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Aspect 3: Pedagogy

Aspect 3: Pedagogy

📝 Cheat Sheet
  • Pedagogy is the aspect about how you teach with technology.
  • Method comes first; the tool is chosen to fit the method.
  1. ICT-enhanced Teaching: use tools to support normal teaching methods.
  2. Complex Problem-solving: design tasks where tools help students solve real problems.
  3. Self-management: students direct their own learning with technology.

What This Aspect Is

Pedagogy means the methods a teacher uses to help students learn. This aspect is about choosing technology that fits the teaching method, so the lesson works better rather than just looking modern. It sits at the heart of the framework, because how you teach decides whether a tool helps at all.

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Weak pedagogy uses the newest tool to do the oldest thing.

UNESCO treats this as a competency because the same device can support a dull lecture or a rich investigation, and the difference is the teaching choice behind it.

A teacher with strong pedagogy picks tools that move students from passive listening toward active thinking.

#AspectKnowledge AcquisitionKnowledge DeepeningKnowledge Creation
1Understanding ICT in Education Policy
2Curriculum and Assessment
3PedagogyICT-enhanced TeachingComplex Problem-solvingSelf-management
4Application of Digital Skills
5Organisation and Administration
6Teacher Professional Learning

Aspect 3 Level 1

ICT-enhanced Teaching

Knowledge Acquisition
The teacher uses tools to support familiar methods, such as showing media or running a class quiz.
  • Plays a clip to start a topic.
  • Runs a quick class poll.
  • Shows steps on a shared screen.

Aspect 3 Level 2

Complex Problem-solving

Knowledge Deepening
The teacher designs tasks where students use tools to investigate and solve real problems.
  • Groups solve a real data puzzle.
  • Students design and test a model.
  • A task asks for a researched solution.

Aspect 3 Level 3

Self-management

Knowledge Creation
The teacher sets up learning where students direct themselves, choosing tools and managing their own progress.
  • Students set their own project goals.
  • Learners pick tools for a task.
  • A class tracks its own progress online.
❓ Pop Quiz
What does pedagogy mean here?
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At ICT-enhanced Teaching, the teacher mainly does what?
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What marks Complex Problem-solving?
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What does Self-management involve?
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Why is pedagogy central to the framework?
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What is the Pedagogy aspect?
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Answer
Choosing technology that fits your teaching method, so the lesson works better. It sits at the heart of the framework because method decides whether a tool helps.
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What are the three levels of the pedagogy aspect?
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ICT-enhanced Teaching (tools support familiar methods), Complex Problem-solving (tools help students solve real problems), and Self-management (students direct their own learning).
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What does Self-management mean in pedagogy?
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The teacher sets up learning where students direct themselves: setting goals, choosing tools, and managing their own progress with technology.
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Why can the same device help or hurt a lesson?
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Because the teaching choice behind it decides the outcome. Strong pedagogy moves students toward active thinking; weak pedagogy uses a new tool to do the oldest thing.

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