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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
This collaboration spurred me to reflect on college newspapers and my own pedagogical approach as a librarian to media literacy.
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Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
But most of the podcast’s lineup reflects his pedagogical aims.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Instead of allowing a disability exception, colleges with tech bans should provide peer tutors, teaching assistants, and writing centers to help students who require extra assistance—low-tech strategies that decades of pedagogical research show to be effective in making education more accessible.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
But Bad Apples is clearly not really interested in pedagogic realism.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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Joshua Finnell, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
But most of the podcast’s lineup reflects his pedagogical aims.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Instead of allowing a disability exception, colleges with tech bans should provide peer tutors, teaching assistants, and writing centers to help students who require extra assistance—low-tech strategies that decades of pedagogical research show to be effective in making education more accessible.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
But Bad Apples is clearly not really interested in pedagogic realism.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedagogical
Adjective
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Consider a viable and popular educational use for AI personas.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Promoting the preservation of centuries-old skills that have been passed down for generations—like Al-sadu (geometric embroidering) and Talli (hand-weaving)—the center offers educational workshops and training courses as well as daily artisan showcases.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When reading transfer essays, admissions officers are looking for maturity, purpose, and intellectual curiosity.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Here, too, DaCosta’s reconfiguration of Ibsen, by making Hedda Gabler’s former lover (and her husband’s main professional rival) a woman, and by greatly expanding that role, offers Nina Hoss a showcase for intellectual passion and romantic frenzy.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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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“Pedagogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedagogical. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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