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The art of making someone else's brain do what yours already can.
means The theory and practice of teaching — the methods, techniques, and philosophy behind how instruction actually works.
from From Greek paidagōgia, built from paidos (child) and agōgos (leader, guide) — literally 'child-leading.' In ancient Greece, a paidagōgos wasn't the teacher at all but a trusted household slave assigned to escort boys to and from school, carry their books, and mind their manners. Over centuries the word drifted from the escort's job to the teacher's craft, so pedagogy now names the art the guide's master once practiced, not the guide himself.
- not teaching
- it is the theory behind why teaching works
- greek root
- literally means leading children, paidagogos was a slave
- irony
- the original pedagogues were escorts, not instructors
- still contested
- nobody agrees if it is art, science, or both