pedagogy

    nounBand 8formal

    UKˈpedəɡɒdʒi
    USˈpɛdəˌɡoʊdʒi

    The method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject.

    An empty classroom set for a lesson, chairs in a semicircle facing a clean chalkboard, a neat pile of lesson plans on the teacher's desk
    A room arranged for how the lesson will be taught: pedagogy is the method and craft of teaching.

    Digital tools are reshaping classroom pedagogy.

    Her research focuses on inclusive pedagogy for mixed-ability groups.

    Remember it

    Greek paidagōgos meant “child-leader”: pedagogy is the practice of guiding children’s learning.

    Watch out

    pedagogy methodspedagogical methods

    Use the adjective before a noun.

    Goes with

    Words that go with pedagogy: modern pedagogy; inclusive pedagogy; pedagogical approach; a shift in pedagogy.

    Similar and opposite

    Similar
    teaching methodinstructiondidactics

    Word family

    The pedagogy family: pedagogy (noun), pedagogical (adjective), pedagogically (adverb).

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