Rethinking pedagogy for the digital age

Beetham & Sharpe give a very useful argument that has been different in the other theorist that we looked at. The expressed learning styles and discussed that the learning the induvial takes part in can be different because of factors such as culture, gender or life experiences. Even feeling can affect the process of the learning, they suggest what would be positive is to match materials to the different individual learning styles which I couldn’t agree with more. Especially when we look at children we are encouraged in policy such as EYFS or Child Act to always plan around the child’s needs rather than the other way around because that is the only effective way for them to learn (Woodhead, 1997). This is a very important way of looking at learning and I think that more e-leaning researchers should be aware of what they are making and try to make it more fitting for the individual instead of generalising.

Helen Beetham & Rhona Sharpe 2013: rethinking pedagogy for the digital age 2nd Edition Routledge.

Woodhead, M. (1997). Psychology and the cultural construction of children’s needs. Constructing and reconstructing childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood, pp.63-84.

Chapter 2 (Mayers & Frietas) Learning and E-learning – Rethinking pedagogy for a digital age. (Could not find access to this source)