I would like to think of myself as a traditionalist, in the
sense that I like to use techniques with which I have had an affirmative encounter.
I really hope you find my essence in this blog.
After reading Fyfe’s article I could finally encapsulate the
dynamics of pedagogy. People all around the world have different learning
abilities and needs. I unfortunately am unable to speak on behalf of everyone,
in our diverse nation (and world). What I can say is that we should first focus
on our target market/group, mine being the life science and natural science
class. As an educator I need to keep in mind my class’ best interests, and to
accomplish this I need to understand teaching is not only about transferring information
from one body to the next ( it entails much more then that). As an educator you
might be the only role model the learner can link to the field of study, and
possible future career. With that being said, we should be mindful to not mislead the learners, and drifting them into every technological advancement of
teaching. School is about a lot more than just learning, finding yourself
(knowing where you stand and who you are in society), and studying different
opinions (of discovers/inventors/scientists).
The spectrum of real
world expectations need to be communicated to the learners, and integrated into
the school system. Digital pedagogy is a tool that can be used alongside
traditional pedagogy, to not only spark and inspire the young minds of our
learners, but this will assist us to engraft into the learner an optimistic outlook
with reference to research.
Moving away from the ‘classroom at school’, University offers so much more than just a piece of paper proving that you can think for yourself. If you think about it, university thought you good work ethics, made you more cultured (in my opinion), and made you a critical thinker (using digital pedagogy). If you engage properly with the text you will be able to familiarise yourself with much of the techniques described in the article (Because it was applied on us, during our undergraduate studies).
In conclusion, I say use the tools that you have been
granted effectively. Everything in moderation, in the same breath I agree with
digital pedagogy.
Below are two YOUTUBE video links I think you will enjoy.
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