Synonyms

pedagogics

American

[ped-uh-goj-iks, -goh-jiks] / ˌpɛd əˈgɒdʒ ɪks, -ˈgoʊ dʒɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.

pedagogics British

/ ˌpɛdəˈɡɒdʒɪks, -ˈɡəʊ- /

noun

(functioning as singular) another word for pedagogy

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Etymology

Origin of pedagogics

First recorded in 1860–65; pedagog(y) + -ics

Example Sentences

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The science of Pedagogics has then, in this department, only to enunciate general principles.

From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

Pedagogics has no difficulty in dealing with mechanical natures, because their passivity is only too ready to follow prescribed patterns.

From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

But it would not do to substitute for it the history of Pedagogics, simply because all the conceptions of it which appear in systematic treatises can be found there.

From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

Strümpell, in 1843, developed the Pedagogics of Kant, Fichte, and Herbart.—

From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

But the science of Pedagogics does not, as a science, properly concern itself with the family education, or with that point of the child's life which is dominated by the family influence.

From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)

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