Pedagogy of Change According to André Giordan

Katarzyna Potyrała, Ph.D. in Biology, habilitated in Pedagogy, is a Professor at Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University in Kraków, Poland. She has published monographs and numerous articles on the synergy between new media and didactics, school transformation in response to social change, and the communication of scientific knowledge through various types of media.

• ForewordDaniel RaichvargList of Figures and TablesIntroduction1 The Theory of Positive Disintegration in the Considerations of André Giordan’s Scientific Achievements: A Special Emphasis on the Charlotte Bühler Method in the Context of Giordan’s Work2 How the Milestones of André Giordan’s Personal Experience of the World Shaped His Pedagogical Vision of Education1 Milestones in André Giordan’s Life and Their Significance from the Point of View of Experiences and Achievements3 André Giordan’s Scientific Work as a Result of Positive Disintegration1 Didactics of the Experimental Sciences2 Science and Society3 Experimental Science and Key Skills Formation4 The Social Importance of Knowledge5 Criticism of Nature Education6 How Can We Increase the Level of Scientific Literacy?7 The New Role of the Teacher8 Experimental Approach9 Educational Strategies and Methods, and Pedagogical Innovation10 State of Knowledge Transmitted to Learners11 Students’ Knowledge12 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of Development of the Creator in the Context of the Questions Described in Sections 3.1–3.1113 Students’ Concepts in the Light of the Representation of Knowledge14 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of Development of the Creator in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 3.1315 The Allosteric Model16 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and Development of the Creator in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 3.154 André Giordan’s Pedagogical Ideas as a Core of the Pedagogy of Change1 Towards an Optimal School2 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of the Creator’s Development in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 4.13 Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE)4 Relationship between the Clusters of Questions Analysed during the Search for Sources and the Creator’s Developmental Pattern in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 4.35 Museum Education6 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of the Creator’s Development in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 5.37 Education for Sustainable Development8 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Creator’s Development Scheme in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 79 Interpretations, Research, and Practical Applications5 André Giordan: A Teacher in the Society of the Spectacle or the Implementation of the Idea of Structuralism1 The Idea of the Society of the Spectacle versus the Didactics of Yesterday and Today2 Homo Spectator and the 21st Century Society of the Spectacle3 André Giordan’s Scientific Achievements and the Roles He Has Played in Popular Science Shows, That Is to Say, on the Two Dimensions of His Pedagogical Achievements4 Work-Life Balance6 On the Difficulties and Meaning of Life and the Goodness of Fate…7 Instead of an Ending …References