Pedagogical Meaning
/ˌpɛdəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪkəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, or relating to pedagogy; teaching.
adjHaughty and formal.
Sentence Examples
Paulo Freire was one of the most influential pedagogical theorists of the 20th century.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor's ____ approach involved using games to help students learn, instead of lectures.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The professor introduced new ____ methods to make the lectures more interactive and engaging.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English pedagogic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pedagogical From pedagogic + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As we look back into the early collections of qin notations, known as qinpu, we find an interesting collection of pictures in the pedagogical sections of several important qinpu."
— 1996, William Duckworth, Sound and Light: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, page 144:
"The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized."
— 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
"She also noted that the administration, in a letter in April, “specifically conditioned funding on agreeing to its ten terms, only one of which related to antisemitism, while six related to ideological and pedagogical concerns, including who may lead and teach at Harvard, who may be admitted, and what may be taught.”"
— 2025 September 3, Dan Mangan, “Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration”, in CNBC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor's ____ approach involved using games to help students learn, instead of lectures.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The professor introduced new ____ methods to make the lectures more interactive and engaging.