pedagogical

adjective

variants also pedagogic
Definition of pedagogicalnext
as in educational
formal of or relating to teachers or education pedagogical methods the pedagogical value of the field trip

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Recent Examples of pedagogical Program partners include the Durban FilmMart Institute and Central Film School, which in its role as advisory partner supports the program’s pedagogical approach and monitoring and evaluation processes. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026 This pedagogical vision of democratic cooperation between students and teachers resulted in much successful collaboration. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026 Church’s landscapes themselves had pedagogical intent, and the lessons were not just scientific but ethical, spiritual, patriotic. — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 But even for in-person classes, adaptations to prevent LLM cheating are often concessions that reduce pedagogical quality. — ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pedagogical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedagogical
  1. educational
  2. intellectual
  3. educative
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  • What the state won't or can't tell us California's Office of Youth and Community Restoration, or OYCR, oversees the LRP educational pathway programs that its director describes as a prison-to-university pipeline.
    — Julie Watts August 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The strikes hit 12 locations across Kyiv’s Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts, damaging residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of educational
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  • The working-out of that vision, by way of experience that arises from her sudden change of circumstances, is the movie’s emotional and intellectual heart, its main line, abstract in form but altogether concrete in the decisions that result.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The book is notable for its intellectual depth and evocative descriptions of finding and entering the many lakes, as well as the vivid sensory impressions of swimming in each different location.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of intellectual
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  • Perhaps most consequential in this move will be the expansion of the states’ authority and responsibility for educative quality within their jurisdictions.
    — Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • While apples-to-apples comparisons aren’t possible, a look at the streaming businesses is educative for identifying longer-term trends.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of educative

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