pedagogy
the method and practice of teaching
Root
- paid / ped: child, education
Other words with the paid / ped root
In this family, ped is not foot; it is the child being led into learning. Pedagogy is the art of guiding that learner.
The tutor changed her pedagogy when she realized the class remembered stories better than lists.
Pedagogy comes from Greek paidagogia, connected to the paidagogos: originally the person who led a child to school and supervised him. The modern word keeps the guide-and-learner shape, but now points to the craft of teaching itself.