Why does pedagogy matter?

At the end of Week 1, Klaas asked you why you think it is important to know about educational principles when teaching a course.

In this video, Klaas will give his perspective on why pedagogy matters.

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References

• Ball, D. L. (2000). Bridging practices: Intertwining content and pedagogy in teaching and learning to teach. Journal of Teacher Education, 51(3), 241–247.

• Loughran, J.J., Berry, A., & Mulhall, P. (2012). Understanding and developing science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

• Munby, H., Russell, T., & Martin, A. K. (2001). Teachers’ knowledge and how it develops. In V. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Teaching (4th ed., pp. 877–904). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.

• Rowan, B., Schilling, S.G., Ball, D.L., Miller, R., Atkins-Burnett, M., Camburn, E, … Phelps, G. (2001). Measuring teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge in surveys: An exploratory study. Consortium for Policy Research in Education. Retrieved from http://sii.soe.umich.edu/newsite_temp/documents/pck%20final%20report%20revised%20BR100901.pdf.

• Shulman, L. S. (1987). Knowledge and teaching: Foundations of the new reform. Harvard Educational Review, 57, 1-22.