Word of the Day: PEDAGOGY

Edification or inculcation

pedagogy (noun) - the art, science, and practice of teaching; the methods and strategies educators use to facilitate learning [ped-uh-goh-jee]

BREAKDOWN: PED- (child) + -AGOG (leader) + -Y (act or state)

• pedagogue is a teacher or educator; a leader of children

• pedagogical means of or pertaining to teaching (also pedagogic)

See also: demagogue

“In all the works on pedagogy that ever I read — and they have been many, big, and heavy — I don’t remember that any one has advocated a system of teaching by practical jokes, mostly cruel. That, however, describes the method of our great teacher, Experience.” —Charles S. Peirce