pedagogy

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/
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/ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/ · /ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡi/ · /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑd͡ʒi/ · /ˈpɛdəˌɡoʊd͡ʒi/ · /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑɡi/

Definition of pedagogy

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The profession of teaching.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The profession of teaching.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The strategies or methods of instruction; their study and development; an educational philosophy.
    “A resource that profiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.”
    “To explore effective pedagogies to motivate these bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually, this paper draws upon methodologies about translingualism and intercultural doctoral education to dispel the recurrent doubts raised by these bilingual doctoral researchers.”

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Etymology

From Middle French pédagogie, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία (paidagōgía). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogy.

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