Specialist dictionary

Teaching and pedagogy

Teaching methods, instruction, pedagogy and classroom practice.

Core vocabulary

37 featured terms

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Assimilatornoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Coachingnoun

the job of a professional coach

Coaching jobnoun

the job of a professional coach

Didacticadjective

instructive (especially excessively)

Didacticaladjective

instructive (especially excessively)

Didacticsnoun

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was c…

Educationnoun

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was c…

Educational activitynoun

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was c…

Facilitationnoun

the condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition"

Instructionnoun

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was c…

Learnernoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Lessonnoun

a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"

Pedagogynoun

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was c…

Scholarnoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Studentnoun

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Teachverb

accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents"

Teachernoun

a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"

Teachingnoun

the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was c…

Classnoun

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Coeducationnoun

education of men and women in the same institutions

Continuing educationnoun

a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time

Coursenoun

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Course of instructionnoun

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Course of studynoun

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes"

Elementary educationnoun

education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school

Extensionnoun

an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

Extension servicenoun

an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

Extracurricular activitynoun

educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum

Grindnoun

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Higher educationnoun

education provided by a college or university

Secondary educationnoun

education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school

Spongenoun

someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge"

Team teachingnoun

a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students

University extensionnoun

an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

Work-study programnoun

an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study

Informativeadjective

serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

Instructiveadjective

serving to instruct or enlighten or inform