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pedagogics

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

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.


pedagogics British  
/ ˌpɛdəˈɡɒdʒɪks, -ˈɡəʊ- /

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) another word for pedagogy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of pedagogics

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

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Scientist Julian praises grandfather's prose, while Stylist Aldous praises his pedagogics.

From Time Magazine Archive

The field of college pedagogics is still virgin soil, and no significant or extensive program for improved methods of teaching has yet been advanced.

From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul

This training in clear thought, the first requisite for all good writing, is surely sound practical pedagogics.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John

And now we have lifted penology into the realm of pedagogics.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert

Soft pedagogics and the fighting impulse,—Ownership,—Its educational uses,—Constructiveness,—Manual teaching,—Transitoriness in instincts,—Their order of succession.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William

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