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Education - a dialogue
Theoretical framework cont…
• Conscientisation
• Active reflection and reflective action –
• praxis
• Bringing the individual to critical
reflection
• Thinking which perceives reality as a
process and a transformation, rather than as
a static entity – relates to minimum criteria
for transformative and constructivist learning
environment
Discussion
Criteria for transformative,
constructivist learning
environments
Interactive
Active
Engaged
Contextual
Authentic
Social and personal
Critical pedagogy
Academics as transformative
intellectuals
versus
Traditional pedagogical approaches
Critical pedagogy: role of the
lecturer cont...
Memorisation = anti-dialogical;
versus
The educator who experiences the act
of knowing together with his/her
students
Critical pedagogy: cont...
• Lecturer’s responsibility
• Adopt appropriate pedagogical
frameworks
• Relevant cognitive skills in the
distance education learner
.... the research conducted refers to e-
learning as the catalyst in
accomplishing such development
Re-fashioning higher/distance
education
Technology is a tool
By itself it cannot teach anything
The human element
Technology cont...
A cohesive approach to
education
To support changes in cognition, affect and
behaviour – Bloom’s taxonomy
Dialogical relationship
Dialogical relationship
Take an epistemological cycle as a
totality
Rather than splitting it - one stage for
acquiring existing knowledge then
creation of new knowledge
Synchronous/Asynchronous
learning environments
Establish a social environment
though synchronous and/or
asynchronous means through
video conferencing, satellite
broadcasting and discussion
forums
Synchronous/Asynchronous
learning environments cont...
• Students’ questioning of viewpoints
and theories
• Critical analysis and debate
• Support rich learning experiences
• Group sharing
• Supports individual responsibility
• Distributed learning
High level cognition
Active learning - primary mode of instruction
- not as a supplement to the lecture
• Engagement theory
Technology and pedagogy
• A review of the literature shows that e-
learning is positively impacting distance
education
• Opportunities and limitations of each
technology-supported delivery should be
critically analysed - appropriate
pedagogical techniques
Technology and pedagogy cont...
PEDAGOGY – ANDRAGOGY—HEUTAGOGY