Pedagogy of Higher Education and the may goal

to develop basic knowledge and research skills, which are necessary for efficient professional activity in higher education institution

1. Pedagogy
of Higher Education
1.Introduction.
2.The object and subject of pedagogy
as a science.

2. The main goal
to develop basic knowledge and
research skills, which are necessary
for efficient professional activity in
higher education institution

3. The main objectives
 develop the ability to get and critically assess
new pedagogical data;
 develop analytical thinking and problem
solving ability;

teach postgraduates to plan and work out
course structure, lecture, seminar etc.;
provide mastering interactive methods of
education;

4. Course structure
Total – 2 credits (72 academic hours)
Lectures – 6 academic hours (3 classes)
Seminars – 12 academic hours (6 classes)
Independent work – 54 academic hours

5. Course units
Pedagogy of higher education as a field of
study and academic subject area.
Didactics of higher education.
Education environment of modern
university

6. Seminars
Contemporary trends in higher education.
Lecture and seminar: tradition and modern
requirements.
Interactive methods of teaching in higher
education.
ICT in modern higher education.
Monitoring and evaluation of academic
performance.
Educational potential of extra-curricular
activities.

7. Point Rating System:
Class attendance and participation - 18
points
Research project – 20 points
Home task/Creative work – 32 points
Final assessment – 30 points
TOTAL: 100 points

8. 2. Object, subject and functions

9. Pedagogy
“Pedagogy” comes from the Greek
πας
ῖ
(paîs, “child”) + γωγός
ἀ
(agōgós,
“guide, escort”)

10. Pedagogy as a science
Pedagogy started to separate from philosophy in the 17
th

century
One of the important landmarks was the publication of
John Amos Comenius’s book
The Great Didactic [Didactica Magna]
(first published in Czech in 1648, Latin in 1657 and in English in
1896).

11. Pedagogy
Several meanings:

As a science
As an art
As a system of activity (reflected in methods,
teaching materials)

12. Pedagogy
The Oxford English dictionary (2002)
defines pedagogy as the profession, science
or theory of teaching.

13. What does pedagogy study?
The object is education as specific,
purposeful, socially and personally
determined activity.
The subject is overall pedagogical
process as an organized, developing
interaction between educator and
educatee (student), taking place in
social institutions.
.

14. Pedagogy is a science about education
(upbringing and teaching)
Pedagogy:
Studies the essence, objective laws,
foundations, trends and perspectives of
pedagogical process development,

Develops the theory and technology of
pedagogical process organization,
Improves content and develops new forms
and methods of pedagogical activity.

15. Education
one whole purposeful process of education
(upbringing ) and training (teaching) which is the
socially significant benefit and which is carried out in
interests of a person, a family, society and state,
and also set of the acquired knowledge, abilities,
skills, value orientations, experience of activity and
competence of a certain volume and complexity for
intellectual, spiritual and moral, creative, physical
and (or) professional development of a person,
satisfaction of his\her educational needs and
interests.
Federal Law № 273 “About Education in the RF” (2012)

16. Education (in the narrow sense of the word, as
upbringing)
the activity aimed at the development of the
personality, creation of conditions for self-
determination and socialization on the basis
of socio-cultural, spiritual and moral values,
rules and standards of behavior, accepted in
the society, in interests of a person, a family,
society and state
Federal Law № 273 “About Education in the RF” (2012)

17. Training (teaching)
purposeful process of the organization of
students activity on mastering knowledge,
abilities, skills and competence, acquisition of
experience of activity, development of
abilities, acquisition of experience of
application of knowledge in everyday life and
developing motivation of life-long education.
Federal Law № 273 “About Education in the RF” (2012)