This word is about teaching — not just “being a teacher”, but the way teaching is done. A pedagogical question asks how we help people learn. A pedagogical method is a way of teaching: pictures, games, lots of talking, or a careful mix of all three.

This word is about teaching這個字跟教學有關 — not just "being a teacher"不只是「當老師」, but the way teaching is done而是教學進行的方式。A pedagogical question asksA pedagogical question問的是 how we help people learn我們該怎麼幫助人學習。A pedagogical method is a way of teachingA pedagogical method指的是一種教學方式: pictures, games, lots of talking, or a careful mix of all three圖片、遊戲、大量的口說，或三者謹慎的搭配。

Teachers, writers of school books, and people who study education use it. It sounds formal. You will meet it in university classes and in papers about schools, not much in everyday chat.

Teachers, writers of school books, and people who study education use it老師、教科書的作者，以及研究教育的人會用這個字。It sounds formal它聽起來很正式。You will meet it in university classes and in papers about schools你會在大學課堂和關於學校的論文裡遇到它, not much in everyday chat日常聊天裡不太會用。

Though actually, people sometimes stretch it to mean “good for learning”: “a pedagogical choice” can just mean “we chose this so students would learn better”. It is not a rude word, and it is not a fancy way to say “strict”.

Though actually不過其實, people sometimes stretch it to mean大家有時候會把它用得更寬鬆，變成 "good for learning"「有助於學習」的意思: "a pedagogical choice" can just mean「a pedagogical choice」可以就只是說 "we chose this so students would learn better"「我們選這個是為了讓學生學得更好」。It is not a rude word它不是一個粗魯的字, and it is not a fancy way to say也不是 "strict"「嚴格」的一種花俏說法。

Do not mix it up with pedantic, which looks a little like it but means “too fussy about tiny rules”.

Do not mix it up with pedantic別把它跟pedantic搞混, which looks a little like it那個字長得有點像 but means但意思是 "too fussy about tiny rules"「對雞毛蒜皮的小規矩太過講究」。