教学法 (jiào xué fǎ) — teaching method; pedagogy

Definition

noun
teaching methodpedagogy

Examples

  • 教学法。
    Zhè zhǒng jiào xué fǎ fēi cháng shí yòng.
    This teaching method is very practical.
  • 教学法。
    Lǎo shī yīng gāi bú duàn gǎi jìn zì jǐ de jiào xué fǎ.
    Teachers should continuously improve their own pedagogy.
  • 教学法。
    Xiàn dài yǔ yán jiào xué fǎ zhù zhòng xué shēng de cān yù.
    Modern language pedagogy emphasizes student participation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

教学teaching and learning
教jiàoteach学xuélearn
联合Side by side
法fǎmethod

The teaching-learning sense of 教学 tells what kind of 法 is meant: a method.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
子子zǐchild
攵Written in full as攴pūteaching cane; stick that represents authority
Sound part声符shēngfú
爻
爻yáo教jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

教 uses 爻 for its sound and puts 子 (child) with 攵 (攴), a teaching cane, to show teaching a child.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 學; 学 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 學 may have used 爻 and 六 for sound, with hands and a child added later; the simplified 学 is a shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
廌廌zhìa type of antelope or caprid
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé法fǎ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

法's older form combined 氵 (water) and 廌 (a type of antelope or caprid), with 盍 as a sound part; later 廌 was dropped.

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