‘‘The curriculum must enable children to find their voices, nurture their curiosity-to do things, to ask questions and to pursue investigations, sharing and integrating their experiences with school knowledge – rather than their ability to reproduce textual knowledge.’’ National Curriculum Framework 2005, p-13 Against this backdrop, what should be the primary role of the teacher?

Pedagogy is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy is often described as the act of teaching. The pedagogy adopted by teachers shapes their actions, judgments, and teaching strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning, understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and interests of individual students.   The five common Pedagogical approaches are: the constructivist approach, the collaborative approach, the reflective approach, the... Show more

Pedagogy is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy is often described as the act of teaching.

The pedagogy adopted by teachers shapes their actions, judgments, and teaching strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning, understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and interests of individual students.
 

The five common Pedagogical approaches are: the constructivist approach, the collaborative approach, the reflective approach, the integrative approach, and, finally, the inquiry-based approach.

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