didactice

Didactice is an English adjective that denotes a relation to didactics, the field concerned with teaching and instructional methods. In modern usage, didactic is the more common form, and didactics refers to the discipline itself. Didactice appears mainly in historical texts, translations, or contexts where a non-English morphological variant is preserved. The term inherits its meaning from Latin didacticus and Greek didaktikos, both pointing to teaching or instructive ability.

In practice, didactice describes content, approaches, or materials intended to educate. When encountered, it may modify nouns to indicate instructional function, such as didactic text or didactic method, though such usage is rare in contemporary English. For most discussions of teaching, educators and scholars prefer didactic and related terms like didacticism, didactology, or the broader field of pedagogy.

Didactic content, including didactic poetry, prose, or lectures, is characterized by explicit instruction, a clear moral or informational aim, and structured presentation. Critics often contrast didactic approaches with experiential or inquiry-based methods that encourage learners to discover concepts more autonomously. As a result, didactic explanations are common in textbooks, training manuals, and policy documents, where the goal is precise transfer of knowledge or skills.

See also: didacticism, didactics, pedagogy.