Pedagogy

=**The 'P' Word**= = =
 * Never before have I encountered one word that can make so many people run away frightened. This is a professional word. My advice is: Use it and get used to it!
 * Start here with the [|Wikipedia] entry.
 * This [|45 minute video] from teachers.tv is simple and informative. Choose your attitude to this as it is a video workshop from a beginning teacher education programme in the UK.

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 * This video is well worth a watch. You can pick up something new each time you watch it. I particularly like the reference to the fact that most teachers are unaware of the relevance of theory in what they do... I don't know about you - but I have found this to be the rule, rather than the exception.
 * The latter part of the video looks at the [|'No Child Left Behind'] policy of the US Government... this appears similar (in principal) to recent policy direction changes to our national government...
 * This site gives a [|quick biography] of some influential education thinkers of recent times... worth a look.

=**21st Century Pedagogies**= 
 * 21st Century pedagogies are the basis of what we are looking at here. Look at the questions below as a start.
 * Who is a 21st Century Learner?
 * How do they learn?
 * What do they need?
 * What do we need to do to support them?

Quick Links
[|Questioning.org](Jamie McKenzie) [|From Now On](Jamie McKenzie) [|Creating the Future] [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills] Andrew Churches Wiki page on 21st Century Learning

**A Vision of K-12 Students Today**
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**Did You Know 3.0**
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**21st Century Pedagogy**
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=**Learning Theory**=

Theory into Practice [|http://tip.psychology.org/index.html]

Interesting Instructional Development Timeline [|http://my-ecoach.com/project.php?id=12152&project_step=30139]

Learning Theory [|http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-learn.htm]

Newer Views of Learning Index [|http://www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/learning/]

Learning Theories dot com is fairly useful too [|http://www.learning-theories.com/]

Anthony Gregorc's Model may be of some interest [|http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/andersmd/learning/Gregorc.htm]

Ron Brandt's Book - Powerful Learning [|http://books.google.com/books?id=bD08AcMW7RIC&dq=Ron+Brandt+powerful+learning&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=D-fdw0ScAf&sig=GHqBsxAdbfBqMXGPixKNVDuqOqY&hl=en&ei=zWwYStnkDYyEtAOjhOHcCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPP1,M1]

**Howard Gardiner talks briefly about Multiple Intelligence Theory**
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**Learning Theories**
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