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教育学 (きょういくがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

教きょう育いく学がく

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Meanings

1

pedagogy; education (as a field of study)

Refers to the academic discipline that studies educational theory, methods, and systems.

彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで教きょう育いく学がくを専せん攻こうし

て

いる

。

She is majoring in education at university.

教きょう育いく学がくの理り論ろんを実じっ践せんに活いかすのは難むずかしい。

It is difficult to apply pedagogical theories in practice.

Kanji

教teach, faith, doctrine
育bring up, grow up, raise
学study, learning, science

Related words

教きょう育いく
教育 is the general term for education or teaching, while 教育学 specifically denotes the academic study of education as a discipline.

Built from

教きょう育いく+学がく

Etymology

Compound of 教育 (education) + 学 (study, -ology).