educative
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As Stuart Hall once noted, what has been lacking is a sense of politics being educative in order to change the way people see things and understand the larger world.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2021
They saw classical civilization as uniquely educative — a “lamp of experience,” in the words of Patrick Henry, that could light the path to a more perfect union.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
“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 John Dewey
