- education expensesCosts of formal learning
- special needs educationInstruction for disabled learners
education, educational, reeducation, educationist, higher education, adult education, continuing education