maleducative

From mal- +‎ educative.

maleducative

1. That detracts from good education or leads to maleducation.
   • 1940, Columbia University Teachers College, Contributions to Education, volume 783, page 168:

     A consideration of these potentialities of youth brings one to a sharp realization of the maleducative influences which too often surround young people.

   • 1951, Harlan L. Hagman, The administration of American public schools, page 18:

     Education of informed citizens experienced in the democratic way of living could be seen as neither a part-time job nor one to be accomplished despite the often interfering, maleducative acts of other community agencies.

   • 1989, Jan Pauline Hangen, Educational factors in the etiology of the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia, page 54:

     In the following sections, data will be presented to support the thesis that maleducative practices may contribute to the etiology of anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia.

   • 2010, Joseph D. Novak, Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge: Concept Maps as Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations, 2nd edition, page 13:

     A positive educational experience will enhance a person's capacity for thinking, feeling and/or acting in subsequent experiences. A maleducative or miseducative experience will diminish this capacity.

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