educationalists
Scholars of teaching
Educationalists are specialists in educational theory and policy—people who study how learning works and how schools should be organized.
The term is more common in British English; Americans tend to say educators.
Educationalists have debated the value of standardized testing for decades.
The word sometimes carries a faintly dismissive tone, suggesting theorists removed from actual classrooms.
Highest-ranking university instructors
- scholarsExperts in a field
- academiciansMembers of learned professions
- theoristsBuilders of explanatory frameworks
- researchersThose who study systematically
practitioners · specialists · consultants · policymakers · administrators · reformers · advocates · commentators
Guidance for action
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- didacticsScience of instruction
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
evaluation · facilitation · differentiation · scaffolding · constructivism · Montessori · Waldorf · child-centered
Advice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
apprenticeship · support · encouragement · empowerment · influence · protégé · sponsorship · supervision
Adopted principle of action
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- inclusionBeing made part
- accessRight to enter
standards · accountability · innovation · modernization · progressive · evidence-based · democratization · decolonization
professors
Highest-ranking university instructors
- scholarsExperts in a field
- academiciansMembers of learned professions
- theoristsBuilders of explanatory frameworks
researchers · practitioners · specialists · consultants · policymakers · administrators · reformers · advocates · commentators · critics
instruction
Guidance for action
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- didacticsScience of instruction
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
assessment · evaluation · facilitation · differentiation · scaffolding · constructivism · Montessori · Waldorf · child-centered · inquiry-based
guidance
Advice for decisions
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- advisingGiving informed guidance
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
nurturing · apprenticeship · support · encouragement · empowerment · influence · protégé · sponsorship · supervision · feedback
policy
Adopted principle of action
access · standards · accountability · innovation · modernization · progressive · evidence-based · democratization · decolonization · literacy
educationalistspractitioners
People who perform a discipline
schoolteachers · instructors · tutors · teaching assistants · autodidacts