Pedagogics

• Broad, humanist field of theory and practice, concerned with:
  • Methods of teaching and learning
  • Efficiency of teaching and learning
  • Social preconditions
  • Psychological imlications
  • Societal consequences
• Contrasts with the narrower concerns of curriculum development or educational technology
• Good example is Dewey’s "My Pedagogic Creed," where he sets education in the context of a democratic society.
• Related to systems theory

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