pedagogy

3 definitions found

pedagogy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pedagogy \Ped"a*go`gy\, n. [Gr. paidagwgi`a: cf. F.
     p['e]dagogie.]
     Pedagogics; pedagogism. --South.
     [1913 Webster]

pedagogy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

pedagogy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "pedagogy":
     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