Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 the activities of educating or instructing; 
 activities that impart knowledge or skill; 
- Example: "he received no formal education"- Example: "our instruction was carefully programmed"- Example: "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"[syn: education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
educational activity
    n 1: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that
         impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal
         education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed";
         "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn:
         education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy,
         didactics, educational activity]