教育

Question 1

didactic

Answer 1

didactic [daɪˈdæktɪk]
(a) 教導的
(MW) designed orintended to teach
[衍] didacticism [daɪˈdæktəsɪzəm] (n) “教育” (= education)
[例] Pope’slengthy poem An Essay on Man istoo didactic formytaste: I dislikeit when poets turn preachy and moralize.
[記] 諧音：學生 “呆呆聽課”。

Question 2

edify

Answer 2

edify [ˈɛdəˌfaɪ]
(v) 教導 (帶有道德意味)
(MW) to instructand improve especially in moral andreligious knowledge: UPLIFT; also:ENLIGHTEN, INFORM
[例] Although his purpose was toedify and not toentertain his audience, many ofhis listenerswereamused and not enlightened.
[解] 同義字 teach，特別指道德方面，軍訓教官對學生的教導即是 edify。

Question 3

inform

Answer 3

inform [ɪnˈfɔrm]
(v) 型塑
(MW) to givecharacter or essenceto <the principles which inform modern teaching >(AL) to be orprovide the essential quality of (something) : to be very noticeable in (something)
[源] in- (= en-, make) +form (形式) ，使成形即 “型塑”。
[解] inform 的概念是 “作為…的精華、特徵”，被修飾的對象可以是 “教學” 領域中的核心理論(解釋一) 或 “文學作品” (解釋二、例句) 。
[例] Her experience as a refugee informs the contentof her latest novel.
[例] His Catholicupbringing informs all his writing.Ÿ

Question 4

inculcate

Answer 4

inculcate [ˈɪnkʌlˌket]
(v) 持續灌輸 (教導…觀念)
(MW1) to cause(something) to be learnedby (someone) by repeatingit again and again
(MW2) to teach and impressby frequentrepetitions or admonitions
[衍] inculcation [ˌɪnkʌlˈkeʃən] (n) “持續灌輸…觀念”。
[例] The teacherinculcatedin her studentsthe importance of good study habits.

Question 5

pedagogue

Answer 5

pedagogue [ˈpɛdəˌgɑg]
(n) 教師
(MW) TEACHER, SCHOOLMASTER (教師) especially: a dull, formal, orpedantic teacher
[源] ped- (child) + agog- (leader) ，最初有貶意 “slave who escortedchildren to school andgenerally supervised them”
[例] He couldnever be a stuffy (乏味的) pedagogue; his classeswere always lively and filledwith humor.
[形] demagogu [ˈdɛməgɔg] (n) a leader who makes use ofpopular prejudices and false claimsand promisesin order togain power “煽動民粹的領袖”，字源來自 demo- (people) + agog- (leader) 。