Research and Development (R&D)
Research and development (R&D) is the creation of new body of knowledge about existing products or processes, or the creation of an entirely new product.
Types of Research By Purpose
Research is systematic way to find out facts and knowledge. There are two types of research, one is by method and other is by purpose. The types of research by purpose fall into three categories such as Basic, Applied and Action Research. Research is the pursuit of truth with the help of study, observation, comparison […]
Maria Montessori 1870-1952
Montessori System, Purpose and Method Maria Montessori was basically a doctor by profession. She was working with mentally handicapped children in Italy in a hospital where she developed a child-centered approach to teach such students. This approach was known as Montessori system of education. It was a system of education for young children that seek […]
John Dewey Laboratory School 1859-1952
John Dewey was born 1859. He was a pragmatist and experimentalist. His philosophy was manifested in the shape of the laboratory school.
Froebel – The Kindergarten (1782-1852)
Friedrich Wilhelm Froebel was a German educationist. In 1837, he established a school named Kindergarten or Children’s garden, so he developed the basic idea about children’s education. According to him, children are like a flower and teacher is a Gardner. He stressed that each child had the ability to learn. We should provide him freedom […]
Imam Ghazali
Abu Hāmed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzālī (1058–1111) (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالی), known as Imam Ghazali or Algazel to the western medieval world, born and died in Tus, in the Khorasan province of Persia (modern day Iran) was a Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic. Imam Ghazali was born in at Ghazala […]
Micro Teaching Cycle
The six steps generally involved in micro-teaching cycle are Plan, Teach, Feedback, Re-plan, Re-teach, and Re-feedback. There can be variations as per requirement of the objective of practice session. These steps are represented in the following way:
Micro Teaching
Micro teaching is a procedure in which a student teacher practices teaching with a reduced number of pupils in a reduced period of time with emphasis on a specific core teaching skill.
Micro teaching is a scaled down teaching encounter in class size and time.
Pedagogy vs Andragogy
The terms “pedagogy” and “andragogy” are of Greek origin, both including the Greek verb “ago”, which means “guide”, and the Greek words “paidi” (child) and “andras” (man) respectively. Thus: Pedagogy = paidi (child) + ago (guide) Andragogy = andras (man) + ago (guide) You can conclude from the above that pedagogy is a child-focused teaching approach, whereas andragogy an adult-focused teaching approach; or, formally, pedagogy […]
Educational Softwares
Definition Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning. History The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog computers to generate simulated on-board instrument data. One such system was the type19 synthetic […]