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Educationist

noun
1.
A specialist in the theory of education.  Synonym: educationalist.






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"Educationist" Quotes from Famous Books



... things, opposite exaggerations are to be avoided. There is such a thing as looking forward too rigidly and too exclusively to the future—to a future that may never arrive. This is the great fault of the over-educationist, who makes early life a burden and a toil, and also of those who try to impose on youth the tastes and pleasures of the man. Youth has its own pleasures, which will always give it most enjoyment, and a happy youth is in itself an end. It is the time when the power of enjoyment is most keen, ...
— The Map of Life - Conduct and Character • William Edward Hartpole Lecky

... succeeded by a strict observation of facts, and a stern rejection of every species of mere supposition and opinion;—by an uncompromising hostility to prejudice and selfishness, and a fearless admission of truth wherever it was discovered. Such must be the conduct of the Educationist, if he expects to succeed in an equal degree. The history of astronomy as taught by astrologers, and of chemistry in the hands of the alchymist, should teach both the lovers and the fearers of change an important lesson. These pretended sciences being mere conjectures, were of use to ...
— A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education • James Gall



Words linked to "Educationist" :   specialiser, education, specialist, specializer



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