UMfundisi
Umfundisi, obuye abizwe ngokuthi uthisha ngokusemthethweni, umuntu osiza abafundi ukuba bathole ulwazi, ikhono, noma isilungo, ngokubafundisa .
Ngokungakahleleki indima yomfundisi ingathathwa yinoma ngubani (isib. lapho ekhombisa uzakwethu indlela yokwenza umsebenzi othile). Kwamanye amazwe, ukufundisa abantu abasha abasafunda esikoleni kungase kwenziwe ngendlela engahlelekile, njengasekhaya ( isikole sasekhaya ), kunokuba kwenziwe ngendlela ehlelekile njengesikole noma ikolishi. Eminye imisebenzi ingabandakanya inani elikhulu lokufundisa (isib. isisebenzi esisha, umfundisi wenkolo).
Emazweni amaningi, ukufundisa okusemthethweni kwabafundi kuvame ukwenziwa abafundisi abakhokhelwayo. Lesi sihloko sigxile kulabo abaqashiwe, njengendima yabo eyinhloko, ukufundisa abanye esimweni semfundo ehlelekile, njengasesikoleni noma kwenye indawo yemfundo ehlelekile yokuqala noma ukuqeqeshwa.