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Literacy in a digital education world and peripheral issues.
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Educational Web Tools to Empower Students Voice in Class

Educational Web Tools to Empower Students Voice in Class | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

At the core of progressive pedagogy is the empowerment of students by giving them a voice in class and making them part of the decision making. Unlike traditional instruction where  students are viewed as passive receivers of  pre-designed knowledge, a progressive instruction is primarily student-centered and dialogic in nature. It views students as subjects with a sense of agency capable of co-constructing their own knowledge. This pedagogical stance is especially popularized by educationists such as John Dewy, Paulo Freire, Maxine Greene, and Vygotsky. 

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How a theory born in the 1930s could transform African education systems

How a theory born in the 1930s could transform African education systems | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
In an education that continuously presents students with questions relating to themselves and their world, they cannot help but feel challenged to respond in order to transform it. Liberation, as he says, is active: “The action of men and women acting upon their world in order to transform it”.

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Nik Peachey's curator insight, October 20, 2016 12:52 AM

Really interesting article.