Evaluation of Pedagogical Literacy in Education

Abstract

Pedagogical literacy can be defined as the competence that enables teachers, one of the most important variables of the learning-teaching process, to make knowledge-based decisions in the selection of pedagogical instruments used in their education life. Pedagogical literacy can also be defined as the capacity of understanding and recognizing the role of pedagogy in education by using the pedagogical thinking and decision-making skills of the teacher as a thinking, producing and criticizing individual in solving the problems he encounters in and around the school. It can be said that pedagogical literacy, which is effective in shaping the development and changes of teacher behaviors in the education process, comes to the fore more in education programs that include text applications that students can easily access, together with meaningful and understandable activities in the learning-teaching process. In this study, the concept of pedagogical literacy was evaluated in detail within the framework of pedagogical knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. In addition, the importance of pedagogical literacy in the educational process was evaluated by the researcher with the support of the literature.

Keywords

• Education
• Pedagogy
• Pedagogical Literacy
• Assessment.

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