PEDAGOGICS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The principles and methods of instruction

Synonyms:

pedagogics; pedagogy; teaching method

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pedagogics" is a kind of...):

method (a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pedagogics"):

maieutic method; Socratic method (a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students)