Etymology

pedagogy (n.)

"the science of teaching," 1580s, from French pédagogie (16c.), from Latin paedagogia, from Greek paidagōgia "education, attendance on boys," from paidagōgos "teacher" (see pedagogue).

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pedagogue (n.)

late 14c., pedagoge, "schoolmaster, teacher of children," from Old French pedagoge "teacher of children" (14c.), from Latin paedagogus, from Greek paidagōgos "slave who escorts boys to school and generally supervises them," later "a teacher or trainer of boys," from pais (genitive paidos) "child" (see pedo-) + agōgos "leader," from agein "to lead" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move").

"[N]ow used, generally with a sense of contempt, for a dogmatic and narrow-minded teacher" [Century Dictionary, 1895]; the hostile implications in the word are from at least the time of Pepys (1650s). Related: Pedagogal.

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paedagogy (n.)

see pedagogy; also see pedo-, æ (1). Related: Paedagogic; paedagogical; paedagogue.

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Definitions of pedagogy

pedagogy (n.)
the principles and methods of instruction;
Synonyms: teaching method / pedagogics
pedagogy (n.)
the profession of a teacher;
pedagogy is recognized as an important profession
Synonyms: teaching / instruction
pedagogy (n.)
the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill;
Synonyms: education / instruction / teaching / didactics / educational activity
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