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disciplinary
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dis·ci·pli·nar·y  (ds-pl-nr)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or used for discipline: disciplinary training; disciplinary measures.
2. Of or relating to a specific field of academic study.

disci·pli·nari·ly (-nâr-l) adv.
disci·pli·nari·ty (-nâr-t, -nr-) n.

disciplinary
Adjective
of or imposing discipline; corrective
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.disciplinary - relating to discipline in behavior; "disciplinary problems in the classroom"
2.disciplinary - relating to a specific field of academic study; "economics in its modern disciplinary sense"
3.disciplinary - designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary"
nonindulgent, strict - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint
Translations
disciplinary [ˈdɪsɪplɪnərɪ] adj to take disciplinary action against sb → disciplinar a algn
disciplinary [ˈdɪsɪplɪnərɪ] adjdisciplinaire;
to take disciplinary action against sb → prendre des mesures disciplinaires à l'encontre de qn
disciplinary [ˈdɪsɪplɪnərɪ] adj (powers etc) → Disziplinar-;
to take disciplinary action against sb → ein Disziplinarverfahren gegen jdn einleiten
disciplinary [ˈdɪsɪplɪnərɪ] adjdisciplinare;
to take disciplinary action against sb → prendere un provvedimento disciplinare contro qn


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One might find an era of origin in 1960's dissatisfaction with the rigid disciplinarity of most college curricula, concisely characterized in the SDS's Port Huron Statement (1962) as "an exaggerated compartmentalization of study and understanding" (Miller 335).
Editorial will cover "all aspects of pedagogy," including classroom teaching and learning in response to new student bodies, curriculum and responses to changing disciplinarity, communications media in the classroom, and innovation in the educational process.
 
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