The method and practice of teaching. It encompasses teaching styles, teaching theory, and feedback and assessment. When people talk about the pedagogy of teaching, they will be referring to the way teachers deliver the content of the curriculum to a class. Educators will use research from many different academic disciplines to inform their decisions. The justifications behind the decisions will become the pedagogical principles, and every educator develops their own pedagogical principles over time.
There are four categories of pedagogical approach: behaviourism, constructivism, social constructivism, and liberationist.
Synonyms:
pedagogical approach, pedagogical principle
Related articles:
- Glossary: behaviourismBehaviourism in education is a 'traditional' approach to teaching and learning. A behaviourist pedagogy sees learning as educator-centred - the lecturer is the knowledge giver and leader.
- Glossary: learning communityA group of teachers, academics and learners who have shared academic interests, and use their interests to help develop teaching and learning pedagogy through sharing ideas and collaborating.
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