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Maker pedagogy

Learning with e's

More and more teachers are beginning to realise that creating environments and possibilities where students make things is a very powerful pedagogy. They generally work harder and also develop ability to reflect on their actions and critically evaluate their own work. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Pedagogy vs. Andragogy: Where Many Get it Wrong In Their Learning Strategy

eLearningMind

It’s not all Greek to us: When we’re talking about eLearning, the words “pedagogy” and “andragogy” are often thrown around. Both of Greek origin, pedagogy literally translates to paidi (child) and ago (guide). What are the differences between Pedagogy and Andragogy? The problem? Learner is depending on self. Adult Learning.

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Importance of Pedagogy in Education and Learning

Academia

So educators, do you know what pedagogy is in education and learning and how it can help institutions grow rapidly? Let’s discuss the importance of pedagogy in education and learning. . What is pedagogy in education? Pedagogy in education is a concept of teaching students, whether it is the theory or practice of educating.

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My ‘Man on the Moon’ Project

Clark Quinn

So let me document three important criteria that I think are critical to make this work (queue my claim “only two things wrong with education in this country, the curriculum and the pedagogy, other than that it’s fine”). Second, as suggested, it can’t be the existing pedagogy. Which leads to the third component.

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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

Learning with e's

I call this connected pedagogy. One essential element of connected pedagogy is communication. Connected pedagogy also relies on establishing an environment that is characterised by meaningful engagement, participation, self expression, problems solving and peer-evaluation. Think about it. 1954) Motivation and Personality.

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Superstitions for New Practitioners

Clark Quinn

Only two things wrong: the curriculum and the pedagogy, otherwise school’s fine.) The correlation between people’s evaluation of the learning and the actual impact is essentially zero. Except many school practices are only useful for passing tests, not for actually solving real problems and meeting real goals.

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Learning styles: Worth our time?

Making Change

If you had time to evaluate the research on learning styles, what would you conclude? Here’s what four cognitive psychologists concluded: “The contrast between the enormous popularity of the learning-styles approach within education and the lack of credible evidence for its utility is, in our opinion, striking and disturbing.