Pedagogy
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Pedagogy is the science and art of education, specifically instructional theory. An instructor develops conceptual knowledge and manages the content of learning activities in pedagogical settings. Modern pedagogy has been strongly influenced by the cognitivism of Piaget, 1926, 1936/1975; the social-interactionist theories of Bruner, 1960, 1966, 1971, 1986; and the social and cultural theories of Vygotsky, 1962. These theorists have laid a foundation for pedagogy where sequential development of individual mental processes—such as recognizing, recalling, analyzing, reflecting, applying, creating, understanding, and evaluating—are scaffolded. Students learn as they internalize the procedures, organization, and structures encountered in social contexts as their own schemata. The learner requires assistance to integrate prior knowledge with new knowledge. Children must also develop metacognition, or the ability to learn how to learn.
Etymology
From παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós, “teacher, leader”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).
See also
- Adult
- Andragogy
- Child
- Concept learning
- Contemporary Educational Psychology — a Wikibook about educational psychology
- Creative Pedagogy
- Critical pedagogy
- Education theory
- Education
- Educational philosophy
- Educational psychology
- Educology
- Heutagogy
- Horace Mann
- Instructional design
- Learning theory (education)
- Piano pedagogy
- Poisonous pedagogy
- Problem-based learning
- Teacher
- Team-based learning
- List of important publications in pedagogy