The word "教学" (jiàoxué) is a compound formed by combining two individual characters: "教" (jiào), meaning "to teach" or "to instruct", and "学" (xué), meaning "to learn" or "to study". It is a coordinative (or parallel) compound where both elements are semantically related and of equal importance, merging to create a single concept that encompasses the entire interactive process, the act of teaching and the act of learning. This formation reflects the holistic Chinese perspective on education as a unified, bidirectional activity between teacher and student, rather than treating instruction and study as separate entities.