How to Use pedagogical in a Sentence

pedagogical

adjective
  • But one of his main pedagogical devices is still the field trip.
    — Joseph Bernstein Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 3 June 2024
  • One is the pedagogical power of radio to change closed minds.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Now, there are some ups and downs, but within the pedagogical methods of teaching my students, it's been great.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 4 June 2021
  • However, the effects were much weaker when the adult didn’t use any pedagogical cues.
    — Julia Leonard, Smithsonian, 25 Sep. 2017
  • That, of course, is the dilemma of any play that wants to make a moral and pedagogical point, rather than merely exploring life as it is lived.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The kids have stagnated long enough in a pedagogical and social limbo.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 9 July 2021
  • But most of the podcast’s lineup reflects his pedagogical aims.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • What did surprise me were the creative ways the Dictaphone was used as a pedagogical tool.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026
  • John seems laughably ill-equipped for the job; his dubious pedagogical method includes fake names and hairpieces.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Playing video games with your kids is a useful pedagogical experience in and of itself.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 19 Oct. 2020
  • At the pedagogical level, that means providing lots of options.
    — Danielle Dreilinger, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The track ends with a resolution of sorts, offering a pedagogical yet sincere peek into the singers’ heart.
    — Amanda Alcántara, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2022
  • And as usual with this conductor, there was a pedagogical aspect to the proceedings.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Franklin saw his pedagogical role in this regard as mainly delivering his famous folksy maxims and proverbs.
    — Mark Athitakis, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • For these reasons, schools should review such policies, rules and practices, and should eliminate any that do not serve a clear pedagogical purpose.
    — Josh Magness, kansascity, 9 May 2018
  • The pre-war building — pre–World War I — was a monument of old pedagogical ideals.
    — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The press played a pedagogical role, explaining exciting new techniques to its readers.
    — Nara B. Milanich, Time, 10 June 2019
  • By now the internet has such far-reaching influence that such a pedagogical intervention is called for.
    — Tyler Cowen, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
  • In an email, Professor Pasquale explained the pedagogical value of slide rules.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The basic pedagogical technique of the podcast might be called mutual mansplaining.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • One of her most powerful arguments is for the use of intergroup dialogue as a core pedagogical practice.
    — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • At the same time, the pedagogical buzzword of engagement (with respect to learning) continues to gather weight.
    — Rod Berger, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Behind all of this are curious superstitions, that news media — and social media that spread it — should be pedagogical.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 13 Feb. 2018
  • This is direct address, meant to touch us, and to provide a kind of pedagogical context for why Karski and his tale are deadly relevant today.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • So many of my most important pedagogical conversations happen in my office or outside of the classroom over coffee.
    — Katie Roiphe, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2021
  • One-by-one the students came up to the mic to say silly phrases that Sheeran looped together to form a rhythm, earning praise from the teachers for his pedagogical skills.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Sometimes the two converge in advocating the editing out of racist content that is deemed too upsetting to be worth the pedagogical benefits.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 June 2021
  • The acronym, coined in the early 1990s, is pedagogical vapor.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 17 Dec. 2019
  • An activist with a great deal of experience, Saloua is a teacher and pedagogical advisor.
    — Tharwa Boulifi, Teen Vogue, 19 Mar. 2018
  • On a regular basis, Kirsten wonders if Casey is using middle-school pedagogical techniques on her.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017

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