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pedagogy

noun

Definition of pedagogynext
as in teaching
formal the art, science, or profession of educating

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Recent Examples of pedagogy Topics of concern included the AI revolution that is transforming how students learn and forcing educators to rethink pedagogy. — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026 Some educators say hip-hop studies can boost student engagement and foster culturally relevant pedagogy. — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2026 If anything, the contemporary rabbinate — male and female — would be strengthened by more intentional training in leadership development, pastoral care and pedagogy. — Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026 His is a responsive pedagogy, one that draws from Carrera’s storehouse of guitar history and composers and songs. — Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pedagogy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedagogy
  1. teaching
  2. education
  3. schooling
  4. instruction
  5. tuition
  6. training
  7. tutoring
Noun
  • The Pitt follows a group of doctors in a teaching hospital’s emergency room, and each episode roughly tracks one hour of their shift, all while illuminating the American healthcare system’s shortfalls.
    — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The statement was produced by the University of Chicago more than a decade ago to protect the free expression rights of students and faculty when teaching, researching, learning and protesting.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of teaching
Noun
  • Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For a woman who stopped her formal education after two years of high school, this was extraordinary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of education
Noun
  • Political behavior scholarship typically measures education by a person’s level of formal schooling.
    — Kenneth Michael White, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Heder didn’t want to disrupt the schooling of her two young children, ages 10 and 12, and has become too enmeshed in the area to want to leave it.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of schooling
Noun
  • Orders can be equivocal, statements ambiguous, instructions murky.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Studies have used everything from intensive classroom instruction to short daily sessions with language-learning apps, over periods ranging from weeks to months, to see whether language learning can improve cognitive function.
    — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of instruction
Noun
  • Illinois students without legal status could once again be eligible for in-state tuition rates during the 2027-28 school year.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Educational Freedom Accounts provide families taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition and certain homeschooling expenses.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of tuition
Noun
  • Keep Your Brain Learning Your brain benefits from being challenged, but that doesn’t necessarily mean downloading a brain-training app.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Captain Aleksander Barkov missed the entire campaign after sustaining a major right knee injury a half hour into his first training camp session.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of training
Noun
  • The tutoring center’s lessons are all individualized, said Bruce Tanner, the center’s spokesperson.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The new lawsuit from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission also alleged Delgado spent over $400,000 of the funds on school tuition, soccer expenses and educational tutoring for his children, as well as pet grooming.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of tutoring

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