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Pedagogy

noun

The principles and methods of instruction. Synonyms: pedagogics, teaching method.

The profession of a teacher. Synonyms: instruction, teaching. "Pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"

The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. Synonyms: didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, teaching. "Our instruction was carefully programmed" , "Good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

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"Pedagogy" Quotes from Famous Books

... never studied pedagogy, but I had whittled out three rules that I thought would make it go. My first rule was, Make 'em study. My second, Make, em recite. That is, fill 'em ...

— The University of Hard Knocks • Ralph Parlette

... us of the Lengefeld sisters, whom the poet had so often met here, and one of whom, Charlotte, afterward became his wife. All this was done in a way which had no touch of pedagogy or of anything specially prepared for children, yet every word was easily understood and interested us. Besides, his voice had a deep, musical tone, to which my ear was susceptible at an early age. He understood children of our disposition ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... memory, suggests delicate and noble thoughts, and puts them in possession of sentences of the best construction. The recitation of these expressive texts accustoms the children to speak with ease, grace and elegance." ("Elements of Practical Pedagogy.") ...

— De La Salle Fifth Reader • Brothers of the Christian Schools

... professional perspicacity. If these conditions are only partially complied with, the result will only be a half finished product or a doubtful alloy, a few rough drafts of the sciences, the rudiments of pedagogy as with Rousseau, of political economy with Quesnay, Smith, and Turgot, of linguistics with Des Brosses, and of arithmetical morals and criminal legislation with Bentham. Finally, if none of these conditions are complied with, the same efforts will, in ...

— The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) - The Ancient Regime • Hippolyte A. Taine

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