bear-leadingn.
/ˈbɛːˌliːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛrˌlidɪŋ/ Now rare.
The action of chaperoning someone, esp. the education and chaperoning of a wealthy young man travelling abroad, esp. in Europe. Cf. bear-leader n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > [adjective] > leading or guiding
conductive1528
directional1612
guidinga1616
leadinga1628
manuducent1677
conducting1710
bear-leading1748
bear-leading1766
polar1791
society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching
demonstration1742
bear-leading1766
royal road1793
tachydidaxy1846
object teaching1851
object system1862
methodic1864
community education1873
methodics1883
maieutics1885
type-system1901
direct method1904
spoon-feeding1905
play method1914
playway1914
project method1916
active learning1919
study skills1924
skit1926
free activity1929
hypnopaedia1932
sleep-teaching1932
chalk and talk1937
show-and-tell1941
demo1945
naming of (the) parts1946
team teaching1949
teleteaching1953
programming1954
audio-lingualism1961
immersion1965
dem1968
open learning1970
suggestopaedia1970
suggestopedy1970
distance learning1972
fast-tracking1972
paideia1982
tutorial1984
m-learning2001
1766 Crit. Rev. May 321 Every foreign domestic..commences travelling governor, which has brought the profession into such contempt, that it is now generally denominated bear-leading.
1861 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 12 Apr. 5/1 Failure is not to be effaced by a few years retirement, and a judicious effort of bear-leading, though the illustrious object to be tutored and directed was the Prince of Wales.
1959 London Mag. 1 Jan. 29 The week of bearleading through press conferences and television studios was over.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bear-leadingadj.
/ˈbɛːˌliːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɛrˌlidɪŋ/ Now historical and rare.
That works as a tutor and chaperone to a wealthy young man travelling abroad, esp. in Europe. Cf. bear-leader n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > [adjective] > leading or guiding
conductive1528
directional1612
guidinga1616
leadinga1628
manuducent1677
conducting1710
bear-leading1748
bear-leading1766
polar1791
1748 ‘J. Jingle’ Congratulatory Ode x. 7 Mamma to mend his Taste Sends him to cross the Alps in haste With some Bear-leading Varlet.
1944 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Feb. 103/3 Speculation arises whether or not Parachinetti was employed as a bear-leading tutor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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