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pedagogy

pedagogy

10 7.5
Methods and study of how teachers help students learn in schools and colleges
  • noun
  • /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑdʒi/
  • Formal
translation icon : pedagogía
  • Effective pedagogy involves understanding how students learn and adapting teaching strategies accordingly.
  • critical pedagogy
  • culturally responsive pedagogy
  • responsive pedagogy

Harvard can and should lead a revolution in pedagogy.

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Examples

  • She studied various approaches to pedagogy during her education degree program.

  • Research in pedagogy now shows the same thing.

  • The first part is about pedagogy and the thinking about how people learn.

  • So as I said, our primary pedagogy is going to be practice, theory, practice.

  • Teaching has changed, pedagogy codes have changed.

  • And I also like teachers that are always trying to look at new pedagogies and ideas to help students.

  • The normal school preparation consisted of general knowledge, pedagogy courses, and mandated practice teaching in a model school.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Children participating in critical pedagogy go through a process of unlearning, learning, relearning, reflection, and evaluation.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Modern pedagogy emphasizes interactive teaching methods to enhance student engagement.

Synonyms

teaching
vspedagogy
572 1.0

A job helping people learn

adds the study of methods and the professional subject perspective
education
vspedagogy
572 1.0

The work of teaching students in schools or universities

focuses more on methods, theory, and academic study rather than institutional practice
teaching method
vspedagogy
4 2.5

A way a person uses to help students learn

includes broader study and professional practice beyond single techniques
pedagogics
vspedagogy
  • Specialized
9.9

Study of how to teach students and help them learn

is the same idea but named in the standard academic term
didactics
vspedagogy
  • Specialized
8.5

The study of how to teach people and help them learn

emphasizes method and study rather than practice or art
education technique
vspedagogy
3.4

A way teachers use to help students learn, like group work

covers both theory and practice rather than one practical tactic

How Academic

educationalist
  • UK
1 6.8
didactics
  • Specialized
8.5
pedagogy
  • Formal
10 7.5
instruction
141 1.9
teaching
572 1.0

Surface Forms

pedagogy singular
pedagogies plural

Etymology

Pedagogy comes from the Greek parts pais 'child' and agogos 'leader', so it originally meant 'leading children'. That's why pedagogy now means the method or study of teaching and how teachers guide learning.