Critical pedagogy is regarded as an exhaustive system of learning through which learners' critical consciousness, self-regulation and autonomy, individuality, and learning achievements are promoted. Therefore, 60 Iranian upper- intermediate EFL learners (both male and female) from among 75 students based on their OPT test scores were selected. These participants were divided into a control grou...

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to the integration and alignment of content (or curriculum), assessment, and pedagogy (or instruction) for learning module, course, and program design and provide some essential methods for designing courses and curricula in this way. Rather than treat each of these areas separately, this workshop strives to help participants consider al...

The developing countries of the world face many major social challenges, among these challenges is education. It seems that the tendency would be to merely transport current educational pedagogy to these developing nations. But the existing pedagogy primarily fosters the development of ruled-based thinking, which will not suffice given the demands of the current day. Thus a new model for educat...

Our paper proposes a new pedagogical approach for learning chemistry practical experiments based on three modes of inquiry-based learning namely; structured, guided and open. Online Labs (OLabs) is a web-based learning environment for science practical experiments that include simulations, animations, tutorials and assessments. Inquiry-based learning is a pedagogy that supports student-centered...

In recent years, africanisation of education has become a topical subject in most African countries, and South Africa is no exception. Conscientious Africans are looking at possibilities of africanising knowledge while keeping abreast with global trends. Some experts and philosophers have highlighted that making the curriculum relevant to the African context is very crucial and has a potential ...

Hougaard et al.(2008) report a case series on a mixed individual and group treatment for social phobia, suggesting that the treatment is efficacious. As a group who has just embarked on a similar training program, we comment on their endeavor from the teacher/student perspective with an eye towards pedagogy in training students to conduct CBT. Thoughts and questions regarding the treatment, the...

INTRODUCTION As the "Science of Medicine" is getting advanced day-by-day, need for better pedagogies & learning techniques are imperative. Problem Based Learning (PBL) is an effective way of delivering medical education in a coherent, integrated & focused manner. It has several advantages over conventional and age-old teaching methods of routine. It is based on principles of adult learning theo...

This paper begins as an initial rejoinder to the ideas expressed by Ross (2000) in The Promise and Perils of E-Learning: A critical look at the new technology. In his article, Ross supports the traditional practices of pedagogy at the primary school level—face-to-face pedagogy— and then critiques what he describes as a ‘fetishisation’ of technological pedagogy—a fetishisation seen in the increa...

in this article, with the aim of identify the common aspects of vygotsky and frieri in dialogue-based education; the theatrical basis, related concepts, and the type of education is studied in an analytical and interpretive way and their differences and similarities, especially in their educational model is presented and defined. as the result of recognition of basic aspects and explanation of ...