adjective

• 1Relating to the provision of education.

  ‘educational institutions’

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  • ‘children with special educational needs’
  • ‘Its report is part of a wider review of special educational needs provision in the district.’
  • ‘What, then, is the educational ethos in these schools, and what do they teach?’
  • ‘Speaking English as a second language has no real impact on educational achievement.’
  • ‘Each of the educational theories presented here can guide our teaching practices.’
  • ‘The majority argued that racial diversity was a legitimate goal for educational institutes.’
  • ‘This is a disgrace for a college that claims progressive employment and educational policies.’
  • ‘New forms of educational content for schools have also been pioneered in Hull.’
  • ‘And this is by no means purely institutional or confined to the educational process.’
  • ‘Local retired primary teachers visited the centre to assist the educational programme.’
  • ‘Redistribution of educational funding was not reflected in the achievement of the bulk of pupils.’
  • ‘Numerous studies have shown that boys are falling behind girls in terms of educational achievement.’
  • ‘The proportion of students with special educational needs is below average.’
  • ‘Her ultimate ambition is to empower and enable people through educational achievement.’
  • ‘No one would seek to deny the link between educational achievement and social conditions.’
  • ‘Overseas texts vary because of the market size and often the educational context.’
  • ‘Parents will look to the state as the sole provider of educational funds for their children.’
  • ‘It would infuse the vitality of a free market and thus break the state educational monopoly.’
  • ‘A French educational system was developed and a French university established in Hanoi.’
  • ‘There is a distinction between special educational needs and other needs.’
  • ‘Adult social class and income were strongly related to educational level.’

  Synonyms

  academic, scholastic, school, for study, learning, teaching, pedagogic, tuitional, instructional

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  1. 1.1Intended or serving to educate or enlighten.
     ‘seeing an analyst was a very educational experience’
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     • ‘He is also visiting schools to give informal educational talks about his experiences.’
     • ‘The book is an educational experience for the layman who is also a practising Christian.’
     • ‘The Associated Press reported that a few got queasy but that others found it an educational experience.’
     • ‘In addition to educational information, the site has articles on health and leisure.’
     • ‘Information materials and educational packages are available to help in this task.’
     • ‘They have an educational web site where you can learn about the dolphins that visit the resort.’
     • ‘The indoor aquarium has been set up as an educational tool for students and researchers.’
     • ‘The headteacher said it had been an enjoyable and educational week.’
     • ‘During practical training, ward rounds and outpatient clinics should be educational.’
     • ‘We've always known school is educational in far more ways than academics can cover.’
     • ‘The former could be used in a school educational film teaching tolerance.’
     Synonyms

     instructive, instructional, educative, informative, informational, illuminating, pedagogic, doctrinal, preceptive, enlightening, edifying, improving, didactic, heuristic

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