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also pedagogic
as in educational
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of or relating to teachers or education
pedagogical methods the pedagogical value of the field trip
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Recent Examples of pedagogical
The funds from Hastings will support Bowdoin’s current and new faculty who want to explore the pedagogical and scholarship questions that are being generated by the AI revolution.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Schools that rely on this model need to begin rethinking their pedagogical approach entirely.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Most people do this at home, but Barnes’s stridently symmetrical arrangements—big artworks in the middle, smaller ones to either side, formal echoes bouncing around the room—were emphatically pedagogical.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Barnes first tested Dewey’s pedagogical ideas on his factory workers, engaging them in weekly seminars to look at art and discuss philosophical texts.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Schools that rely on this model need to begin rethinking their pedagogical approach entirely.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Most people do this at home, but Barnes’s stridently symmetrical arrangements—big artworks in the middle, smaller ones to either side, formal echoes bouncing around the room—were emphatically pedagogical.
—Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Barnes first tested Dewey’s pedagogical ideas on his factory workers, engaging them in weekly seminars to look at art and discuss philosophical texts.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedagogical
Adjective
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Her wide-ranging symphony of essays on Black womanhood is a treat—incisive, intellectual, intimate, funny, and formally inventive.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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On the pages of National Review and, after 1966, on Firing Line, Buckley pioneered the do-your-own-research rhetorical style: whataboutism and verbal misdirections that often slipped into intellectual nihilism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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The trend of clients seeking out educative experiences outside of the classroom continues to bubble, and this new epic pilgrimage is designed to celebrate the many life lessons Greek mythology presents while igniting children’s curiosity for the world through the ancient hero’s journey.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2024
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“Pedagogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedagogical. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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