What does "didactic" mean and how does it apply to tutors or teachers?

Question

Didactic has several meanings, both positive and negative. It can apply to the best or worst characteristics of a teacher.

Answer 1

didactic (adj.) "fitted or intended for instruction; pertaining to instruction," 1650s, from French didactique, from Latinized form of Greek didaktikos "apt at teaching," from didaktos "taught," past participle of didaskein "teach," from PIE *dens- "to learn" (source also of Sanskrit dasra- "effecting miracles"Didactic teaching. Didactic method provides students with the required theoretical knowledge. It is an effective method used to teach students who are unable to organize their work and depend on the teachers for instructions. It is also used toteach basic skills of reading and writing.The characteristics of the didactic principles reflect an image through which the education system and process involve a didactic attitude towards the projecting and the evaluation of the educational activities. ... The objectivity of the didactic principles is given by that coherent approach of the didactic action.Another word for didactic: instructive, educational, enlightening, moral, edifying .Didactic can have a neutral meaning of "designed or intended to teach people something," but often didactic is used when the lesson being taught is annoying or unwanted—such as an attempt to school people on what's proper or moral. 'Pedantic' describes a particular kind of annoying person.The primary intention of didactic art is not to entertain, but to teach the audience a moral or a theme.http://www.scientiasocialis.lt/pec/node/files/pdf/vol17/10-15.Blandul_Vol.17.pdf for more information.

Answer 2

Didactic is an adjective that means to present a topic in an instructive, or informative way. This seems to be a good thing unless one looks more deeply into the meaning of didactic. It can also mean presenting information in a doctrinal or pedagogic way. For a student preparing for the SAT, increasing reading comprehension, or enriching essay or SAT writing, this word is very useful. For a teacher, didactic means to present information in a patronizing, over-slow way.