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Dictionary Results For "pedagogy" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

{{term|sc=polytonic|παιδαγωγία|lang=el}}.

Noun

The profession of teaching.
The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.

Translations

Croatian: {{t-|hr|pedagogija|f}}
Finnish:

Arabic: مهنة التدريس , التعليم
Croatian: {{t-|hr|pedagogija|f}}
Finnish:
Interlingua: {{t-|ia|pedagogia|xs=Interlingua}}
Icelandic: {{t-|is|uppeldisfræði|f}}

Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pedagogia|f}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|pedagogía|f}}

Derived terms

Related terms

didactics

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Pedagogy \Ped"a*go`gy\, n. [Gr. paidagwgi`a: cf. F.
p['e]dagogie.]
Pedagogics; pedagogism. --South.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet pedagogy
n 1: the principles and methods of instruction [syn: {teaching
method}, pedagogics]
2: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while
still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important
profession" [syn: teaching, instruction]
3: the activities of educating or instructing or teaching;
activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no
formal education"; "our instruction was carefully
programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: education,
instruction, teaching, educational activity]

Moby Dictionary
catechization , coaching , didactics , direction , edification ,
education , enlightenment , guidance , illumination , information ,
instruction , pedagogics , private teaching , programmed instruction ,
reeducation , schooling , self-instruction , self-teaching ,
spoon-feeding , teaching , tuition , tutelage , tutorage , tutoring ,
tutorship