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educability

educability

6.1
The ability to learn new things from teaching or practice
  • noun
  • /ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪbɪlɪti/
translation icon : capacidad de aprendizaje
  • The teacher assessed each student's educability to tailor the lessons accordingly.

Examples

  • The concept of "educability" is conveyed in the term iluti, the ability to hear and remember (Abiodun 1983).

    Academic text (2005)
  • Nonetheless, this rudimentary research supports the notion that people differ in their ability to respond to moral education, and they differ in their moral educability (Hogan 1973; Hogan and Mills 1976).

    Academic text (1993)
  • I believe it's "Educability and Group Differences," but yes, it is a great book.

    Blog text (23)
  • Hence, the natural educability of humankind has an anthropological basis.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The concept "readiness for learning" or educability acquires a new dimension through the introduction of a zone of proximal development.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The first essential of democracy is faith in the masses of people, faith in their capacity to develop their own criteria of truth and value, faith in their ability to govern themselves, faith in their educability, their sincerity, their altruism, their improvability, and their capacity for growth.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Every child has a unique level of educability, influencing how quickly they can learn new skills.

  • Research shows that early intervention can significantly enhance a child's educability and overall learning potential.

Synonyms

learning ability
vseducability
1 2.5

How well a person gets new knowledge and skills from study or experience

is the potential to receive instruction rather than active skill in acquiring knowledge

Antonyms

uneducable
  • Offensive
1 8.8

Not able or willing to learn from teaching

How Teachable

educability
6.1

Surface Forms

educability singular
educabilities plural

Morphology

educability = educable (transparent) = educable + ity

Formed from the adjective 'educable' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ity', yielding the state or quality of being educable.

Etymology

Educability comes from educate + -ability, and educate comes from a Latin verb meaning 'to bring up' or 'to lead out', a sense you also see in words like conduct and produce. So, educability means the ability to be taught and to have learning 'brought out' of someone.