So thus the notion of digital pedagogy as simple method of shifting teaching on the black board to teaching on the digital device, or even worse, the internet... However as has been stated this is wrong. Today pedagogy refers more to the method of teaching in the environment in which learning is taking place as opposed so simply referring to a teacher, being a teacher does not make you a padagogue by nature. Teaching is different in the sense tht well, teaching...is teaching. Pedagogy is more the focus of the learning itself, how learning is taking place, what kind of learning. It focusses on the love or nature of learning, for the sake of learning itself so to speak, or if you will, the art of learning. So yes, digital pedagogy does refer to changing teaching techniques through using digital devices along with the dreaded internet, however it means so much more than that. It does not simply refer to teaching online, lecturing from afar on a projector with slides, although that does increase efficiency and makes paperwork much less, saving the environment and all that, but even that computer is made of something that had to be dug up somewhere in our natural world of trees etc, but I digress. Pedagogy means to achieve more than just teaching like a robot that is pre-programmed to a certain curriculum. Digital pedagogy simply means to utilize technology to our advantage to enhance teaching methods and thus enhance the learning or nature of learning taking place. Because anyone can look at the content of a slide and go and regurgitate it somewhere relevant, not everyone can be inspired on a topic and go investigate further and learn in the sense of the longterm, really coming to grips with a certain topic and not just keep it in short term memory.
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Teacher and Pedagogue, two terms for the same thing, no?
In ancient Greece a pedagogue was infact a teacher of a young boy, he accompanied him to during the day, to school and on the way home. The pedagogue would be employed by the father of the household thus education in the ancient world was only for the rich elite of society. Today there are many teachers and many schools, and one teacher is teaching a whole class of around 30 learners and not just focussing on one learner or perhaps a handfull of learners, perhaps there are still cases of such, but mostly the latter is the case today.
So thus the notion of digital pedagogy as simple method of shifting teaching on the black board to teaching on the digital device, or even worse, the internet... However as has been stated this is wrong. Today pedagogy refers more to the method of teaching in the environment in which learning is taking place as opposed so simply referring to a teacher, being a teacher does not make you a padagogue by nature. Teaching is different in the sense tht well, teaching...is teaching. Pedagogy is more the focus of the learning itself, how learning is taking place, what kind of learning. It focusses on the love or nature of learning, for the sake of learning itself so to speak, or if you will, the art of learning. So yes, digital pedagogy does refer to changing teaching techniques through using digital devices along with the dreaded internet, however it means so much more than that. It does not simply refer to teaching online, lecturing from afar on a projector with slides, although that does increase efficiency and makes paperwork much less, saving the environment and all that, but even that computer is made of something that had to be dug up somewhere in our natural world of trees etc, but I digress. Pedagogy means to achieve more than just teaching like a robot that is pre-programmed to a certain curriculum. Digital pedagogy simply means to utilize technology to our advantage to enhance teaching methods and thus enhance the learning or nature of learning taking place. Because anyone can look at the content of a slide and go and regurgitate it somewhere relevant, not everyone can be inspired on a topic and go investigate further and learn in the sense of the longterm, really coming to grips with a certain topic and not just keep it in short term memory.
So thus the notion of digital pedagogy as simple method of shifting teaching on the black board to teaching on the digital device, or even worse, the internet... However as has been stated this is wrong. Today pedagogy refers more to the method of teaching in the environment in which learning is taking place as opposed so simply referring to a teacher, being a teacher does not make you a padagogue by nature. Teaching is different in the sense tht well, teaching...is teaching. Pedagogy is more the focus of the learning itself, how learning is taking place, what kind of learning. It focusses on the love or nature of learning, for the sake of learning itself so to speak, or if you will, the art of learning. So yes, digital pedagogy does refer to changing teaching techniques through using digital devices along with the dreaded internet, however it means so much more than that. It does not simply refer to teaching online, lecturing from afar on a projector with slides, although that does increase efficiency and makes paperwork much less, saving the environment and all that, but even that computer is made of something that had to be dug up somewhere in our natural world of trees etc, but I digress. Pedagogy means to achieve more than just teaching like a robot that is pre-programmed to a certain curriculum. Digital pedagogy simply means to utilize technology to our advantage to enhance teaching methods and thus enhance the learning or nature of learning taking place. Because anyone can look at the content of a slide and go and regurgitate it somewhere relevant, not everyone can be inspired on a topic and go investigate further and learn in the sense of the longterm, really coming to grips with a certain topic and not just keep it in short term memory.
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