Pedagogy is an approach to teaching. As an academic discipline, it studies how knowledge and skills are imparted in an educational setting and how interactions take place during learning. It provides specialized knowledge to teachers so that they can create and facilitate an effective teaching and learning environment for their students. It draws from both educational psychology as well as the philosophy of education.

Knowledge of Pedagogy is important as it helps improve the students' outcome and performance by an overall improvement in the quality of teaching. Pedagogy provides knowledge on social skills and cultural norms to its learners as all students bring to the class their unique perspectives, strengths, skills, and personal experiences. Pedagogy instils in students qualities that allow for critical thinking and stimulated creativity, with each new task provided to them.

In order to successfully complete a program in Pedagogy, students need to be interested in developing new ways of teaching and learn to observe the existing practices. Both theoretical, as well as practical knowledge is incorporated in the Pedagogy courses offered by various universities. Graduates with a degree in Pedagogy can find employment in various sectors with job options available across the globe.