pedagogy
noun
ped·a·go·gy
| \ ˈpe-də-ˌgō-jē
also -ˌgä-, especially British -ˌgä-gē
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also -ˌgä-, especially British -ˌgä-gē
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Definition of pedagogy
: the art, science, or profession of teaching
especially
: education sense 2
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Examples of pedagogy in a Sentence
Some of the presentations, a few too many for comfort, lapsed into the familiar contortions of modern pedagogy.
— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 & 21 July 2003
The idea that pedagogy should be judged according to race is absurd on its face, but the fact that they saw their relationship with me and with the school itself in those terms should have given me greater pause than it did.
— Gerald Early, Lure and Loathing, 1993
Since no textbooks existed, the professor refused to profess, knowing no more than his students, and the students read what they pleased and compared their results. As pedagogy, nothing could be more triumphant.
— Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907
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pedagogy
noun
English Language Learners Definition of pedagogy
formal
: the art, science, or profession of teaching
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