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also pedagogic
as in educational
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of or relating to teachers or education
pedagogical methods the pedagogical value of the field trip
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Most people do this at home, but Barnes’s stridently symmetrical arrangements—big artworks in the middle, smaller ones to either side, formal echoes bouncing around the room—were emphatically pedagogical.
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Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Barnes first tested Dewey’s pedagogical ideas on his factory workers, engaging them in weekly seminars to look at art and discuss philosophical texts.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Construed as a pedagogical exercise more than entertainment, the film offers a deep reading into the complicated plurality of the populace that constitutes nations such as Germany.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
In that same pedagogical spirit, your moment to shine on Super Bowl Sunday can be explaining who Charli XCX is to the straightest brother-in-law in your vicinity.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 30 Jan. 2025
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Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Barnes first tested Dewey’s pedagogical ideas on his factory workers, engaging them in weekly seminars to look at art and discuss philosophical texts.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Construed as a pedagogical exercise more than entertainment, the film offers a deep reading into the complicated plurality of the populace that constitutes nations such as Germany.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025
In that same pedagogical spirit, your moment to shine on Super Bowl Sunday can be explaining who Charli XCX is to the straightest brother-in-law in your vicinity.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Pedagogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedagogical. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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