PEDAGOGY
Pedagogy is the study of teaching methods, including the aims of education and the ways in which such
goals may be achieved. The field relies heavily on educational psychology, which encompasses scientific
theories of learning and to some extent on the philosophy of education, which considers the aims and
values of education from a philosophical perspective.
Pedagogy is the relationship between learning techniques and culture. It is determined based on an
educator’s beliefs about how learning takes place. Pedagogy requires meaningful classroom interactions
between educators and learners. The goal is to help students build on prior learning and develop skills
and attitudes
Advantages of pedagogy to the kids

1. Improves quality of teaching
   If a well taught pedagogy is implemented in the classroom, the quality of education can show a
   drastic improvement. This will benefit the students by helping them thoroughly understand the
   education material, thereby improving the learning outcomes.
2. Encourage cooperative learning environment
   The implementation of pedagogy in education encourages the students to work together
   towards completing a task and learn together. This increases their perceptions by understanding
   and taking views from the other students, thereby adapting the cooperative learning
   environments making them better leaders in future
3. Eliminates monotonous learning
   Pedagogy and child development work hand in hand it helps the students to think in different
   ways and move beyond the traditional methods of memorization and comprehension for
   learning. It involves complex processes of learning among the students such as analyzing,
   creative thinking and evaluation. It makes students more receptive to what the teacher is
   teaching.
4. Students can follow their ways of learning.
   A well thought pedagogy can help the student to grasp education in various ways. It caters to
   the learning abilities of different students. Students can follow their preferred ways of learning
   and stick to them. In this way the students develop a better understanding of the subject, which
   eventually improves their skills and learning outcomes
5. Improves teacher _student communication
   The teacher understands the student in a better way which helps them to focus on the student’s
   weaknesses and guide them.
6. Convenient learning approach for all
   Students with special needs require different ways of learning and teaching in the institutes .
   Implementation of a suitable pedagogical approach will help them learn better and encourage
   them to be part of the mainstream learning community.
   Types of pedagogy
7. Social pedagogy
   It is aimed towards the social development, awareness and well being of the students. The
   teaching must consist of values and moral education.
8. Critical pedagogy

It aims towards comprehending and deconstructing several daily life problems and issues. It
encourages the students to dig deeper into things and try to understand their thoughts and
beliefs on a certain topic.

3. Culturally responsive pedagogy
   It aims to address the cultural diversity among students. It helps to comprehend cultural
   differences among the students and increases awareness about cultural differences in
   school.
4. Socratic pedagogy
   It aims to encourage the students to gain more knowledge from other sources along with
   what is provided to them . This helps the students to find alternative solutions to the
   problems.
   Approaches of pedagogy
5. Constructivist
   In this approach, the students are allowed to be present in the process of understanding
   and gaining knowledge rather than just passively receiving information. This encourages
   critical thinking among the students and gives a learning environment in which they can
   connect with what they are hearing.
6. Collaborative
   The students form groups of learners that learn together and work to solve a problem,
   build strategies, ideas, create products or complete a task. This is a joint intellectual
   effort by the students among themselves or with the help of the teachers.
7. Integrative
   The students are given a learning environment that helps them in connecting with their
   learning across the syllabus.
8. Reflective
   The students are expected to evaluate themselves. It means observing the activities of
   the teachers and other students in the classroom and analyzing why they do it and how
   it works
9. Inquiry _based learning
   The educators are expected to not just answer the queries of the students, but also
   build a culture where their ideas are explored , challenged, improved, and refined. It
   aims to take the students from the position of wondering about a question to
   understanding the answer and then questioning it further.

Pedagogy and Competencey Based Curriculum

The New education system in Kenya, the CBC is a good start in improving our education system. The learning is competency based and students can learn relevant things that are applicable to their lives as well as to the modern society. However, CBC alone is not enough to for good education and without pedagogy, then is the CBC less effective.

Teachers should not only be be trained on how to teach the different subjects alone. They should first learn pedagogy, which is important for them to understand their students better, before they can impact knowledge to the students.

With a training in Pedagogy, the teachers are able to to set lessons that are competency oriented and based on the students knowlegde and ability to understand the lesson as well as the lessons that are relevant to the students on current time.