Definitions

pedagogy

[ped-uh-goh-jee, -goj-ee] / ˈpɛd əˌgoʊ dʒi, -ˌgɒdʒ i /

NOUN

education

Synonyms

STRONG

apprenticeship background breeding catechism civilization coaching cultivation culture direction discipline drilling edification enlightenment erudition finish guidance improvement inculcation indoctrination information instruction learnedness learning literacy nurture pedagogics preparation proselytism reading rearing refinement scholarship schooling science study teaching training tuition tutelage

WEAK

book learning propagandism tutoring

Antonyms

STRONG

confusion destruction harm hurt ignorance neglect worsening

Example Sentences

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The Theory of Planetary Social Pedagogy is a way of learning applicable to all societal sectors.

From Science Daily • Oct. 25, 2023

Pedagogy should not be confused with therapy or reduced to zones of emotional safety.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2019

There, teachers taught her to challenge patriarchy, drawing straight from Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

From Time • Aug. 4, 2016

And then Quentin is sucked into a hidden portal leading from Brooklyn to Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, the boarding school that is like, but not really like, Hogwarts.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2014

Pedagogy can in no way change the first, for they are predetermined, and constitute the soil to be cultivated by education.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste

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