5.1 Authentic Literacy Pedagogy: An Overview
Summary
TLDRThis script delves into authentic pedagogy, tracing its roots to Rousseau and further developed by Dewey and Montessori. It contrasts traditional didactic teaching with progressive, student-centered approaches that emphasize experiential learning and relevance to students' lives. Authentic literacy pedagogy is highlighted as an evolution from teacher-centered to learner-centered practices, fostering natural growth in reading and writing through meaningful engagement and interaction.
Takeaways
- 📚 Authentic pedagogy is a teaching philosophy that emphasizes the importance of experiential learning and relevance to students' lives, as opposed to the traditional didactic approach.
- 👶 The concept of authentic education has roots in the Western tradition, starting with Jean-Jacques Rousseau's critique of didactic pedagogy for being boring and disengaging.
- 🌟 John Dewey and Maria Montessori are key figures in the development of progressive education, which is an approach that values active student engagement and experiential learning.
- 🏫 Dewey believed that authentic education is intrinsic to democracy and that it should be about doing things that are relevant to students' lives, not just for the sake of scoring well in school.
- 🔧 Montessori's pedagogy involved creating 'contraptions' to help children understand concepts in a hands-on, tangible way, which is still used in Montessori classrooms today.
- 🌱 The shift from didactic to authentic pedagogy is characterized by a move from teacher-centered to student-centered learning, allowing for more interaction and self-expression.
- 🌐 The progressive education movement, spearheaded by figures like Dewey, aimed to prepare students for a rapidly changing world by fostering social interaction and a sense of community.
- 📈 Authentic literacy pedagogy involves building on children's existing speaking and listening skills, leading them to reading and writing through activities that are meaningful and connected to their experiences.
- 🔗 The new and old knowledge should not be separated in authentic pedagogy; instead, students' life experiences and understanding should be integrated with new learning.
- 💡 The contrast between didactic and authentic pedagogy is evident in the classroom layout and teaching methods, with the latter being more child-centered and focused on student interests and needs.
- 📘 The term 'authentic' in pedagogy signifies a 'trueness' to students' interests and needs, emphasizing the importance of relevance and engagement in the learning process.
Q & A
What is the term used to describe a pedagogy that emphasizes experiential learning and relevance to the student's life?
-Authentic pedagogy is the term used to describe a teaching approach that focuses on experiential learning and making education relevant to the student's life.
Who is credited with the origins of the concept of authentic pedagogy in the Western tradition?
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an 18th-century French philosopher, is credited with the origins of the concept of authentic pedagogy in the Western tradition.
What critique does Rousseau have of didactic pedagogy?
-Rousseau critiques didactic pedagogy as being boring and not engaging with the student, involving passive information ingestion that may not seem relevant.
Who are the two key figures in the development of progressive education in the early 20th century?
-John Dewey and Maria Montessori are the two key figures in the development of progressive education in the early 20th century.
What was John Dewey's view on the relationship between authentic education and democracy?
-John Dewey believed that authentic education is intrinsic to democracy, emphasizing the importance of experiential and relevant learning for students.
What did John Dewey argue about the nature of authentic education?
-John Dewey argued that authentic education should be experiential, actively engaging, and relevant to the student's life, as opposed to formal memorization and passive learning.
What was the term used to describe the educational movement in the 20th century that was influenced by John Dewey's ideas?
-The educational movement influenced by John Dewey's ideas in the 20th century was called progressive education.
What is the main difference between didactic and authentic pedagogy in terms of classroom layout and teaching approach?
-Didactic pedagogy is teacher-centered, curriculum-centered, and content-centered, while authentic pedagogy is child-centered, focusing on student interests and needs, and is relevant to them.
What is the significance of the term 'authentic' in the context of pedagogy?
-In the context of pedagogy, 'authentic' signifies a certain kind of trueness to students' interests, needs, and relevance to life, as opposed to a more traditional, teacher-centered approach.
How did Maria Montessori's approach to education differ from traditional methods?
-Maria Montessori's approach to education differed by creating a highly engaged, hands-on pedagogy with workstations and 'contraptions' that allowed students to learn through tangible, concrete experiences.
What was the main goal of the child-centered classroom as depicted in the 1928 book 'The Child-Centered School'?
-The main goal of the child-centered classroom was to shift the focus from teacher-centered and content-centered to engagement, interaction, and allowing space for self-expression, making learning more relevant and meaningful to the students.
