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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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Talk to him of pedagogics and he talks of practical experience.

From Love and Mr. Lewisham by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

In so doing they warn us that in idealistic pedagogics all particular and definite concepts vanish, and what remains is a vague confused indistinctness of no practical utility to the teacher.

From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni

To uproot the power of the Sixth Form was the intent of a few reformers in pedagogics.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert

—The escape from action in an artificial absence of all events in life, which often sinks to a veritable brutalizing of man, is the distinguishing feature of all monkish pedagogics.

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

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