Expert Pedagogy

Today during the lecture we look at the contribution of three people to the consideration of expert pedagogy

-       David Berliner

-       John Wooden

-       Carol Dweck

We starting the lecture  off by exploring David Berliner and looked at some of his quotes. The first of these explained that as we develop as a teacher or coach we learn to pick up cues better. With experience comes knowing where to look and knowing what to filter out and what is important.

David also further explain his ideas surrounding expert pedagogy suggesting that expert teachers were found to be brief, taking one third less time compared to a novice. I found this idea interesting and once I thought about it, it makes sense as you gain experience as a coach you find the key phases or words that connect with athletes, as opposed to explaining everything in full.  

 John Wooden won 10 basketball championships with NCAA and developed the pyramid of success which was briefly investigated during the lecture.

While I could write pages and pages on John Wooden’s pyramid of success, I decided to just focus on the important aspects that were discussed during class.

At the very bottom of the pyramid is ‘industriousness’ it is also a corner, suggesting that it is a cornerstone of the program. The basis of John’s ideas are focused on ‘work’, work ethic and what you put in. Another interesting aspect of this pyramid is that skill doesn’t come into it until the 3^rd level. These principles become stronger over the years and with reinforcement.

If you would like to explore John Wooden’s website  here it is

http://www.coachwooden.com/last-visit.html

Keith displayed an excellent quote during the lecture one that I really like and would like to share.

“You haven’t taught until they have learned”

For a brief minute I would like to side track off the three experts and just explore a headline, one that was discussed in class and which I found relevant was regarding Kevin Sheedy and the GWS Giants. Kevin picked a player to make his AFL debut who is facing assault charges. Kevin responded by saying that he is not a judge or jury and choose the athlete based on other merits. This is quite a controversial decision and with all Kevin Sheedy’s experience I think he has made the right decision, however, I would be interested to hear others opinions on this topic.

Finally the last person in our expert pedagogy lecture was Carol Dweck. Carols ideas were based on process as opposed to outcome. If we keep focusing on the outcome, you become focused on the outcome and ignore the process.

I hope you enjoyed all the ideas discussed surrounding expert pedagogy and if you would like to share any thoughts I would like to hear them.