pedagogy

[tinajpatterson]

pedagogy how this is used in the values of your pre school ? I am having a problem understanding what pedagogy means in lay man term please help

[Heidi]

Originally Posted by tinajpatterson

pedagogy how this is used in the values of your pre school ? I am having a problem understanding what pedagogy means in lay man term please help

If you look at the dictionary definition it says '..... the professional science or theory of teaching'.

So, it's not 'any old thing' that you are practicing or teaching in your setting, but a theory or belief/ a way of delivering/practicing the curriculum in your setting. It will/may be different from setting to setting as we are all individuals. We may deliver a different service because we have different beliefs and values - this 'professional' belief/ value/theory of our own will be influenced from somewhere - this, we can call our pedagogical teaching.


So pedagogy is professional practice relating to the learning and development of babies, toddlers and young children.

So, you are now being asked how is this used in the values of your pre-school?

So what or whom influences your pedagogy ( practice) in your setting?

i.e.
Do you and your setting have strong and principled views of piaget's theory? Do you follow his theories? or do you take some of his beliefs , but also feel that others such as Bowlby's theory plays an important part of settings values - you may be a nursery with lots of babies and can really see how his theory relates regarding the babies and attachment to their parent.

So in very simple terms - what are your beliefs and how do you put this into your professional practice? Your beliefs will have been influenced by other's theories - unless you have 'discovered' one and written a book.

I hope this helps and has not confused you further. I wasn't sure whether to reply or not as it's not easy to explain down on paper and as you have suggested - wouldn't it be simpler if they just found an English equivalent of the word! This word has always been used abroad and trips off the tongue far easier over there than it does here.

[Ruthierhyme]

Hiya, pedagogy is as hiedi says the reasons, thinking, ways in which you work and why - an approach to early years & the philosophy behind it.

As a pediatrician would look after everything assosiated with children in a medical environment, child educational practitioners could call themselves pedagological practitioners - pedagogues, it's everything they do & why under one title. In the UK we have early years departments in other countries these might be called a pedagogy or pedagological department / department for pedagogy or maybe department of pedagogy.

Maria montessori pedagogy

Waldorf Steiner - waldorf education, Rudolph Steiner

Reggio Emilia on wikipedia - there are some good links at the botom of the page if wanted.

Play as pedagogy is good

The play work principles could be described as a pedagogy for/of play.

Pedagogy on wikipedia

The use of the word here helps to explain its meaning/definition:
Effective pedagogy in the early years

Hth xx

[tinajpatterson]

thank you very much i can now answer the question your a fantastic help