teaching, understanding, pedagogy, believe

1. Teaching for
the purpose of
understanding
Sharing knowledge to help another forward

2. Knowledge is familiarity,
awareness, or understanding
gained through experience or
study.
Teaching is to help to learn;
tell or show (how)
We can help each other move
forward by imparting
necessary information that
we all need to succeed.

3. Teaching for Understanding:
Assisting another in reaching the
next level in their
learning process.
Being willing to continue
connecting with
students until they do
understand.
Break down the information
to where anyone can grasp the
most complex ideas.
“Any subject can be taught effectively
in some intellectually honest form
to any child at any
stage of development”
(On the Wings of Metaphor,
p. 174 Bruner)
“Knowing how something is
put together… permits you
to go beyond it”
(On the Wings of Metaphor,
p. 175 Bruner)

4. Scaffolding: Providing academic or psychosocial support for
student learning. A scaffold is a structure to help
Raise the student’s participation.
“Vygotsky defines the “zone of proximal development” as
the “difference between the child’s actual level of development
and the level of performance that he achieves in collaboration
with the adult.” Children, when they are given the assistance of
an adult (mediator), are able to perform more complex
Tasks that when they are left to cope on their own.

5. Can Vygotsky’s “Zone of Proximal Development” be applied to adults?
Some many adults believe that it is “too late” for
them, or that they have missed their shot at getting a
proper education.
To teach is to impart knowledge. We can impart
knowledge to children, adults, the elderly; anyone
willing to learn. We can help each other reach our
full potential.