educationist
- n a specialist in the theory of education
- All are hard at work on stepped-up programs following the Ford formula: end trivial, time-consuming "educationist" courses by broadening liberal education for teachers, and get .
- Worse still: the final reports to the conference on the six topics discussed did nothing more than echo an educationist party line.
- They attacked the quality of teacher training, the tedious "methods" courses required by educationist-inspired certification laws.