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Pedagogue vs Pedagogy - What's the difference?

pedagogue | pedagogy | Derived terms |

Pedagogy is a derived term of pedagogue.



As nouns the difference between pedagogue and pedagogy

is that pedagogue is a teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young while pedagogy is the profession of teaching.

pedagogue

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Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • A teacher or instructor of children; one whose occupation is to teach the young.
  • A pedant; one who by teaching has become overly formal or pedantic in his or her ways; one who has the manner of a teacher.
  • (Goldsmith)
  • (historical, Ancient Greece) A slave who led the master's children to school, and had the charge of them generally.
  • Derived terms

    * pedagogic * pedagogical * pedagogically * pedagogy

    References

    * ----

    pedagogy

    Alternative forms

    * paedagogy *

    Noun

    (-)
  • The profession of teaching.
  • The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
  • The strategies of instruction.
  • Derived terms

    * pedagogic * pedagogical * pedagogue

    See also

    * didactics