pedagogy
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French pédagogie, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία (paidagōgía). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/, /ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑd͡ʒi/, /ˈpɛdəˌɡoʊd͡ʒi/
- Hyphenation: ped‧a‧go‧gy
Noun
[edit]pedagogy (countable and uncountable, plural pedagogies)
- The profession of teaching.
- The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
- The strategies or methods of instruction; an educational philosophy.
- 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, , page 106:
- 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.
Usage notes
[edit]Do not confuse pedagogy (methods of teaching) with pedantry (misguided teaching).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]profession of teaching
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activities of educating, teaching or instructing
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See also
[edit]Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pedagogy (uncountable)
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- English terms suffixed with -agogy
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