edutainment
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- /ˌɛdʒʊˈteɪnmənt/
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edutainment
- Now here in the States, the field trips they go on are marginally educational, mostly 'edutainment.'
- edutainment titles
- edutainment educational
Examples
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As access has expanded, diminishing costs of educational software (edutainment), any motivated person can obtain a college education and continue to learn about everything she or he wants.
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Many online platforms feature edutainment content that helps students learn while they enjoy themselves.
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And lastly, you have edutainment, which has the point of both trying to teach and entertaining at the same time.
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Parents too are intrigued by the edutainment value these books offer children (Moody, Justice, & Cabell, 2010).
Academic text (2013) -
Programs like these may be seen as edutainment—a combination of entertainment and education—in the sense that parents are to find the program interesting and fun at the same time as they learn about topics such as how to deal with children's health and development (see Sanders and Prinz, 2008).
Academic text (2011) -
Children's shows often use edutainment to make learning fun and engaging.
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The documentary combined real-life stories with interactive quizzes, making it a perfect example of edutainment.
Synonyms
A performance that teaches people while entertaining them
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Surface Forms
Morphology
edutainment = education + entertainment (semi-transparent) = edu + tainment
The meaning is fairly clear from the combination of education and entertainment, but the blended form is not a fully regular compound.
Etymology
Edutainment is a modern blend of edu- (short for education, 'teaching') and -tainment (from entertainment, 'fun or a show'). So edutainment is entertainment made to teach and keep people interested.