Synonyms of pedagogical

pedagogical

adjective

variants also pedagogic

as in educational

formal of or relating to teachers or education

pedagogical methods

the pedagogical value of the field trip

Related Words

• educational
• intellectual
• educative
• academic
• scholastic
• professorial
• scholarly
• bookish
• curricular
• nerdy
• pedantic
• instructive
• geeky
• donnish
• tweedy
• nerdish
• graduate
• collegiate
• postgraduate

Dissimilar Words

• extracurricular
• cocurricular
• nonacademic
• noneducational
• noncollegiate
• unscholarly
• unacademic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pedagogical

In a pedagogical culture that tends to shy away from unpleasantness, Goodwin’s approach felt like an honest — and valuable — way of dealing with one of the ugliest aspects of American literary history. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Educators are urged to critically evaluate these tools, prioritizing pedagogical value and student thinking over mere feature adoption. — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

But many of these teachers come from graduate programs that prioritize theory over practice, and knowing various pedagogical approaches does not necessarily translate into teaching well. — Mike Goldstein, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026

In Britain between the 1940s and the 1980s, university professors, especially those from Oxford and Cambridge, were esteemed not merely for their specialist knowledge or pedagogical value but for their wider contribution to civic life. — Tim Bouverie, Air Mail, 30 May 2026

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