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单词 educational
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educationaladj.

Brit. /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌɛdjᵿˈkeɪʃən(ə)l/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃn̩(ə)l/, /ˌɛdʒᵿˈkeɪʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌɛdʒəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nəl/
Forms: see education n. and -al suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: education n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < education n. + -al suffix1. N.E.D. (1891) gives only the pronunciation (ediukēi·ʃənăl) /ɛdjuːˈkeɪʃənəl/.
1. Acquired through education; that has been learned. Cf. educated adj. 2. Obsolete.
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society > education > [adjective] > due to
educational1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 30 The educationall, and professionall, are to be..accounted for Nationall sinnes.
?1743 P. Annet Resurrection Jesus Considered (ed. 2) 7 An educational Prejudice is stirred up against any that shall answer him.
1790 C. M. Graham Lett. Educ. 212 Every love intrigue..must naturally tend to debase the female mind, from its violence to educational impressions.
1815 A. Green Rep. to Trustees College of New Jersey 287 Opinions which interfered with his educational creed.
2.
a. Of or relating to the provision of education (in sense education n. 4a.).
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society > education > [adjective]
disciplinaryc1487
scientifical1597
eruditional1657
educative1725
educational1793
educationary1828
1793 tr. Comtesse de Genlis Lessons of Governess to Pupils I. Pref. p. xxiii That is the deposit of educational secrets [Fr. Celui-là..contient tous les secrets de l'education]; it is not adapted to the perusal of children.
1837 E. Bulwer Lytton Athens II. 413 Much of his [sc. Pythagoras'] educational discipline..bear[s] an evident affinity to the old Cretan..institutions.
1843 Times 25 Nov. 4/3 The rights of the poor..in this country—secular, ecclesiastical, moral, physical, educational, [etc.].
1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. Pref. 5 The history of educational progress in any country, can hardly fail to be interesting to the historian.
1899 B. T. Washington Future Amer. Negro vi. 148 Let the very best educational opportunities be provided for both races.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 3/3 Our educational system! It is utterly on the blink. Our schools are worse than no schools.
1983 D. Ravitch Troubled Crusade vii. 233 On all educational fronts, innovation was the watchword, and some observers confidently spoke of ‘the revolution in the schools’.
2010 Daily Tel. 28 June 18/7 We are still paying the price of an educational establishment that developed an aversion to competitive games.
b. Serving or intended to educate or enlighten; educating.
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1835 Educ. Mag. 2 384 Bringing together..pieces solely on account of their literary character, without any view to the perfecting the organs of speech, or reference to its educational value.
1842 J. G. Barmby Promethean Mar. 69/1 The projected Communitorium is intended to be organised in accordance with the Communitive, Educational, Industrial idea of Goodwyn Barmby.
1889 S. Olivier in Fabian Ess. 126 Literature is become dirt-cheap; and all the other educational arts can be communally enjoyed.
1900 Daily News 13 June 8/6 The West Central Jewish Girls' Club... Its objects are educational, recreational, and religious.
1962 J. Glenn in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 85 ‘Murphy’ was a fictitious character who appeared in a series of educational cartoons put out by the U.S. Navy.
2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Aug. 71/2 (advt.) A fast and fun word game... Educational and great family fun!

Compounds

educational age n. (a) an age, or age range, at which a person is expected to be in full-time education; school age (now rare); (b) chiefly Psychology the standard to which a person, esp. a child, is educated, expressed as the age at which a similar degree of education is attained by an average or typical person; cf. reading age n. at reading n.1 Compounds 3.
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1838 H. Humphrey Great Brit., France, & Belgium II. xxxv. 139 In the U[nited] States of North America, the educational age, being between five and fifteen.
1921 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 261 Two industrial institutions organized for production rather than for education and training, for those beyond educational age.
1921 Jrnl Educ. Psychol. 12 40 We may compute an educational age from the 50 index or percentile line of the table of educational scores.
1998 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 18 July 6 We have been told he has the educational age of an 11-month-old boy.
educational psychologist n. an expert or specialist in educational psychology.
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1889 Jrnl. Proc. & Addr. National Educ. Assoc. U.S. 1888 224 The educational psychologists offer us the most dreadful impositions upon simple-minded teachers who are not learned in philosophy.
1973 E. Staley Work-oriented Gen. Educ. i. 15 An eminent educational psychologist..expressed the conviction that..any subject can be taught..at any age in some form that is intellectually honest.
2003 N. Call Thinking Child (2004) i. iv. 50 With the help of the educational psychologist, Mikey's teacher drew up a behaviour plan..that targeted his most disruptive behaviours first.
educational psychology n. the branch of psychology that studies the learning process and applies objective methods to develop the most effective mode of teaching a child or student.
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1865 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 34 Educational psychology is a science yet to be created.
1928 W. R. Smith Princ. Educ. Sociol. I. i. 6 [The interests] of educational psychology center about the learning process.
2009 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 9 Oct. 4 Educational psychology is seen by some authorities as not being a frontline service, but we work with the most difficult young people..at the most critical times in their lives.
educational quotient n. (a) Psychology a numerical measure of educational level relative to age, arrived at by dividing educational age by chronological age, and frequently expressed as a percentage value; abbreviated EQ; cf. intelligence quotient n.; (b) chiefly U.S. educational content.
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1920 R. Franzen in Teachers Coll. Rec. 21 435 Educational quotient..is the quotient resulting from the division of the age level reached in the test in question by the chronological age of the pupil.
1956 F. L. Goodenough Exceptional Children vii. 76 All children in the elementary school grades were given the Stanford Achievement Test which provides an excellent measure of the child's knowledge of the subjects taught in the elementary school. From this test educational quotients..were derived.
1985 Sales & Marketing Managem. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 144 Information technology will invest future sales jobs with a much higher educational quotient.
1994 Guardian 3 Feb. ii. 20/5 Sims living in Jackville, for example, already have an EQ (educational quotient) far higher than the SimNational average of 100.
1997 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 21 Oct. 5 c Below are 14 shows that target children or teens... They've been evaluated on two attributes—entertainment value..and educational quotient.
educational sociology n. (the study of) the influence of educational methods or systems on society.
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1892 Index Executive Documents House of Representatives 1890–91 XXII. 62 (table) An investigation..of educational..methods as may secure a closer adaptation of the schools to the prevention of pauperism and crime..would be classed under the term ‘educational sociology’.
1964 S. Wiseman Educ. & Environment (1968) viii. 175 We know little about educational sociology in any environment other than the modern industrial town.
2005 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 18 Nov. 3 The expert on educational sociology was called in to give tips to the cross-party school funding committee.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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