Sport, Education and Society- Lecture 6

Question 1

What is pedagogy?

Answer 1

The art and science of teaching.

Question 2

Explain the concept of pedagogy?

Answer 2

A way of being and interacting that involves joining with others to make the needs and well-being’s of others a priority (THROUGH EDUCATION)

Question 3

Define education?

Answer 3

Defined as a deliberate process of drawing out learning

Question 4

What does the ODEC define pedagogy as?

Answer 4

‘The specialised knowledge of teachers in creating and facilitating effective learning environments”

Question 5

What do Van Maden (1982) and Nodding (2013) state about pedagogy?

Answer 5

“Pedagogy is the most profound relationship an adult can have with a child”

“An ethic of caring”

Question 6

What did Leach and Moon argue there is within pedagogy?

Answer 6

4 KEY ELEMENTS:

1. Teachers
2. Learners
3. Learning Tasks
4. Learning Environment

Question 7

What are the key ideas voiced in: “Sport Pedagogy-
An Introduction for Teaching and Coaching”

By Kathleen Armour(2011)

Answer 7

1. Knowledge in contexts- what is the proper subject matter we want to get across- varies by context- social, political, economic.
2. Learners and learning- learners are DIVERSE- with varied needs and interests- intersectionality
   “Personalised Learning”
3. Teachers and teaching- Armour talks about this in terms of “professional responsibility”

Question 8

What are the four main theories of learning?

Answer 8

First 2:
Behaviourism= stimulus and response initiation (Pavlov’s dogs)

Cognitivism= using the brain and THINKING about what happens in the middle ground between response and stimulus

Constructionism= building a jigsaw with scaffolding= active learning

Situated learning= how does an individual use their situation to learn?

Question 9

Formal vs Informal learning?

Answer 9

Formal= situated experiences, systematic and intentional, schooling

Informal= the “hidden curriculum”, fluid and adaptable, a “transformative process”