Education vs. Pedagogy — What's the Difference?

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, and habits. Educational methods include teaching, training, storytelling, discussion and directed research.

Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as an academic discipline, is the study of how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational context, and it considers the interactions that take place during learning.

The act or process of educating or being educated.

The method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept

The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.

The art or profession of teaching.

A program of instruction of a specified kind or level

Preparatory training or instruction.

The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning.

The profession of teaching.

An instructive or enlightening experience

The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

The strategies or methods of instruction; an educational philosophy.

(countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

The principles and methods of instruction

The activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill;

The profession of a teacher;

Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction;

The activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill;

The gradual process of acquiring knowledge;

The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior);

The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979