pedagogy
English Thesaurus
1. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | activity, |
| definition | : | any specific behavior (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | coeducation, |
| definition | : | education of men and women in the same institutions (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | continuing education, |
| definition | : | a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | elementary education, |
| definition | : | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | extracurricular activity, |
| definition | : | educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | higher education, |
| definition | : | education provided by a college or university (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | secondary education, |
| definition | : | education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | team teaching, |
| definition | : | a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | work-study program, |
| definition | : | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | classroom project, |
| definition | : | a school task requiring considerable effort (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | classwork, |
| definition | : | the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | homework, prep, preparation, |
| definition | : | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | lesson, |
| definition | : | a task assigned for individual study (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | education, |
| definition | : | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | point system, |
| definition | : | a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | education, |
| definition | : | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | academic program, |
| definition | : | (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education) (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | department of education, education, education department, |
| definition | : | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | tuition, tuition fee, |
| definition | : | a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) (noun.possession) |
2. the profession of a teacher (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | education, |
| definition | : | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | catechesis, |
| definition | : | oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | language teaching, |
| definition | : | teaching people to speak and understand a foreign language (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | schooling, |
| definition | : | the act of teaching at school (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | indoctrination, |
| definition | : | teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tuition, tutelage, tutorship, |
| definition | : | teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lesson, |
| definition | : | a unit of instruction (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hypnopedia, sleep-learning, |
| definition | : | teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | spoonfeeding, |
| definition | : | teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lecture, lecturing, |
| definition | : | teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) (noun.act) |
3. the principles and methods of instruction (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | method, |
| definition | : | a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | maieutic method, socratic method, |
| definition | : | a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students (noun.cognition) |
4. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill (noun.act)
| derivation | : | instruct, learn, teach, |
| definition | : | impart skills or knowledge to (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | educate, |
| definition | : | give an education to (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | didactic, didactical, |
| definition | : | instructive (especially excessively) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | educational, |
| definition | : | providing knowledge (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | instructional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or used in instruction (adj.pert) |
5. the profession of a teacher (noun.act)
| derivation | : | instructional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or used in instruction (adj.pert) |
6. the principles and methods of instruction (noun.cognition)
7. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill (noun.act)
| derivation | : | instruct, learn, teach, |
| definition | : | impart skills or knowledge to (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | educate, |
| definition | : | give an education to (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | didactic, didactical, |
| definition | : | instructive (especially excessively) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | educational, |
| definition | : | providing knowledge (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | instructional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or used in instruction (adj.pert) |
8. the profession of a teacher (noun.act)
| derivation | : | instructional, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or used in instruction (adj.pert) |
9. the principles and methods of instruction (noun.cognition)
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