Teacher Education

  Critical Pedagogy Critical Pedagogy is also called as ‘ conscientization’ or education for critical thinking . The term critical pedagogy   was introduced by the Brazilian educator, Paulo Reglus Nevus Friere in his book ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’ . This book is dedicated to the poor and deprived people of the world and to those who identify with and fight for the poor people. Critical pedagogy refers to educational theory and teaching learning activities that are designed to  raise learner’s critical consciousness regarding oppressive social condition or social problems. Aims/ Objectives of critical pedagogy: ·  Critical pedagogy facilitate radical transformation of the social structure , i.e., it brings changes in the existing structure of the society by removing the  oppressive or suppressive  conditions of people. ·  It develops critical consciousness or conscientization in students.  Critical pedagogy helps students to question and cha...

  Constructivism   C onstructivism is a philosophy or theory of learning . It does not represent a single School of thought as there are several versions of constructivism- radical constructivism ,  cognitive constructiv i sm ,  social constructivism  etc . Definition : C onstructivism is a philosophy of learning, that by reflecting on our experiences we construct our own understanding of the world  we live in . E ach of us create our own ’  rules ’ or ‘ mental models ’  which we use to make sense of our experience s.  S o learning is simply the process of adjusting our  mental models to accommodate new experience s. Principles of constructivism : 1.  L earning is a search for meaning . S o learning must start with the issues from which students can actively construct knowledge or meaning . 2. Learning means understanding   w holes as well as parts . Parts of information must be understood in the context of  w holes ....