The Expert Pedagogue

The Expert Pedagogue

 

Pedagogy is the interaction between how one learns, how one teaches, what is being taught and the context in which it is being taught.

 

Expert teachers:

·         Develop automaticity and routinisation for repetitive operations

·         Sensitive to task demands

·         More opportunistic and flexible in their teaching

·         Specific to a domain and to particular contexts

·         Patience

·         Daily advances

According to Professor John Loughran, expert teachers make a conscious effort to ensure that their teaching intentions are in accord with the learning expectations they have for their students. He also states that expert teachers are aware of what they are doing; they monitor and adjust their teaching behaviours to bring out the best in their situations.

 

The professor brings to our attention our complex the teaching industry actually is, because it revolves around decision making. Teachers are constantly making decisions about a range of ideas, events, student behaviour, homework and assessment.

 

Expert teaching involves accumulation of technical skills of how to conduct teaching and referring to Professor John Loughran, I can conclude by saying expert teaching is vital as a teacher.

 

Professor John Loughran. 2011. What makes a Teacher an Expert Teacher?. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/what-makes-a-teacher-an-expert-teacher. [Accessed 07 April 13].