"Walk with them ...Work with them ,alongside them".
What is pedagogy ? In my Perception, Pedagogy is another word for education,the profession and science of teaching. Many discussions of pedagogy make the mistake of seeing it as primarily being about teaching. In this piece Mark K.Smith explores the origins of pedagogy and the often overlooked traditions of thinking and practise associated with it. He argues that a focus on teaching as a specialist role is best understood in other ways. Pedagogy needs to be explored through the thinking and practise of those educators who look to accompany learners ; care for and about them;and bring learning into life. Teaching is just one aspect of their practise. He also looks to some of the issues facing the development of pedagogical thinking.
In my view, a common way of approaching pedagogy is as the art and science (and maybe even craft) of teaching. As we will see, viewing pedagogy in this way both fails to honour the historical experiences and to connect crucial areas of theory and practise. Here we suggest that a good way of exploring pedagogy is as the process of accompanying learners;caring for and about them;and bringing learning into life.
In my opinion. i think good pedagogy is about guiding students to learning. It's about posing challenges,asking the right questions and presenting relevant problems for learners to explore , answer and solve. Moreover, summarizing true pedagogy is where educators transport their students to a place where they will be amazed by the wonders of the world they live within.
As One Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates once said : ' Wisdom begins in wonder '.
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