Outlines
📚 Evolution of Authentic Literacy Pedagogy
This paragraph delves into the concept of authentic pedagogy, tracing its origins to Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his critique of didactic teaching methods. It highlights the shift from passive learning to an experiential approach that John Dewey and Maria Montessori championed in the 20th century. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of relevance and engagement in education, aligning with democratic values and the need for a progressive educational model that prepares students for a rapidly changing world. The summary underscores the contrast between traditional didactic pedagogy and the more interactive, student-centered approach of authentic pedagogy.
🌟 Pioneers of Progressive Education: Montessori and Dewey
The second paragraph focuses on the contributions of Maria Montessori and John Dewey to the field of education. Montessori's hands-on, learner-centered approach in poor schools of Rome is detailed, showcasing her innovative educational tools like rods for fraction learning and jigsaw maps. Dewey's philosophy of education as a social activity integral to democracy is discussed, with his belief that students thrive through interaction and co-designing their learning experiences. The paragraph contrasts traditional teacher-centered classrooms with the child-centered model of authentic pedagogy, illustrating the shift towards a more inclusive and meaningful educational environment.
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Keywords
💡Authentic Pedagogy
💡Didactic Pedagogy
💡Jean-Jacques Rousseau
💡John Dewey
💡Maria Montessori
💡Progressive Education
💡Experiential Learning
💡Child-Centered Classroom
💡Literacy Curriculum
💡Learner-Centered Pedagogy
💡Self-Expression
Highlights
Authentic pedagogy is explored as an evolution in educational thought, contrasting with traditional didactic methods.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is identified as an early influence on authentic education, critiquing didactic pedagogy for being boring and disengaged.
John Dewey and Maria Montessori are highlighted as key figures in developing progressive and authentic pedagogical approaches.
Dewey's work emphasizes the intrinsic link between authentic education and democracy, advocating for experiential learning.
Authentic education is defined as being relevant to students' lives, in contrast to formal memorization and passive learning.
Progressive education is introduced as a 20th-century movement, influenced by Dewey's ideas on the importance of social interaction in learning.
Montessori's approach to education is detailed, focusing on hands-on learning with 'contraptions' to demonstrate concepts.
The contrast between teacher-centered didactic classrooms and child-centered authentic classrooms is visually represented in a 1928 book.
Authentic literacy pedagogy involves natural growth from speaking and listening to reading and writing, emphasizing learner engagement.
Learner-centered pedagogy is distinguished by its focus on interaction, self-expression, and relevance to students' experiences.
Didactic pedagogy is critiqued for its lack of space for self-expression and its teacher and content-centered approach.
Authentic pedagogy encourages the connection of new knowledge with students' existing life experiences.
The importance of being 'manifestly relevant' in authentic education is underscored, as opposed to learning for the sake of scoring well.
Dewey's experimental school in Chicago and his book 'Democracy and Education' are mentioned as influential to the development of progressive education.
Montessori's background as a medical doctor and her work in poor schools in Rome are noted as foundational to her educational philosophy.
The video transcript concludes with a reflection on the necessity of authentic pedagogy for a rapidly changing world and the development of new citizens, workers, and learners.
Transcripts
in this section we're going to explore a
kind of pedagogy that we call authentic
pedagogy and we're going to explore it
in a cut at a couple of levels in a
couple of layers one is the top kind of
level is the evolution of these ideas in
in educational thought and then at a
very practical that we're going to talk
about the way in which these ideas
translate into literacy curriculum so
again to set the bigger context we're
looking at these different models of
literacy pedagogy and we're looking at
them in a way which is both trying to
analyze how they work and what they do
but also think critically about which
bits of them would we like to use
ourselves in which moments for our own
literacy pedagogy
okay so authentic literacy pedagogy the
origins of this idea in you know the the
Western tradition actually begin perhaps
with jean-jacques Rousseau the the 18th
century French philosopher and he begins
quite a long tradition which critiques
didactic pedagogy
as boring as not engaged with the
student as shoveling information out and
and passively you know ingesting the
information in a way that doesn't always
seem relevant and so on but then what we
have at the beginning of the 20th
century is is really to profoundly
important people john julie and maria
montessori who build this approach to
pedagogy that we call didactic pedagogy
now
John Dewey was a an American philosopher
and educator he lived a very very long
life and in fact some of the educational
work that he did was done very early in
his life he had an experimental school
in Chicago and he wrote a book a very
influential and important book called
democracy education so what he argued
was look authentic education is
intrinsic to democracy and what does
this word authentic mean and for that
matter what did it mean to Rousseau well
unlike didactic education which was
about formal memorization learning rules
sitting passively doing
you told authentic education was
experiential for Joey it was doing
things was being actively engaged it was
