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learnify

/ˈlɜː(ɹ)nəfaɪ/

learnify verb: to shift discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.

Verb

learnify (third-person singular simple present learnifies, present participle learnifying, simple past and past participle learnified)

  1. (derogatory) To shift discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.
    • Learnifying the Curriculum: In the new educational technology and media, a term like "curriculum" has been replaced with popular expressions of personalized learning, learning styles, learning choice, and learning centers (Loveless & Williamson, 2013).2015 October 19, Yigal Rosen, Handbook of Research on Technology Tools for Real-World Skill Development, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 5
    • Thus, three-part lessons, thinking skills activities and frequent assessments of ‘progress’ enormously learnified the processes of education and, in some ways, distorted the relationship between teachers and students, and indeed the different relationship students and teachers have with the various...2018, David Lambert, “Editorial: Teaching as a research-engaged profession: Uncovering a blind spot and revealing new possibilities”, in London Review of Education, volume 16, number 3, →DOI, pages...

Forms of learnify

third-person singular presentlearnifies
present participlelearnifying
past participlelearnified
pastlearnified

Origin of learnify

Back-formation from learnification, equivalent to learn + -ify.

Questions about learnify

What does learnify mean?
Learnify means to shift discourses around and understandings of education to focus entirely or almost entirely on learning.
What part of speech is learnify?
Learnify is a verb.
How do you pronounce learnify?
Learnify is pronounced /ˈlɜː(ɹ)nəfaɪ/.
What is the past tense of learnify?
The past tense of learnify is learnified.

Words near learnify in the dictionary

  1. learneth
  2. learnfare
  3. learnification
  4. learnified
  5. learnifies
  6. learnify
  7. learnifying
  8. learnin'
  9. learning
  10. learning by teaching
  11. learning Chinese

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