pedagogy

Art of instruction

Pedagogy is the subject or practice of teaching.

It can designate the profession of teaching, or a set of ideas about how teaching should be done, as in modern Latin pedagogy.

Those who train to be teachers study pedagogy in order to learn the most effective ways of teaching.

strategies

scaffolding

Temporary exterior work platform

learning objectives · rubrics · concept mapping · graphic organizers · modeling · chunking · spiraling · backward design · feedback loops · wait time

theory

constructivism

Active knowledge-building theory

essentialism · Montessori · Waldorf

theorists

Piaget

Child cognition researcher

  • DeweyLibrary classification pioneer
  • MontessoriChild-led educational philosophy
  • BloomEnglish surname, or taxonomy

Skinner · Rousseau · hooks · Steiner · Gardner · Knowles · Confucius · Locke · Socrates · Tagore

development

cognitive development

Acquiring reasoning abilities over time

transfer · retention · deep learning · developmental stages · readiness · prior knowledge · misconceptions · cognitive load · information processing · meaning-making

engagement

participation

Act of taking part

collaboration · curiosity · classroom dynamics · intrinsic motivation · relevance · autonomy · mastery · belonging · emotional engagement · agency

methods

Socratic method

Teaching by strategic questioning

seminar · workshop · demonstration · case study · simulation · role-playing · peer tutoring · discovery learning · gamification · blended learning

Categories
Opposites
teaching versus non-teaching

pedagogyautodidacticism

Practice of self-instruction

self-teaching · unschooling · neglect · ignorance · miseducation

method versus content

pedagogycurriculum

Educational program's content plan

subject matter · content · syllabus · course material · discipline

child-centered teaching versus adult-centered teaching

pedagogyadult education

Learning for mature students

self-directed learning

Family

pedagogue, pedagogic, pedagogical, pedagogics, pedagogues, pedagogies

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