DIDACTICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does didactics mean? 

• DIDACTICS (noun)
  The noun DIDACTICS has 1 sense:

1. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

  Familiarity information: DIDACTICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIDACTICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching

Context example:

good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded

Hypernyms ("didactics" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Meronyms (parts of "didactics"):

lesson (a task assigned for individual study)

homework; prep; preparation (preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home))

classwork (the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom)

classroom project (a school task requiring considerable effort)

Domain member category:

tuition; tuition fee (a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education))

Department of Education; Education; Education Department (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979)

academic program ((education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education))

education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)

point system (a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules)

education (the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "didactics"):

coeducation (education of men and women in the same institutions)

continuing education (a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time)

class; course; course of instruction; course of study (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings)

elementary education (education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school)

extension; extension service; university extension (an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students)

extracurricular activity (educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum)

higher education (education provided by a college or university)

secondary education (education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school)

team teaching (a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students)

work-study program (an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study)

Derivation:

didactical (instructive (especially excessively))