unacademic
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.æk.əˈdem.ɪk/us/ˌʌn.æk.əˈdem.ɪk/notinvolvinga lot ofstudyingandthinking:
Sheprefersunacademicsubjectssuch asdramaandsport.
Hisworkis sometimescriticizedby hiscolleaguesfor being unacademic.
Someone who is unacademic does notenjoystudyingandlearnsmore fromexperiencethan frombooks:
He made somefriendsin agroupof unacademicolderboys.
We shouldprovidebetteroptionsfor unacademicchildren.
- Hisapproachto thetopicisrefreshinglyunacademic.
- He was an unacademicchildwhohatedschool.
- I don'tthinkit makes muchsensetoforceunacademickidstostayinschool.
Types of education
- abstinence education
- abstinence programme
- abstinence-only
- academically
- adaptive learning
- CAL
- child-centred
- classroom
- communicative
- heuristic
- homeschooler
- homeschooling
- hothouse
- hybrid
- m-learning
- mainstreaming
- mobile learning
- nursery
- special educational needs
- vocationally
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