Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The art or profession of teaching.
- n. Preparatory training or instruction.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art of the pedagogue; the science of teaching; pedagogics.
- n. Instruction; discipline.
- n. An establishment for instructing youth; a college.
Wiktionary
- n. The profession of teaching.
- n. The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
- n. The strategies of instruction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Pedagogics; pedagogism.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- n. the principles and methods of instruction
- n. the profession of a teacher
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία. (Wiktionary)
- French pédagogie, from Old French, from Greek paidagōgiā, from paidagōgos, slave who took children to and from school; see pedagogue. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“At the University of Vermont the former dean made a distinction between scholarship and what he called pedagogy, and textbooks would fit under that latter theme, heading and get very little credit.”
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
“Considered on an industrial scale, successful pedagogy is only partly about technique – how good or bad particular teachers are, assuming one can come up with some sort of meaningful measure as opposed to standardized test outcomes or perhaps even student evaluations.”
“You need a lot of passion, but passion is not going to cut it," one teacher said, adding that teachers need expertise in pedagogy and their content areas, as well as in how to manage a classroom.”
The Huffington Post: Sarah Garland: The Education Reform Show: Now Playing 24/7
“Feminist pedagogy is basically about stories: using cases is using stories.”
“One positive trend is the Bookclubs or Lit Circles that go along way to infuse the wonder of the written word for teens by designing improvements in pedagogy and critical thinking.”
“– – Boaz (sounds like the Neillian ideal of a libertarian classroom) “Child-centered” liberal pedagogy is laudable for its transformative, transcendent and spiritually hopeful effects within the minds of the individual students and thus, the culture of the classroom.”
“Specter combines repeated interruptions of the question answered with a pejorative pedagogy that would turn all but the heartiest of candidates, like Kagan, into verbal ash and cinders.”
The Huffington Post: Brian Ross: Kagan Kabuki Theater Delivers More than Drama and Comedy
“Meanwhile, future innovations in pedagogy and instructional design will continue to rely upon effective, well-planned faculty development and teacher training programs.”
“Could that be that revolutionary critical pedagogy is not all about the pedagogy of “pleasure”, the pedagogy of “feeling good”.”
“One key practice in Freirean pedagogy is ‚?? reading [...]”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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Joe's list
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Tweets
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rolig I like this word; it has a long and venerable tradition. It is excellent, and I will so tag it. Pedestrian words like "teaching" and "education", which coddle the ignorant and talk down to the layman, hardly come close to the beauty of this word and its kin (pedagogical, pedagogue), which proudly display the dignity and valor of the profession they represent. This word belongs on a Yes, yes, yes! list. Jun 17, 2009
bilby Nobody is listing The No-No List. Unsurprisingly. Jun 17, 2009
strev would like to ad this word to The No-No list Jun 17, 2009
strev would like to add this word to the no-no list Jun 17, 2009
vermontster ga-gy or go-gy. Thank you Kristen! Teaching!! Jun 28, 2008
mellsword "How can the oppressed, as divided unauthentic beings, participate in the pedagogy of their liberation?" - Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Feb 5, 2007
brtom "Lastly at the head of the board was the young poet who found a refuge from his labours of pedagogy and metaphysical inquisition in the convivial atmosphere of Socratic discussion ..."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14 Jan 20, 2007
lampbane NYU's Steinhardt School of Education used to be called the NYU School of Pedagogy. Which would be the first time I'd ever heard this term. Dec 28, 2006
tomsteele Kristen correctly points out that this should ALWAYS be replaced by teaching. Dec 28, 2006