educational text

Instructional written work

Educational text is written material designed to teach or inform—textbooks, instructional manuals, tutorials, and similar works intended for learning rather than entertainment.

The term often appears in discussions of reading levels, curriculum design, or copyright exceptions: The publisher specializes in educational texts for middle school science.

Related

teaching aid · lesson plan · encyclopedia · syllabus · course material · required reading · primer · curriculum

Opposites
purpose/intent

educational textescapist fiction

Entertainment through imaginary worlds

pulp fiction · beach read · escapist literature · page-turner · potboiler

content validity

educational textdisinformation

Intentional deceptive falsehoods

propaganda · misinformation · fake news · hoax · fiction

cognitive demand

educational textbrain candy

Pleasurable but undemanding content

fluff · drivel · clickbait · time-waster · empty calories

Family

educational, educationally, education, educate, educated, educating, educator, educators, educations

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