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Replace pedagogues

I was delighted to see that Sue Griffin had considered my point about the over-use of the word 'pedagogue' and I am inspired by her redefinition of the word to describe the kind of 'holistic, reflective and sensitive practitioner' we would all like to see predominate in early years education (Letters, 6 January). Perhaps someone could take things one stage further and coin a different word altogether for this model of good practice - a word easier on the eye and the tongue and without the fusty classical overlay of 'pedagogue'?

Perhaps someone could take things one stage further and coin a different word altogether for this model of good practice - a word easier on the eye and the tongue and without the fusty classical overlay of 'pedagogue'?

As TS Eliot advises in 'The Four Quartets': For last year's words belong to last year's language/And next year's words await another voice.

Lyn Shawcroft, Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire

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