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'?
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'?
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
