Didactics

Origin
1. 1640: Comenius. "Didactica Magna"
  1. Description and prescription of the "art of teaching"
Relates to other Sciences
1. Psychology
2. Pedagogy
3. Sociology
4. Anthropology
20th Century: Three main perspectives
1. Traditional
  1. Technical and prescriptive view
2. Cognitive
  1. Problem solving approach
3. New Dimension
  1. Appropriation of knowledge in situated contexts
21st Century
1. Committed to social practices
  1. Action and reflection to transform the world
    1. Teaching for social justice
2. Oriented towards design, implementation and evaluation of teaching and learning programs
3. Design of teaching and learning situations
  1. Situated Cognitions
    1. Interactions
      1. Teachers
      2. Learners
        Background knowledge
        Preconceptions
        Pre-requisits
      3. Cultural artifacts
      4. Knowledge
4. Orientation and support of student's learning
5. Identifying and analyzing educational problems
  1. Providing best learning opportunities
Specific for each discipline
1. Different concepts and facts
2. Different skills
3. Different dispositions
4. Different approaches
Science of education concerned with two different but interrelated processes
1. TEACHING
  1. Through complex teacher knowledge
    1. Subject matter knowledge
    2. Pedagogical knowledge
    3. Knowledge of context
    4. Pedagogical content knowledge
  2. Different teaching styles
2. LEARNING
  1. Different learning styles

Resource summary

	Created by Dánisa Garderes over 7 years ago