educationalist

Scholar of teaching

An educationalist is a specialist in educational theory and practice—someone who studies how people learn and how teaching should be conducted.

The term is more common in British English; Americans typically say educator, though that word also covers teachers generally.

The educationalist argued for less standardized testing.

practitioner

teacher

One who instructs others

coach · schoolteacher · headteacher · principal · superintendent · administrator · mentor · facilitator · counselor · specialist

theorist

philosopher

Student of fundamental questions

sociologist · psychologist · historian · Dewey · Piaget · Montessori · Bloom · Gardner · Rousseau · hooks

pedagogy

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

scaffolding · differentiation · assessment · formative · summative · project-based · constructivism · cognitivism · behaviorism · Montessori

academic

professor

Senior university teacher

dean · faculty · university · college · thesis · dissertation · tenure · publication · conference · journal

advocacy

reform

Improve by correcting faults

  • policyAdopted principle of action
  • equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
  • accessRight to enter

inclusion · literacy · standards · accountability · funding · legislation · activism · campaign · movement · democratization

Opposites
theory vs. practice

educationalistclassroom teacher

Educator of students daily

practitioner · schoolteacher · instructor · tutor · teaching assistant

stance toward formal education

educationalistanti-intellectual

Opposed to educated thought

philistine · autodidact · obscurantist

knowledge transmission role

educationalistlearner

One gaining knowledge

student · pupil · apprentice · novice · mentee

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