Pedagogy
Pedagogy is the
art or
science of
teaching. This is the modern interpretation. The word comes from the ancient
Greek paidagogos, the slave who supervised the education of slave children in whatever given trade they were forced into. Children who lived in under the supervision of Paidagogos were always slaves as no free person took orders from a slave. It was the Paidagogos job to act as a "Drill Sergeant", and insure that the slaves performed their daily routines as expected by their Master.
paideia. The word "paidia" (παιδιά) refers to
children, which is why some like to make the distinction between pedagogy (teaching children) and
andragogy (teaching adults). The Latin-derived word for pedagogy,
education, is much more widely used, and often the two are used interchangeably.
Pedagogy is also sometimes referred to as the correct use of teaching strategies (see
instructional theory). For example, Brazilian
Paulo Freire, one of the most influential educators of the
20th century, referred to his method of teaching adults as "
critical pedagogy". In correlation with those teaching strategies the instructor's own philosophical beliefs of teaching are harbored and governed by the pupil's background knowledge and experiences, personal situations and environment as well as learning goals set by the student as well as the teacher.
An
academic degree, Ped.D.,
Doctor of Pedagogy, is awarded honorarily by some American universities to distinguished educators (some earned degrees in the education field are classified as an Ed.D.,
Doctor of Education, while those in the UK and US research-focused educational doctorates are the Ph.D
Doctor of Philosophy). The term is also used to denote an emphasis in education as a speciality in a field (for instance, a
Doctor of Music degree "in
piano pedagogy").
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