The combination of characters is the kanji for drum (鼓) and dance (蕪). But the meaning is to encourage. To be the drums for others to be able to dance. 

It's interesting that the combinations of characters to create the meaning of actual learning are the combinations of the characters for actual/real and learning. Very easy way to rememeber the best way to actually learn something is to do it. Another reason why there's a lot of push for work experience, including a recent initative by the Danish government to have a mandatory one week work experience for high school students.