Child Pedagogy: Theory and Practice 2022

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Child Pedagogy: Theory and Practice
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Introduction:
Definition:
Pedagogy is essentially an understanding or approach of teaching. It is referred to as the
method of teaching, and is essentially related to the teaching methods of children. The
pedagogy includes the theoretical understanding of thee teaching methods and the practice of
the learning methods and processes, and the practical application of the teaching processes.
The pedagogical study and understanding is influenced by the psychology of the children and
the process of learning methods applied by the same. The psychological development of a
child is the key base for the development of the pedagogical understanding. The knowledge
and skills imparted through the process of teaching and through the educational contexts, and
the interactional process, involved during the teaching and learning process, all are included
in the discourse of pedagogy, if it is understood as an academic discourse (Florian, 2015). To
understand the practical approaches of pedagogy, it can be associated with the teaching and
learning methods, expressed by, both the students and the teachers, and the learning abilities
and methods of the children. The theory and practice of pedagogy, varies greatly, with
diversified contexts, including political, social and cultural.
Aims and Objectives:
The aims and objectives of the pedagogical study includes the evaluation of one’s own
teaching style, and the identification of the diversified challenges and the management of
time, involved in the teaching process. It also aims to incorporate the digital learning
procedures, into the methods of teaching and learning. The pedagogical study also aims to
plan for a daily activity plan that can guide the teachers to plan their learning sessions and the
modules. The planning for the daily activities, are done in a certain way, that will provide the
students with the provision for coping with the learning modules and will also provide them

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with opportunity and time for developing thoughts (Nind, Hall & Curtin, 2016). The
pedagogical understanding also helps in mitigating the challenges that come along with the
digitization of learning methods.
Principles:
The pedagogical learning process further depends upon six basic guidelines or principles.
First, maximizing the academic challenges for the students; second, engaging the students or
the children into the methods of learning and motivating them into the same; third, involving
a process of interaction that will guide the students and will motivate them to work upon their
imaginative and creative skills; fourth, developing the academic discourses and supporting
the academic socialization process of the children; and lastly, enabling diverse approaches
and including a diversified approach towards the preferences of the students, the learning
capabilities of the same and the requirements of the children (Wood, 2014). Also, the
pedagogical understanding enables the teachers to include a flexible approach into the
learning method and skills.
Approaches:
There are essentially five approaches to the pedagogical understanding. First is the
constructivist approach, which refers to the construction of a classroom that will practice and
promote creativity and diversity. The second, is the integrative approach, whereby, the
teachers will apply an integration of all the subjects or the discourses and will assist the
studenets.in an integrative approach the integration process is very important, as it helps the
children to gain a better perspective about a subject and also it provides the students to apply
their imaginative skills. The third approach is a reflective approach, where the main focus is
on the teachers, and they are asked to evaluate and reflect upon their teaching methods and
skills and are asked to come up with ways that will help them to improve and challenge their