Since in Greek agogos means "leader", a paidagogos was a slave who led boys to school and back, but also taught them manners and tutored them after school. In time, pedagogue came to mean simply "teacher;" today the word has an old-fashioned ring to it, so it often means a stuffy, boring teacher. The word pedagogy, though, is still widely used, and often means simply "teaching". And pedagogic training is what everyone majoring in education receives.
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Some of the presentations, a few too many for comfort, lapsed into the familiar contortions of modern pedagogy. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 & 21 July 2003The idea that pedagogy should be judged according to race is absurd on its face, but the fact that they saw their relationship with me and with the school itself in those terms should have given me greater pause than it did. Gerald Early, Lure and Loathing, 1993Since no textbooks existed, the professor refused to profess, knowing no more than his students, and the students read what they pleased and compared their results. As pedagogy, nothing could be more triumphant. Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907
Recent Examples on the WebEach program exhibits a philosophy of education called critical pedagogy, made popular by Brazilian Marxist Paulo Freire, that envisions schools as places not of academic instruction but of societal change. Daniel Buck, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 In response, families, teachers and activists are preparing to push religious worship into public schools nationwide - working to blur the line dividing prayer and pedagogy and promising emotional, spiritual and educational benefits for students. Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022 Attendees will participate in activities that model a comics pedagogy that develops superhero readers writers, critical thinkers and creators. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2022 Those methods were the classroom, a pedagogy called mastery learning and one-on-one tutoring. Joe Didonato, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022 Trustees thought more about programs and pedagogy and less about money. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Feb. 2022 References to Freire and other advocates of critical pedagogy appear on the syllabi of Harvard, UC Berkeley, California State-Long Beach, and the University of North Texas. Garion Frankel, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022 Throughout the curricula are explicit references to Marxism, critical pedagogy, radical feminism, and other fringe political stances. Daniel Buck, National Review, 27 Mar. 2022 The lazy pedagogy and propaganda have led to division and bad policy, including policies that impact housing. Roger Valdez, Forbes, 2 May 2022 See More