Definition of PEDAGOGUE

Examples of pedagogue in a Sentence

a pedagogue whose classroom lessons consisted entirely of reading directly from the textbook in a monotone

Recent Examples on the Web With that, the pedagogue would dispatch some shivering schoolchild in vest and shorts on a three-mile cross-country run. — The Economist, "Take the money and run," 9 Nov. 2019 His teacher was Ilya Musin, a famed pedagogue who trained Valery Gergiev, director of the Mariinsky Theatre, and Semyon Bychkov, who left Russia for a stellar conducting career in the West. — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, "Teodor Currentzis Brings His Intense Verdi to New York," 18 Nov. 2019 During the Cultural Revolution Chinese pedagogues claimed Melville was a rare anti-capitalist American author. — The Economist, "Born 200 years ago, Herman Melville was globalisation’s first great bard," 18 July 2019 Your professor holds forth in class, lecturing, orating, gesturing, bantering — equal parts pedagogue and performer. — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, "After complaints, Ratemyprofessors.com does away with its 'hotness' ratings," 11 July 2018 This would not merely have meant that the world would have been better explained sooner (though to Asimov, ever the pedagogue, that was indeed a good in and of itself). — The Economist, "Empty sky, empty Earth?," 5 July 2018 Michael Tree, 84, a leading viola pedagogue at the Curtis Institute of Music and a founding member of the Guarneri Quartet, died Friday at his home in New York City, his wife said. — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, "Michael Tree, 84, Curtis professor and violist of famed Guarneri Quartet," 2 Apr. 2018 As professor, readers are able to see Daniel as an astute pedagogue. — Peter Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, "'An Odyssey' is a father-son journey with Homer as guide," 20 Sep. 2017 My point being that every seat of learning in America projects an image of a faculty teeming with committed and conscientious pedagogues. — Jacques Berlinerblau, Washington Post, "Starting a college admission search? Here are a professor’s tips.," 26 Aug. 2017

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“Pedagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedagogue. Accessed 5 Jul. 2020.

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