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Pedagogy vs Didactic - What's the difference?

pedagogy | didactic |

As nouns the difference between pedagogy and didactic

is that pedagogy is the profession of teaching while didactic is a treatise on teaching or education.

As an adjective didactic is

instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry.

pedagogy

English

(wikipedia 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

    didactic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * didactick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)
  • * Macaulay
    • The finest didactic poem in any language.
  • Excessively moralizing.
  • (medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

    • Derived terms

    * didact * didactical * didactically * didacticism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education.