concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: paideia

paideia
type: Concept
broader: theories, models, and philosophical perspectives
definition: The origin of the term pedagogy is the ancient Greek word paideia. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as meaning “the sum of physical and intellectual achievement to which an individual or (collectively) a society can aspire; a society's culture.” Paideia in the fifth century BCE was synonymous with the term childrearing. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Paideia]

theories, models, and philosophical perspectives
type: Concept
narrower: paideia