Made sir ponder about receiving good education (8)
I believe the answer is:
knighted
'made sir' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'ponder about receiving good education' is the wordplay.
'ponder' becomes 'think' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'education' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation - e.g. sex ed).
'think' reversed gives 'kniht'.
'kniht' placed around 'g' is 'knight'.
'knight'+'ed'='KNIGHTED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for knighted that I've seen before include "Dubbed 'Sir'" , "Given a title" , "Made a Sir" , "Given an honour" .)