Is anyone else fed up with the latest 'buzz' words and fancy names for things that, I feel, already exist? The latest 'in' word seems to be 'pedagogue'.
Unsure of its exact meaning, I looked it up in the Illustrated Oxford Dictionary: 'Pedagogue - School-master, teacher (usu. contempt). Pedagogy - Science of teaching.' Does that mean the word is often used in contempt? And surely the science of teaching is taught in teacher training?
It seems to me that within a few years, all childcare practitioners will need a degree. Once they have their 'pedagogue' degree, will the childcare sector be willing (or able) to pay the rate that one would expect with a degree? Sadly, I think not.
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