pedagogy
noun/ˈpedəɡɒdʒi/
/ˈpedəɡɑːdʒi/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the study of teaching methodsWord Originlate 16th cent.: from French pédagogie, from Greek paidagōgia ‘office of a pedagogue’, from paidagōgos, denoting a slave who accompanied a child to school (from pais, paid- ‘boy’ + agōgos ‘guide’).
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