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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

Let us, for example, consider what is presupposed by the doctrine of methods, the so-called methodology, which is an important part of didactics, and a very considerable section in the whole field of pedagogics.

From The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile

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

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

Swanenburch had given a public exhibition of the work of his pupils, at which young Rembrandt had been pushed forward as an example of what right methods in pedagogics could do.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Elbert Hubbard

One sees nothing of a well-thought-out pedagogics of this nature: who knows that there is a certain knowledge of antiquity which cannot be imparted to youths!

From We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8 by J. M. (John McFarland) Kennedy

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