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Instructional capital is a term used in educational administration after the 1960s, to reflect capital
Capital (economics)

In economics, capital or capital goods or real capital refers to factors of production used to create goods or services that are not themselves significantly consumed in the production process....
 resulting from investment in producing learning materials.

Some have objected to this phrasing, which is an elaboration of referring to training as "human capital
Human capital

Human capital refers to the stock of skills and knowledge embodied in the ability to perform Labour so as to produce economic value. It is the skills and knowledge gained by a worker through education and experience.Many early economic theories refer to it simply as labor, one of three factors of production, and consider it to be a fungible...
," either for the same reason that phrase is objectionable, or on the grounds that it implies that the human in which the knowledge is "invested" is a resource to be exploited.

Instructional capital can be used to guide or limit or restrict action by people (individual capital
Individual capital

Individual capital , also known as human capital, comprises inalienable or personal traits of persons, tied to their bodies and available only through their own free will, such as skill, creativity, Entrepreneur, courage, capacity for moral example, non-communicable wisdom, invention or empathy, non-transferable personal trust and lead...
) or equipment (infrastructural capital
Infrastructural capital

Infrastructural capital refers to any physical means of production or means of protection beyond that which can be gathered or found directly in nature, i.e....
) (if the learning materials are computer program
Computer program

Computer programs are Instruction for a computer. A computer requires programs to function. Moreover, a computer program does not run unless its instructions are executed by a Central processing unit; however, a program may communicate an Algorithm#Formalization of algorithms to people without running....
s).






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Instructional capital is a term used in educational administration after the 1960s, to reflect capital
Capital (economics)

In economics, capital or capital goods or real capital refers to factors of production used to create goods or services that are not themselves significantly consumed in the production process....
 resulting from investment in producing learning materials.

Some have objected to this phrasing, which is an elaboration of referring to training as "human capital
Human capital

Human capital refers to the stock of skills and knowledge embodied in the ability to perform Labour so as to produce economic value. It is the skills and knowledge gained by a worker through education and experience.Many early economic theories refer to it simply as labor, one of three factors of production, and consider it to be a fungible...
," either for the same reason that phrase is objectionable, or on the grounds that it implies that the human in which the knowledge is "invested" is a resource to be exploited.

Instructional capital can be used to guide or limit or restrict action by people (individual capital
Individual capital

Individual capital , also known as human capital, comprises inalienable or personal traits of persons, tied to their bodies and available only through their own free will, such as skill, creativity, Entrepreneur, courage, capacity for moral example, non-communicable wisdom, invention or empathy, non-transferable personal trust and lead...
) or equipment (infrastructural capital
Infrastructural capital

Infrastructural capital refers to any physical means of production or means of protection beyond that which can be gathered or found directly in nature, i.e....
) (if the learning materials are computer program
Computer program

Computer programs are Instruction for a computer. A computer requires programs to function. Moreover, a computer program does not run unless its instructions are executed by a Central processing unit; however, a program may communicate an Algorithm#Formalization of algorithms to people without running....
s). It cannot generally make either individuals or infrastructure do what they are not trained or designed to do, but it can help prevent them from doing most stupid, destructive and dangerous things.

When people begin to trust instructions, they tend to associate social capital
Social capital

Social capital is a concept developed in sociology and also used in business, capital , organizational behaviour, political science, public health and natural resources management that refers to connections within and between social networks as well as connections among individuals....
 with them, as symbolized by a brand
Brand

A brand is a collection of symbols, experiences and associations connected with a product, a service, a person or any other artifact or entity....
, flag
Flag

A flag is a piece of cloth, often flown from a pole or Mast , generally used symbolically for signaling or identification. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium....
 or label
Label

A label is a piece of paper, polymer, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a Packaging and labelling or article, on which is printinged a legend, information concerning the product, addresses, etc....
. This is usually opens up a possibility for those with power to start cheating and creating bad instructions that can no longer be trusted, but the good reputation of the brand, flag or label protects them from being caught for longer than would be the case without the symbol
Symbol

A symbol is something such as an entity, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention....
 that is associated with good reputation.