Pegagogy

Pedagogy & Learning.
"**Pedagogy**" is loosely defined as the **study of teaching**. The method of imparting knowledge. As you all know, some individuals are gifted pedagogists. Some... not so much.

Pedagogy is all about teaching. The **psychology of learning**, those studies about how "learning" is best accomplished, are quite different from pedagogy. Naturally though, to be an effective teacher, you have to help your students learn. Knowing how learning is accomplished loops back to the effective teaching.

This teaching/learning stuff I find fascinating. Learning how the brain works is ... cool!

Here are some of the more interesting articles that I've read, that might help you understand why I do some of the things that I do, in the classroom.
 * You suck at multitasking. No, really! (Sorry to burst your bubble.) The wikipedia article on the subject is quite scathing.
 * And speaking of doing two things at once. Remember the first day when I talked about reading while listening to music? Not a good idea according to those in the know.
 * I know that some of you are peeved about the laptop ban in my classroom. I'm not trying to be mean though. This reasoning is why I am encouraging you to put pen(cil) to paper. This too. Oh, and this article is also good. Here's the original study though, that got everyone thinking about this (yes, I know it's dry...it is a scientific article after all).