Pedagogy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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