Types of Projects
According to Kilpatrick there are four types of projects. They are: Constructive Project, Aesthetic Project, Problematic Project, Drill Project
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.
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 […]
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
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.
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:
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 […]
The Project Method of Teaching
The project method is a significant landmark in the history of the methodology of education. It is directly in line with the current progress and fits in very comfortably with the other developments. The method is not totally new. It owes its origin to the American philosophers belonging to the pragmatic school of philosophy. W. […]