Maria Christoforaki

Computational Pedagogy & STEM Maria Christoforaki

"The foundation of each society is the education of youth" said ancient Greek philoshopher Pythagoras and he is confirmed untill today. Today's society of technology, information and knowledge demands a new school. A school that will prepare students with the appropriate equipment to adapt to the needs of society. However the question is how the educational community will live up to these expectations. The answer lies to "Computational Pedagogy". Computational pedagogy is a new scientific field that has to do with the combination of technology and pedagogy aiming to spread the inductive approaches of learning and teaching. