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PEDAGOGICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)