Maleducative

A consideration of these potentialities of youth brings one to a sharp realization of the maleducative influences which too often surround young people.

Education of informed citizens experienced in the democratic way of living could be seen as neither a part-time job nor one to be accomplished despite the often interfering, maleducative acts of other community agencies.

In the following sections, data will be presented to support the thesis that maleducative practices may contribute to the etiology of anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia.

A positive educational experience will enhance a person's capacity for thinking, feeling and/or acting in subsequent experiences. A maleducative or miseducative experience will diminish this capacity.