pedagogist

American  

[ped-uh-goj-ist, -goh-jist] / ˈpɛd əˌgɒdʒ ɪst, -ˌgoʊ dʒɪst /

noun

1. an expert in the theory and practice of education.

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Etymology

Origin of pedagogist

First recorded in 1840–45; pedagog(y) ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

She began playing violin at age 3, and received instruction in Seattle from renowned violin pedagogist Margaret Pressley.

From Seattle Times

This is education as the practice of freedom, as famed critical pedagogist Paulo Friere puts it, and it means implementing practices that both challenge curricular and pedagogical biases that reinforce systems of domination like racism and sexism while simultaneously creating innovative ways to teach diverse groups of students.

From Salon

The ideal of the average pedagogist is not a complete, well-rounded, original being; rather does he seek that the result of his art of pedagogy shall be automatons of flesh and blood, to best fit into the treadmill of society and the emptiness and dulness of our lives.

From Project Gutenberg

"The teacher must miss no opportunity," says the pedagogist; "moralization is the true aim of the school."

From Project Gutenberg

If the mental process of Herbart's four periods is to come naturally, it would be essential that great interest in the object should exist; it is interest which would keep the mind amused, or, as the famous pedagogist would say, plunged in the idea, and would maintain it in a system nevertheless embracing multilateral ideas; and hence it is necessary that "interest" should be awakened and should persist in all instruction.

From Project Gutenberg