PEDAGOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pedagogy mean? 

• PEDAGOGY (noun)
  The noun PEDAGOGY has 3 senses:

1. the principles and methods of instruction

2. the profession of a teacher

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

  Familiarity information: PEDAGOGY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEDAGOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The principles and methods of instruction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

pedagogics; pedagogy; teaching method

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

method (a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps))

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

maieutic method; Socratic method (a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students)

Derivation:

pedagogic; pedagogical (of or relating to pedagogy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The profession of a teacher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

instruction; pedagogy; teaching

Context example:

pedagogy is recognized as an important profession

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

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

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

catechetical instruction (teaching religious principles by questions and answers)

lecture; lecturing (teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class))

spoonfeeding (teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought)

hypnopedia; sleep-learning (teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep))

lesson (a unit of instruction)

tuition; tutelage; tutorship (teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately))

indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)

schooling (the act of teaching at school)

teaching reading (teaching beginners to read)

language teaching (teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language)

catechesis (oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation))

Derivation:

pedagogic; pedagogical (of or relating to pedagogy)

Sense 3

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 ("pedagogy" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Meronyms (parts of "pedagogy"):

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:

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

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)

education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)

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

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

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

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)

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

Derivation:

pedagogic; pedagogical (of or relating to pedagogy)

 Context examples 

I don't think you have read ten pages of Spencer, but there have been critics, assumably more intelligent than you, who have read no more than you of Spencer, who publicly challenged his followers to adduce one single idea from all his writings—from Herbert Spencer's writings, the man who has impressed the stamp of his genius over the whole field of scientific research and modern thought; the father of psychology; the man who revolutionized pedagogy, so that to-day the child of the French peasant is taught the three R's according to principles laid down by him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)