educational materials

Tools for teaching

Educational materials are resources designed for teaching and learning—textbooks, workbooks, videos, software, and similar items used in schools or training programs.

The term often appears in contexts involving budgets, curriculum planning, or copyright law: The grant covers educational materials for underserved schools.

It encompasses both physical objects and digital content.

Opposites
purpose

educational materialsamusement

Pleased entertainment state

escapist fiction · diversions · time-wasters · guilty pleasures · video games

cognitive effect

educational materialsdisinformation

Intentional deceptive falsehoods

propaganda · misinformation · fake news · pseudoscience · indoctrination

structure

educational materialsraw data

Unanalyzed collected information

trial and error · noise · hands-on experience · information overload · life lessons

Family

material, education

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G