Pedagogue?

[mselly13]

Has anyone heard this word before and can you please explain it to be better? My DBro(not dear) has called my mother this twice now and from the tone and context, it doesn't sound like it's something nice. According to the dictionary I have it is a teacher or school master or the art, science or profession of teaching.

I guess both times he has said this has been when she has been saying something along the lines of "well, I would do it this way" or "we used to do things this way".

If it weren't for my nieces I would be totally done with idiot. I am so tired of his crap...a whole other vent.

Thanks for your help.

 

[TinkerbEllnor]

The only time I have heard that word was in the lyrics to the song 'Brian Wilson' by Bare Naked Ladies. "Dr. Landy tell me you're not just a pedagogue"- I still don't know what it means, tho.

 

[Serena]

Dictionary.com has it being a teacher, dogmatic, formal, and variations of that.

 

[DevilDuckie]

It has two meanings. One, as your dictionary noted, is a teacher. What he is probably accusing her of is what Dictionary.com cites as "a person who is pedantic, dogmatic, and formal." He's being snotty and his mother ought not to tolerate it.

And because I cannot stand the fact that they used "pedantic" to define "pedagogue"...

Pedantic means excessively formal and implies in this case that your mother is showing off her education or being an academic/intellectual snob. Not nice to say to your mother.

 

[Corryn]

Maybe he has the Word Of The Day desk calendar - you know, say the word three times in a sentence and it's yours

 

[Cindy B]

I've had many pedagogy classes (I'm a college student-teaching major). For example, one of my classes was Elementary Mathematics Pedagogy. This class was for students to learn how to teach math to students.

 

[Serena]

It has two meanings. One, as your dictionary noted, is a teacher. What he is probably accusing her of is what Dictionary.com cites as "a person who is pedantic, dogmatic, and formal." He's being snotty and his mother ought not to tolerate it.

And because I cannot stand the fact that they used "pedantic" to define "pedagogue"...

Pedantic means excessively formal and implies in this case that your mother is showing off her education or being an academic/intellectual snob. Not nice to say to your mother.

Yeah, not nice at all, and it sounds like he was doing exactly that. Showing off his new word for the week.

 

[mselly13]

Yeah, not nice at all, and it sounds like he was doing exactly that. Showing off his new word for the week.

I would agree you except for the fact that the first time he called her this it was like 2 years ago and now he did it again tonight.

 

[Judy from Boise]

I usually use the work to contrast how we teach children ( directive , rote memorization, learning out of context) vs how we teach adults ( active, contextual, learner directed).

But,
he is being a snot, thats for sure.

 

[KikiFan]

Yeah, not nice at all, and it sounds like he was doing exactly that. Showing off his new word for the week.

Why is it, whenever someone uses a word we're not familiar with - we consider it "showing off?" Some people just have a better vocabulary.

 

[Aisling]

The first time I ever heard that word was in a song by Queen..."pedagogue squinting, wears a frown..."


A pedagogue is a stern, mean, know-it-all schoolmaster. Not a nice word to call someone.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I would agree you except for the fact that the first time he called her this it was like 2 years ago and now he did it again tonight.

Maybe he forgot to change calendars?

 

[Corryn]

Why is it, whenever someone uses a word we're not familiar with - we consider it "showing off?" Some people just have a better vocabulary.

Anything that deviates from "normal" causes pause. When a son starts throwing "big" words at his mother, he's a snotty brat. It's obvious he was using a big word to make his mother feel small. I'm a court reporter, and naturally, I love words. There's a time and place for speaking a certain way. When I'm with my friends, my Bronx comes out..when I'm speaking with my own students or when I'm at school speaking with fellow students or my professors, I have to bust out my big words. If I'm speaking all Bronx-like while in a serious nursing class, I'm going to be naturally looked down upon, that's human nature, unfortunately. When I use big words with my friends in fun, casual conversation, then I'm a show off.
Like I said, a time and place for everything..... It's obvious in this instance the son was trying to prove something to his mother.

Maybe he forgot to change calendars?

 

[NotUrsula]

I'm going to go out into left field a bit ...

Is it possible that your brother is confusing the words "pedagogue" and "pedant"? It sounds like it to me.

A pedagogue is a professional or expert teacher. A pedant is a person who likes to constantly show off his superior knowledge (the best-ever pop-culture example of a pedant would be Cheers' Cliff Clavin.)

 

[Macca1111]

I gotta agree with NotUrsula...pedagogue can't be the word he was going for, which is why I laughed at his insulting his mom with the wrong word. Makes me laugh anyway.

 

[douglisa]

This is the only time I ever heard it used.
Remember this old Disney movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWicd8wiMSA
Gotta love YouTube!

 

[Macca1111]

Nice link and reference!

 

[douglisa]

Thanks!
If you ask me what the date is or when my anniversary is I struggle.
But for some reason I have all this useless information stored in my brain and it leaks out! I love you tube, it helps with expressing the leakage!

 

[kaytieeldr]

A pedagogue is a professional or expert teacher. A pedant is a person who likes to constantly show off his superior knowledge (the best-ever pop-culture example of a pedant would be Cheers' Cliff Clavin.)

Which would actually apply to the brother, no?