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Pedagogy is the driver and Technology the accelarator or vice versa?
In this interview [1] in ET (Education Technology) magazine, Dr Aspa Baroutsis, postdoctoral research fellow at the Griffith Institute for Educational Research, says that she believes technology can be both an educational driver and accelerator – depending on the context. She suggests that teachers should use technology as another teaching strategy or approach.
After all, it's clear that it's not technology that makes the difference, it's the pedagogy. For excample, in Didactic pedadogy, the teacher addresses the students in the classroom and students can only participate by rasing their hand and exactly the same can be done with the use of technology in a vitrual clrassroom or, with some differences, in a flipped classroom. [2] The use of technology is essential to reflexive/transformative pedagogy, but it is not enough by itself.
According to Dr. Baroutsis, for technologies to act as positive drivers, there would need to be:
- Access for all
- Time given for teachers and schools to develop their knowledge
- Technology to be accepted as natural aspect of learning spaces and
- Reconfiguring classrooms and schools so that learning spaces are better suited for integrating technologies within learning.
Generaly refering to pros and cons of technology in the classroom, Dr. Baroutsis states that "within the context of learning the overuse, or an over-reliance on one thing – whether that’s digital technology or something else – is a con. But then so is a lack of usage or exposure to digitally-based learning opportunities". A thoughtful and meaningful use of technology, has many affordances and keeps students more engaged in their learning. [3]
Technologies can enhance a more personalized learning and help us collect specific data, so that assessment is constant, useful and targeted to that one student [4] and at the same time can support children in working collaboratively within groups.
Dr. Baroutsis views pedagogy and technology as complementary, in a symbiotic relationship, like the pieces of jig-saw and that this relationship between technology and pedagogy will intensify over the next few decades, as part of the impetus for this intensification is the global pandemic. At the end of the interview, she suggests that, in order to succeed technology integration, the partnership between teachers and the families of the children they teach is of paramount importance.
[1] https://edtechnology.co.uk/profiles/relationship-technology-and-pedagogy-intensify-next-few-decades/
[2] http://neamathisi.com/_uploads/Conceptualizing-e-Learning.pdf
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug_LK98NcVk
[4] http://neamathisi.com/_uploads/Cope__Kalantzis_Learning_and_Asessment_2015.pdf
@ Zhanar, Pedagogy is the driver and technology is the accelerator, We said pedagogy as the view or practice of teaching. While accelerator could be the neutralizer. In teaching, there are pedagogical approach. With the help of technology it becomes better, successful and attainable.
@Zhanar.Since the XXI century, our country has been actively engaged in the process of global informatization. Today, Kazakhstan's society is actively engaged in informatization of Education. Mastering the skills of using computers and other information technologies is an integral part of modern life. In the address of the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. A. Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan, he noted that one of the previous directions - the field of information technologies-should be integrated into all spheres of society, and computer literacy should grow to 60% in 2012. Now people continue to work with computers both at the workplace and at home. It is so ingrained in our lives that the child plays with the computer, not with the finished toy, and forms his life in the network on the internet.
How long do teenage children need to sit in front of the computer, what harmful effects does the computer have on a person?
Does not sit at the computer for more than 1-2 hours. During work, if possible, take a break of 5-10 minutes.
Electromagnetic rays emitted from the low range on the keyboard seem to affect the body through the finger. As a result, a person who has worked a lot at the computer suffers from a nervous breakdown. And many people who sit in front of the computer also suffer from finger diseases.
Since the XXI century, our country has been actively engaged in the process of global informatization. Today, Kazakhstan's society is actively engaged in informatization of Education. Mastering the skills of using computers and other information technologies is an integral part of modern life. In the address of the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. A. Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan, he noted that one of the previous directions - the field of information technologies-should be integrated into all spheres of society, and computer literacy should grow to 60% in 2012. Now people continue to work with computers both at the workplace and at home. It is so ingrained in our lives that the child plays with the computer, not with the finished toy, and forms his life in the network on the internet.
How long do teenage children need to sit in front of the computer, what harmful effects does the computer have on a person?
Does not sit at the computer for more than 1-2 hours. During work, if possible, take a break of 5-10 minutes.
Electromagnetic rays emitted from the low range on the keyboard seem to affect the body through the finger. As a result, a person who has worked a lot at the computer suffers from a nervous breakdown. And many people who sit in front of the computer also suffer from finger diseases.
I totally agree that time must be given not only to teachers but also to pupils to develop their knowledge considering technologies. In order to use technology in the classroom teachers have to be well trained and schools well equipped.