Natural Pedagogy and Children’s Learning

Natural pedagogy describes how children learn from adults through teaching and guided communication. Young children often treat adults as helpful, knowledgeable teachers, and adults usually present information in ways that are efficient and effective. This special learning relationship helps children gain knowledge more succ...

Children go beyond the use of simple imitation and trial and error during the course of learning to form a special pedagogical relationship with adults.

For instance, a child might learn to tie their shoes using trial and error, but it?s much more efficient for an adult to teach them one effective method.

Without being trained to do ...