PEDAGOGIC ANALYSIS

PEDAGOGIC ANALYSIS

Introduction:

The word pedagogy comes from the Greek word paidagogeo,[Latin paedagogia] in  which  paidos means "child" and  agogosmeans "lead"; so it literally means "to lead the child“ or “to guide the child”

In Ancient Greece, a slave –paidagogos- was assigned to a wealthy master’s son, to take him to school, supervise him while in school, and carrying his equipment such as musical instruments, etc.

Pedagogy refers to educational schools of thought or philosophies regarding how people learn and how teachers should assist in that learning.

Pedagogy  is the science and art of education. 

It  is the study of being a teacher.

The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction.

According to Webster’s dictionary pedagogy means “the art or profession of teaching”. 

In terms of teacher training, it means the art or science of being a teacher, which includes the style and strategies of the teacher’s instruction.

The word pedagogue means, teacher, schoolmaster, educator, educationalist, etc.

Especially one who is strict, stiff orold-fashioned,  who stands in the front of the room and lectures for the entire class period.

Pedagogic Analysis means the logical and systematical breaking up of the curriculum from the point of view of a pedagogue for the purpose of its effective transaction.

Objectives of Pedagogic Analysis:    

    To analyze the curricular content into meaningful components

    To anticipate comprehensive instructional objectives for each component

    To identify the pre-requisites in the curricular area

    To design appropriate objective based learning experiences for different stages and contents

    To anticipate strategies for continuous and comprehensive evaluation

Advantages of Pedagogic Analysis:   

    Teacher can take steps to motivate students

    It helps the teacher to adopt learner centered instruction

    It makes the instructional programme more systematic and content appropriate

    It helps the teacher to design a plan of action to for immediate feedback, diagnosis and remediation

    It helps the teacher to implement proper evaluation procedure