Conclusion
Throughout this chapter, the balance of best practices for teaching, diverse pedagogical practices, educational internationalization, and democratic philosophies surrounding pedagogy have been presented. By incorporating a classical, liberal approach, individual freedoms and merging them freedoms together to learn about, and from, our individual differences the best practices for teaching can be identified.
These are the learning objectives of this chapter:
- It is important to maintain an ethical motivation between diverse strategies, student satisfaction, structuring cognition, and cognitive apprenticeship.
- Diverse perspectives are how teaching and learning are viewed. They can be understood through the application of rational, postmodern, feminist, or theological lenses, just to name a few.
- Internationalization is an ever-growing trend within Canadian institutions. Although challenges arise from providing quality experiences for students and maintaining academic and economic integrity, international students are satisfied with the education they receive in Canada.
- Democratic education is civility, diverse perspectives, and ethical motivations for pedagogy. Democratization can be a powerful tool to improve pedagogy outside of the school and into society.
