educative

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Under this rubric, women see true crime as educative, watching and reading and listening to learn what to avoid.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

We must remember that education and schooling are not the same, and that schooling must be viewed as a sphere distinctive from the educative forces at work in the larger culture.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2022

“These women mostly played supportive or facilitative roles as mothers and wives, as propagandists and recruiters. Some women have been involved in educative, administrative, logistical, social and medical positions,” the brief stated.

From Fox News • Jun. 14, 2019

David Michod, the Australian writer and director, and Netflix have made a movie that is both dark and satirical, emotional and belly-laugh funny, as well as being educative about US interventions.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2017

Not the thing done but the quality of mind that goes into the doing settles what is utilitarian and what is unconstrained and educative.

From How We Think by Dewey, John