pedagogy

UK/ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/US/ˈpɛdəˌɡɑd͡ʒi/

nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Other forms: pedagogies

Pedagogy is the art and science of teaching itself. Modern pedagogy.

It is about how to teach rather than what to teach, which is the distinction the word exists for. The Greek behind it is leading a child, which was literally a slave's job.

Definitions of pedagogy

1nounpedagogyThe art and science of teaching itself.C2
“The whole course was about pedagogy rather than the subject.”

pedagogy is a study.

Where it comes from

Greek paidagogia comes from paidagogos, the slave who led a child to school, from pais, a child, plus agein, to lead.

Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂w-
Ancient Greek
παιδαγωγία
Middle French
pédagogie
English, today
pedagogy

From Middle French pédagogie, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία. by surface analysis, ped- + -agogy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Academic English

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pedagogy in the wild

The curriculum is designed to provide foundational knowledge in pedagogy, educational psychology, teaching methodologies, and subject-specific training.
Bachelor of Education
Both the theory and practice of pedagogy vary greatly as they reflect different social, political, and cultural contexts.
Pedagogy
A normal school, or normal college, trains teachers in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.
Normal school
Critical pedagogy was founded by the Brazilian philosopher and educator Paulo Freire, who promoted it through his 1968 book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Critical pedagogy
Popular music pedagogy is the systematic teaching and learning of rock music and other forms of popular music both inside and outside formal classroom settings.
Music education

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