pedagogy

Noun

1. the principles and methods of instruction
   • Synonyms
     • teaching method
     • pedagogics
   • Less specific
     • method
   • More specific
     • Socratic method
     • maieutic method
   • Related
     • pedagogical
     • pedagogic
     • pedagogical
     • pedagogic
2. the profession of a teacher; “he prepared for teaching while still in college”; “pedagogy is recognized as an important profession”
   • Synonyms
     • teaching
     • instruction
   • Less specific
     • education
   • More specific
     • catechesis
     • catechetical instruction
     • language teaching
     • teaching reading
     • schooling
     • indoctrination
     • tutelage
     • tuition
     • tutorship
     • lesson
     • sleep-learning
     • hypnopedia
     • spoonfeeding
     • lecture
     • lecturing
   • Related
     • pedagogical
     • pedagogic
     • pedagogical
     • pedagogic
     • instructional
3. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; “he received no formal education”; “our instruction was carefully programmed”; “good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded”
   • Synonyms
     • education
     • instruction
     • teaching
     • didactics
     • educational activity
   • Less specific
     • activity
   • More specific
     • coeducation
     • continuing education
     • course
     • course of study
     • course of instruction
     • class
     • elementary education
     • extension
     • extension service
     • university extension
     • extracurricular activity
     • higher education
     • secondary education
     • team teaching
     • work-study program
   • Parts
     • classroom project
     • classwork
     • homework
     • prep
     • preparation
     • lesson
   • Related
     • didactic
     • didactical
     • pedagogical
     • pedagogic
     • pedagogical
     • pedagogic
     • teach
     • learn
     • instruct
     • instructional
     • teach
     • learn
     • instruct
     • educational
     • educationist
     • educationalist
     • educationist
     • educationalist
     • educate
     • train
     • develop
     • prepare
     • educate
   • Member of topics
     • education
     • point system
     • education
     • academic program
     • Department of Education
     • Education Department
     • Education
     • tuition
     • tuition fee

The following are the words that are in the New Word Project:

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The definition for this word taken from the Terminology app, which is based on the Princeton University’s WordNet lexical database. If you are interested in how I created this resource and how I add new words to it, you can see my blog post Title of Blog Post.