pedagogy
pronunciation
How to pronounce pedagogy in British English:
UK [ˈpedəɡɒdʒi]
How to pronounce pedagogy in American English:
US [ˈpedəɡɑːdʒi]
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- Noun:
- the principles and methods of instruction
- the profession of a teacher
- the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill
Word Origin
- pedagogy (n.)
- 1580s, from Middle French pédagogie (16c.), from Latin paedagogia, from Greek paidagogia "education, attendance on boys," from paidagogos "teacher" (see pedagogue).
Example
- 1. On the whole , they are better at procurement than at pedagogy , better at school-building than schooling .
- 2. Henry mintzberg , management professor at mcgill in canada and insead in france and singapore , and long-term critic of the traditional us mba model is typically outspoken , saying the pedagogy and structure of us mba programmes need to change .
- 3. Henry giroux , one of the founding scholars of critical pedagogy in the us , for example , recently wrote a thought-provoking essay in the online magazine counterpunch , deploring the creeping " militarization " of american society .
- 4. The answers are important , as more and more americans are going to be studying mandarin in coming years , and getting the pedagogy right will be crucial .
- 5. I was fortunate to have been taught chinese in this tradition , the beneficiary of generations of scholarship and pedagogy before me .