PEDAGOGY IN

SCIENCE
TEACHING
ROSITA MANANSALA
Objectives:
• To define Pedagogy
• To know why pedagogy is important
• To know how does Pedagogy impact the learners
• To know the content knowledge of Pedagogy
• To identify the Types of Pedagogy
• To know what are the Pedagogical Approaches
 WHAT IS PEDAGOGY AS A
SCIENCE?
• The most common definition is: PEDAGOGY IS
THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION.
• It includes the art of teaching or making things learn.
• It revolves around planning, delivering and
evaluation of the subject matter resulting in
behavioral change of the learner.
• The heart of teaching. It is the rules and principles
that guide effective and efficient activities which
lead to learning
  Why is pedagogy
important?
Having a well-thought-out
pedagogy can improve the quality of
your teaching and the way students
learn, helping them gain a deeper
grasp of fundamental material. Being
mindful of the way you teach can help
you better understand how to help
students achieve deeper learning.
 How does pedagogy
impact the learner?
With a clear and concise pedagogic
understanding, students can comfortably
share ideas, and have a clear
understanding of how curriculum will be
approached and what’s expected of
them. Essentially, everyone is on the
same page.
 • Teaching affects the whole behavior of the child by
virtue of enhancing cognitive store, making him
aware of affective store.

Pedagogy and • Teaching should result in acquisition of

Knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Teaching
• Content is delivered effectively to the learner’s
mind by virtue of Pedagogy.
PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE OF
DISCIPLINE

GENERAL AND PEDAGOGICA EFFECTIVE

SPECIFIC L CONTENT SUBJECT
KNOWLEDGE TEACHING
KNOWLEDGE
 PSYCHO- • Is a combination of two main branches of
PEDAGOGY study, Pedagogy and Psychology.

TYPES OF
• student-centered approach to teaching in which
PEDAGOGY CULTURAL
the students' unique cultural strengths are
identified and nurtured to promote student
PEDAGOGY achievement and a sense of well-being about
the student's cultural place in the world.
 GROUP • Collaborative learning
PEDAGOGY

TYPES OF
PEDAGOGY DEVELOPMENTAL • where the object and the subject are inter-
PEDAGOGY related. When the child discerns something in
the world, the world changes for the child.
What are the pedagogical
approaches?
1. Constructivist

This is based on the central notion that

learners construct our own understanding
of the world around them based on
experience as they live and grow. They
select and transform information from past
and current knowledge and experience
into new personal knowledge and
understanding (Pritchard & Woollard,
2010)
2. COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

Collaborative learning (CL) is an

educational approach to teaching and
learning that involves groups of
learners working together to solve a
problem, complete a task, or create a
product (Laal & Laal, 2012)
3. INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
Integrative Approach provides learners with a learning environment that helps
them make connections of their learning's across curricula. It focuses on
connections rather than teaching isolated facts
4. INQUIRY BASED APPROACH

Inquiry is an important pedagogical

approach in teaching Science. Another
underlying reason is that its success can be
significantly improved due to the recent
technical developments that allow the
inquiry process to be supported by
electronic learning environments
 5. Reflective Approach

Reflective Teaching Learning

Approach means looking at what the
teacher and learners do in classroom,
thinking about why they do it, and
analyzing about it if it works. This is a
process of self-evaluation cum self-
observation.
 Pedagogical approaches
are often placed on a spectrum
from teacher centered to learner
centered pedagogy
Teacher- Centered Pedagogy
Teacher centered pedagogy positions
the teacher at the center of the
learning process and typically relies
on methods such as whole-class
lecture, rote memorization, and chorus
answers (i.e., call-and-response).
Learner- Centered Pedagogy
This pedagogical approach has many
associated terms (e.g., constructivist,
student-centered, participatory, active), but
generally draws on learning theories
suggesting learners should play an active
role in the learning process. Students
therefore use prior knowledge and new
experiences to create knowledge.