pedagogía

/peðaɣoˈxia/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. pedagogy

    • Estudia pedagogía.

      She studies education.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

didáctica

didáctica focuses on the specific methods and techniques of teaching a subject; pedagogía is the broader field or theory of education and child development in general.

enseñanza

enseñanza is the general word for teaching or an act of teaching; pedagogía specifically refers to the theory or method of teaching, an academic field.

magisterio

magisterio refers to teaching as a profession or career path (studying for a teaching degree); pedagogía refers to the academic science or theory of how teaching and learning work.

Similar in other languages

German

Pädagogik

Pädagogik is the German word for the same thing — both mean "pedagogy."

Practice

1 What does pedagogía mean?

2 Fill the gap: Estudia ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pedagogía?

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