spoonfeeding vs pedagogy

spoonfeeding and pedagogy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spoonfeeding	Yes	No	No	No
pedagogy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pedagogy is a hypernym of spoonfeeding; that is, pedagogy is a word with a broader meaning than spoonfeeding:

spoonfeeding: teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought
pedagogy: the profession of a teacher

Other hypernyms of spoonfeeding include instruction, teaching.

spoonfeeding (noun)	pedagogy (noun)
feeding someone (as a baby) from a spoon	the profession of a teacher
teaching in an overly simplified way that discourages independent thought	the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
	the principles and methods of instruction