pedagogy

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UK/ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/UK/ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡi/US/ˈpɛdəˌɡɑd͡ʒi/US/ˈpɛdəˌɡoʊd͡ʒi/

noun

The profession of teaching.

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teaching methodpedagogicsteachinginstructioneducationdidacticseducational activity
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Meanings

nounpedagogy (countable and uncountable, plural pedagogies)

plural pedagogies · alternative paedagogy · alternative pædagogy · alternative pedagoguy · alternative paedagoguy · alternative pædagoguy

  1. countableuncountableThe profession of teaching.
  2. countableuncountableThe activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
  3. countableuncountableThe strategies or methods of instruction; their study and development; an educational philosophy.

    A resource that profiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.

    2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106
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    To explore effective pedagogies to motivate these bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually, this paper draws upon methodologies about translingualism and intercultural doctoral education to dispel the recurrent doubts raised by these bilingual doctoral researchers.

    2023 October 28, Haibo Shen, “JIĀO/JIÀO 教 Chinese bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually: A pedagogy for intercultural doctoral education”, in Linguistics and Education, volume 77, →DOI

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe principles and methods of instruction

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teaching methodpedagogics
Broader

nounthe profession of a teacher

Broader

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

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπαιδαγωγία
  2. Middle Frenchpédagogie
  3. Englishpedagogy

From Middle French pédagogie, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία (paidagōgía). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogy.

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Translations

Arabic مهنَة التدريس, تَعْلِيم
  • مهنَة التدريسactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • تَعْلِيم (taʕlīm)activities of educating, teaching or instructing
Bengali তালিম
  • তালিম (talim)activities of educating, teaching or instructing
Bulgarian педагогика, педагогика
  • педагогика (pedagogika)profession of teaching
  • педагогика (pedagogika)activities of educating, teaching or instructing
Catalan pedagogia
  • pedagogiaprofession of teaching
Chinese Mandarin 教育學 /教育学, 教學法 /教学法
  • 教育學 /教育学 (jiàoyùxué)profession of teaching
  • 教學法 /教学法 (jiàoxuéfǎ)activities of educating, teaching or instructing
Czech pedagogika
  • pedagogikaprofession of teaching
Danish pædagogik
  • pædagogikprofession of teaching
Dutch pedagogiek, opvoedkunde
  • pedagogiekprofession of teaching
  • opvoedkundeprofession of teaching
Esperanto pedagogio
  • pedagogioprofession of teaching
Estonian kasvatusteadus, pedagoogika
  • kasvatusteadusprofession of teaching
  • pedagoogikaprofession of teaching
Finnish pedagogiikka, pedagogiikka
  • pedagogiikkaprofession of teaching
  • pedagogiikkaactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
  • kasvatustiedeactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
French pédagogie
  • pédagogieprofession of teaching
German Pädagogik
  • Pädagogikprofession of teaching
Hungarian pedagógia
  • pedagógiaprofession of teaching
Icelandic uppeldisfræði, uppeldisfræði
  • uppeldisfræðiprofession of teaching
  • uppeldisfræðiactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Indonesian pedagogi
  • pedagogiprofession of teaching
Irish oideolaíocht, oideolaíocht
  • oideolaíochtprofession of teaching
  • oideolaíochtactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Japanese 教育学
  • 教育学 (kyōikugaku)profession of teaching
Korean 교육학
  • 교육학 (gyoyukhak)profession of teaching
Latin paedagōgīa
  • paedagōgīaprofession of teaching
Latvian pedagoģija
  • pedagoģijaprofession of teaching
Lithuanian pedagogika
  • pedagogikaprofession of teaching
Malay pedagogi
  • pedagogiprofession of teaching
Māori mahi whakaako, pūtoiako
  • mahi whakaakoprofession of teaching
  • pūtoiakoactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Norwegian Bokmål pedagogikk, pedagogikk
  • pedagogikkprofession of teaching
  • pedagogikkactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Polish pedagogika
  • pedagogikaprofession of teaching
Portuguese pedagogia, ensino
  • pedagogiaprofession of teaching
  • ensinoprofession of teaching
  • pedagogiaactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Russian педаго́гика, педаго́гика
  • педаго́гика (pedagógika)profession of teaching
  • педаго́гика (pedagógika)activities of educating, teaching or instructing
Scottish Gaelic teagasg, teagasg
  • teagasgprofession of teaching
  • teagasgactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Slovak pedagogika
  • pedagogikaprofession of teaching
Spanish pedagogía, pedagogía
  • pedagogíaprofession of teaching
  • pedagogíaactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Swahili pedagojia
  • pedagojiaprofession of teaching
Swedish pedagogik
  • pedagogikprofession of teaching
Tagalog pedagohiya, palaaralan
  • pedagohiyaprofession of teaching
  • palaaralanprofession of teaching
Thai ครุศาสตร์, ศึกษาศาสตร์
  • ครุศาสตร์ (ká-rú-sàat)profession of teaching
  • ศึกษาศาสตร์ (sʉ̀k-sǎa-sàat)profession of teaching
Turkish pedagoji, pedagoji
  • pedagojiprofession of teaching
  • pedagojiactivities of educating, teaching or instructing
Ukrainian педагогіка
  • педагогіка (pedahohika)profession of teaching
Vietnamese phương pháp giáo dục
  • phương pháp giáo dụcprofession of teaching

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

pedagogy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedagogy

MLA

“pedagogy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedagogy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedagogy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedagogy.

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