Tuesday, March 26, 2013

68. What is Pedagogic Analysis ?


[Kerala University English Teacher Educator’s Forum - KUETEF]

The quality of a teacher’s performance in the classroom and school context is determined largely by the initial academic and professional training he/she receives before being inducted to schools...   
                                                                                                                             [Preface, Anthology of Best Practices in Teacher Education-NAAC & COL]







Confusion  persist  among Teacher Educators as to what exactly is Pedagogic Analysis. One casuality of this  confusion is  the student who undergoes the  BEd Degree course. Questions  asked for the Methodology Paper often figures in the Pedagogical Analysis paper. In addition, even though specific topics are  assigned in the BEd syllabus for the first and second semester, the questions  asked for the First semester invariably gets asked again in the Second Semester!

To put an end to all  such confusion, during the  BEd Curriculum 2013  Core Committee Meeting held on 08 March 2013,  I was directed by the Chairman of the Curriculum Committee to prepare  a write-up on Pedagogic Analysis.

The following is part of  the write-up prepared for  circulation during the Curriculum Core Committee Meeting on 26 March 2013.

Lee Shulman in 1987  used the term Pedagogical content knowledge to describe the relationship between content and strategy,  to illustrate how what is being taught influences the way it is taught.  At its simplest, Pedagogic Analysis  is  analysis related to teaching. It implies that the content is to be analyzed with regard to the  various aspects related to teaching. This means, trying to  identify:
·        The objectives that can be realized through the teaching of the content.
·        The aids that are to be used.
·         The general methods that can be relied upon.
·        The learning activities that are to be provided.
·        The evaluation techniques to be adopted.

The objective of introducing Pedagogical Analysis at the BEd level  for languages should  include:
·        To develop an ability to analyze the content  contained in CB 6,7,8,9,10, 11 and 12 from a pedagogic view point.
·        To develop skill in the planning of instruction.
·        To familiarize with effective ways of transacting prescribed content in Course Books.
·        To  attempt a  conceptual analysis  of the fundamentals of English language.
·        To equip trainees with a knowledge of principles of test construction  and evaluation procedures.

The  area to be focused on in   the  two Pedagogy  papers prescribed for BEd

Based on the Secondary level Course Book prescribed for study – both  State Syllabus and CBSE,   the following should be considered:
* Planning for organizing learning in the subject.
* Exploring ways of  employing  popular principles of learning a Second language to transact the content- viz;
-Learning through use
-Learning through speech
-Learning through reading
-Learning through communication
-Learning through interaction
* Using  instructional organizers like Bloom’s Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligence and Models of Teaching for transacting content.
* Employing popular instructional  strategies including  Direct Instruction, Simulation, Use of Advance Organizer, Teaching  of Concepts, Discussion, Cooperative Learning and Problem-based instruction for  transacting the content.
* Familiarizing with correct language standards.
* Ways of addressing  contextual issues in learning the subject matter content.

Well...is anything else to be added? Feel free to offer your comments and suggestions.

Dr. C. Praveen
Secretary, KUETEF


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