Monday, July 16, 2007

Pedagogy introduction

As I' m studying pedagogy as my major, the main topic that i will discus here will be the things related with it.

First of all, I want to say some things that I know about what is education, where comes the word pedagogy from and etc.

The word pedagogy comes from the Ancient Greek (paidagōgeō) which comes from child and lead - ago-agein and that means "to lead the child”. In Ancient Greece the teacher usually was a slave who supervised the education of his master’s son (girls were not publicly educated). This involved taking him to school or a gym, looking after him and carrying his equipment (e.g. musical instruments first).
For me the education is learning, discovering, socialising, getting the people together in every second of their life no matter their age. Learning also is a process in which the learner actively constructs or builds new ideas or concepts based upon current and past knowledge. In other words, "learning involves constructing one's own knowledge from one's own experiences." Constructivist learning, therefore, is a very personal endeavor, whereby internalized concepts, rules, and general principles may consequently be applied in a practical real-world context.The teacher acts as a facilitator who encourages students to discover principles for themselves and to construct knowledge by working to solve realistic problems. This is also known as knowledge construction as a social process (see social constructivism). We can work to clarify and organize their ideas so we can voice them to others. It gives us opportunities to elaborate on what they have learned. We are exposed to the views of others. It enables us to discover flaws and inconsistencies by learning we can get good results. Constructivism itself has many variations, such as generative learning, discovery learning, and knowledge building. Regardless of the variety, constructivism promotes a student's free exploration within a given framework or structure.
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4 comments:

Milica said...

Just as I have written to other postes dealing with pedagogy, it is not of crucial importance for me to know all these theories (since it is not my field of study); what I find essential for the future teacher is to create a pleasant working environment so that learning process can take place.

albanhoxha said...

Hi to all. Its very good subject pedagogy and to be honestly because i like it to much i was in Tirana,Albania just to buy more books from pedagogy,methodology and didactic. You can't be a good teacher if you don't read more about pedagody. So be carefull because you need to be a good example for new students :-) . By the way you make very good blog and congratulations!

vesna said...

Your blog...I love it a lot. Everything is well structured but only the photo where I am is a mistake. Bye

Trajkova Kristina said...

I know something about theoretic part of pedagogy but it is a fact that during my course of work I have learnt a lot more about 'pedagogy-based' behaviour that me as a student i have known.