WHAT IS

DIDACTICS?

Aída Torres Granados

Greek voice:
Didáskein To teach
Tekne Art
 DIDACTICS
is

A DISCIPLINE WHICH STUDIES THE

RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN TEACHING AND LEARNING

also

IT APPROACHES DIFFERENTLY TO
THE CLASSROOM WORK.
 DIDACTICS
have

TWO WAYS

as as

THE ART
THE SCIENCE
THE PRACTICAL COGNITIVE
CLEAR, ORDERED AND
QUALITY, THE INNER SKILL
SUPPORTED CONCEPT IN THEORY.
TO PRODUCE SPECIFIC TASKS.
 GENERAL DIDACTIC

CLASIFICATION

SPECIAL DIDACTIC
 IMPROVEMENT OF THE
PERSON

DEVELOPMENT OF
CERTAIN VALUES

FEATURES

EXPLANATORY AND
NORMATIVE SENSE

INTERDICIPLINARY
RELATIONSHIPS WITH
PHILOSOPHY,
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY
AND OTHERS
 STUDENT

METHODOLO-
GICAL ELEMENTS TEACHER
STRATEGIES

SOCIAL,
CULTURAL
AND
ECONOMIC
CONTEXT
 TERMINOLOGY

Before teachers begin a class, have to

develop some terminology wich provides
a framework for everything.
 SYLLABUS

is a

DOCUMENT THAT A PROFESSOR WRITES

AND DISTRIBUTES TO PROVIDE STUDENTS
WITH AN OVERVIEW OF A COURSE.

and

DEFINES THE CONTENT

OF A LEARNING PROGRAM.
 METHOD

A WAY OF USING AN ORDERED SET OF

INSTRUCTIONS OR ACTIVITIES TO TEACH
SOMEONE SOMETHING.
 APPROACH
is an

INTEGRATED SET OF THEORETICAL

AND PRACTICAL BELIEFS.
 STRUCTURES

is a

COHERENT CONNECTED CONCEPTS, WHICH

AIM IS TO NEED THE ESSENCE OF THE OBJECT
OF STUDY.
 FUNCTIONS

is the

SOCIAL PURPOSE OF AN UTTERANCE.

 NOTIONS
is a

MENTAL IMAGE OR REPRESENTATION, AN IDEA

OR CONCEPTION.
 BEHAVIORISM

is a

GENERAL LEARNING THEORY, APPLICABLE TO

ALL FORMS LEARNING.
 MODEL
LANGUAGE
is the

LANGUAGE PRESENTED TO THE STUDENT AS

EXAMPLE OF HOW ENGLISH IS, OR CAN BE, USED.
 TARGET
LANGUAGE
is the

LANGUAGE THAT A PERSON IS LEARNING

AS OPPOSED TO ITS FIRST LANGUAGE.