doing stuff that was relevant to your
life and manifestly relevant as opposed
to stuff where you were just doing it to
get the score you needed to do well at
school so the experimental work that
that Joey did and the ideas that
developed became very very important and
in fact the movement in the 20th century
was called progressive education or
progressive assege ocation now we've
used the word authentic because I mean
what does progress mean everyone wants
to be progressive don't they it doesn't
really tell you what it's about or
thetic means a certain kind of trueness
to students interests students needs
relevance to life that's why we use the
word authentic in this section we move
from what we've course so far didactic
pedagogy in literacy to progressive
pedagogy in particular what has been
termed authentic pedagogy so I just want
to pause for a minute and just remind us
what didactic means it's it's kind of
like the word to dictate which is to
tell and for somebody to copy accurately
clearly there was a movement in history
and John Dewey and others spearheaded
this change that was going to occur in
education and said life has changed that
kind of pedagogy is not used useful for
the kind of society that people live in
it might have been useful for a rural
society or a pre-industrial society but
the world has changed dramatically and
we need different types of citizens
workers and learners and in fact for
John Dewey and others as part of the
progressive Asst pedagogical pedagogy
movement they saw and particularly Dewey
that what underpinned the promise of
democracy was two things one was school
in the over civil society and school in
his conception involved sociality it
wasn't just about knowledge what you
knew but it was a social activity
involved actual interaction in order to
become part of the new world and have
the skills sensibilities and knowledge
required to be in a world that was
changing so rapidly John Dewey himself
believed that students thrived not when
they just listened and copied you know
the didactic methodology but when they
actually interacted with curricula when
they were part of co designing the
learning and when it was meaningful to
their everyday life wasn't just about
you know particular knowledge that came
to you through an authoritarian teacher
the other great person early twentieth
century Persian is Maria Montessori and
she began in the early 20th century
working in very very poor schools in
Rome she was originally a medical doctor
to be quite frank and tried to build a
highly engaged pedagogy and this is how
it worked around the room and by the way
motor saury classrooms that I still
worked the same way there she's was a
charismatic person and people in a very
doctrinaire kind of way tried to do
exactly as she said today in in
classical Montessori schools now so
here's the Montessori classroom around
the room there are these stations and
Maria Montessori builds things that she
calls contraptions so she invented the
idea of things called rods which
demonstrate fractions you know there's a
full rod there's a half rod there's a
quarter rod you reassemble them and you
understand in a very tangible concrete
kind of way the concept of a hole in its
parts fractions she had maps of the
world which were like jigsaw puzzles
where the students could put their
fingers on them and feel the different
countries of the world so these were
things these beautiful wooden objects
which were call contraptions that around
the room there were little workstations
and the students went around the room
learning these things in a very engaged
hands-on kind of way
in fact she became very influential in
kindergarten early childhood education
although she built this pedagogy so it
runs right through certainly into the
elementary or primary school as well
so these two people are the founder
founders of this whole idea called
progressive education now here's a
picture of what the contrast is and this
by the way is from a book published in
1928 a book called the child centered
school so one of the things about
didactic pedagogy its teacher centered
its curriculum centered its content
centered you know learn this stuff
whereas one of the aspects of or thoth
entick pedagogy is that it's child
centered or thetic to the students
interests and needs and relevant to them
so this is actually the frontispiece of
a very famous book published in 1928
where they wanted to contrast the layout
of the traditional classroom with the
child centered classroom the didactic
classroom with the authentic classroom
of the classroom of authentic pedagogy
to use the terminology we've been
developing in this in this series of
videos in terms of literacy what did it
what did that mean acquiring reading and
writing involved authentic experiences
where you saw natural growth and
children came off speaking and listening
you know what they already had and this
was continued with activities that led
them from listening and speaking to
reading and writing and involved all
learners in this moment of authentic
pedagogy being immersed in meaning being
immersed in making sense of whatever was
going to be introduced to them new by
connecting it to what they already knew
so the new and the old weren't separated
it wasn't that the old was packaged
knowledge and and the new was you being
open to it your life experience what you
brought to the new mattered and they had
to come together and this is called and
has been called learner centered
pedagogy shifting away from controlled
by the teacher teacher centered and
content
centered to engagement interaction and
leaving space for self-expression
didactic pedagogy had no space for
self-expression that was in part of what
you did as a citizen or a learner or a
worker your view and your understanding
of any particular thing mattered less
than what you needed to do and what who
you were doing at 4:00
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