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[Back] [Menu] [Next] Early Schools and Pedagogy Education may be thought of as the transmission of the values and accumulated knowledge of a society. In this sense, it is equivalent to what social scientists term socialization or enculturation. |
When schools became organized around the 10th century, the writings and methods of the great teachers, such as Socrates and Lao-Tse, were forgotten, and teaching was performed by transmitting content from teacher to students. This methodology maintains that the students are "empty vessels" and that the teacher can "pour" knowledge into them. This approach to learning is called pedagogy and is derived from the Greek words "paid" meaning "child" and agogus meaning "leader of." In a pedagogy classroom, the teacher is responsible for all decisions about learning.
Today, the term has taken on new meaning. Now, with many schools using active inquiry techniques, the term "pedagogy" does not really apply to passive methods. In fact, it now closely resembles the term "andragogy," except it is used to refer to children.
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