Pedagogy

Pedagogy and constructivism

Mtra. Ma. Soledad Islas Solar

Index

5.The three pillars of pedagogy

Objective

Introduction

The integration

Pedagogy

Constructivism

Why is pedagogy important?

Bibliography

Objective Describe pedagogical model based on constructivism

Introduction

Programs and courses must be aligned with an approach to build activities and assessments around it to be coherent.

3. Pedagogy

The word Pedagogy comes from the Greek word “pedagogue” which means “The art of teaching children” which has been extended to all levels on education. During decades, great professors such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotel and new generations of researchers such as neuroscientists, philosophers, psychologistics, and so on have tried to improve education.

4. Why is pedagogy important?

Pedagogy has been an essential part of education to transform information into knowledge. According to Caduceus, the following points make important pedagogy in the classroom.1.Improve the quality of teaching and learning 2. Have in-depth understanding of fundamental material 3. Achieve deeper learning 4.Improve student-teacher relationship

5.The three pillars of pedagogy

How does learning happen?

What is learning?

How can we facilitate learning?

According to Kivunja, learning is not a passive activity,it is the process of building their knowledge coming from the information we provide them as teachers.

According to Williams and Dunns’ research, there are 8 steps that the brain follows.(See the next slide)

teachers have to create an conducive environment. 1.Work in collaboration 2. Work on projects, integrating different areas 3. Create a motivational environment

6.The integration

The main pillars of the pedagogy are: teaching, learning, and assessment and curriculum

Click on the center and on each corner to know more about the pillars of pedagogic

How does learning happen?

7. Constructivism

Constructivism is a theory of learning that learners build their the new knowledge by themselves, using their previous knowledge and beliefs. Through history there has been different exponent, such as the Piaget, Vigosky, Mattews, and many others. For example, Phillips considered two views: Social constructivism or constructionism, and psychological constructivism

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Constructivist pedagogy

Learning constructivism

Leaners build the meaning around the phenomena idiosyncratically; they learn in social groups .Indivuduals consider what is created inside the mind.

Humans build up knowledge based on what surrounds them in all fields such as: religion, politics, ideologies, economy and so on.Individuals include the knowledge and epistemology.

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Constructivism pedagogy

Constructivism pedagogy became important when it was found out that learning in groups facilitates the process.

Characteristics

The following characteristics can vary according to the age of the student, students' experiences, school context, teaching style and so on. 1.Student-centered 2.Foster dialogs to create and understan a topic. 3.planned and unplanned introduction of the topic, using instructions 4. Provide opportunities for students to determine, challenge, modify, or add beliefs and understandings through interesting tasks 5. Develop metawareness of students' understanding and learning processes.

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Students learning

Constructivism pedagogy works with empirical activities, but what about direct instructions and lectures, they should be present in the classroom

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Effective constructivist teaching

"Constructivism is a theory of learning, and not a theory of teaching".

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Teachers' subject-matter knowledge

Is it possible that elementary teachers know all the disciplines they have to teach?

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¡ Philo-notes. (1. de septiembre 2020).What is constructivism? Philo Foundations of Educ. https://youtu.be/6Y2sU18vWb4?si=zmppElTWHeJj8AFc Team Satchel. (13 de febrero 2020). ¿Qué es la pedagogía ? 4 teorias esenciales del aprendizaje. Cartera. https://youtu.be/QcpwEoW1uY8?si=MbkiMLBMfY3XFLJf Kivunja, C., (2016). Teaching and learning & Assessment.Oxford. https://www.oup.com.au/media/documents/higher-education/he-samples-pages/he-teacher-ed-landing-page-sample-chapters/KIVUNJA_9780195596359_SC.pdf Richarson, V. (2003). Constructivist Pedagogy. University of Michigan. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249400122_Constructivist_Pedagogy !

How can you facilitate? H2 L, represents the teacher’s understanding of learning and the attributes of the learners involved in learning(Kivunja,2016)

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I am very anxious to return to my classroom and teach science.Constructivism has taught me [that] I do not need to know any sciencein order to teach it. I will simply allow my students to figure things outfor themselves, for I know there is no right answer.(Mackinnon and Scarff-Seatter (1997)

I am very anxious to return to my classroom and teach science.Constructivism has taught me [that] I do not need to know any sciencein order to teach it. I will simply allow my students to figure things outfor themselves, for I know there is no right answer.(Mackinnon and Scarff-Seatter (1997)