Words / B2

EJ-ook-ayt-uh/ˈedʒukeɪtə/

An educator is a person whose job is to teach, or who designs teaching (formal): a teacher educator; health educators. Teacher is everyday; lecturer is HE; educate and education are already in the dictionary. Name the educator in the policy extract, then the role. Mix-up: educator vs equator; education as the system, not the person; do not write educator for a brand coach with no school or policy source.

Meaning

A person whose job is to teach, or who designs teaching (formal).

Examples

• “Name the educator in the policy extract, then the role, not a brand coach.”
• “A museum educator featured in the visit brief, which is the informal-learning sense — still name the gallery.”

Good to know

an educator; teacher educator; health educator. Everyday: teacher. Related: educate / education. Trap: equator. Education policy and RS. A teacher or education professional — name the role; formal, not a slogan.

Near in meaning

teacher, tutor, lecturer

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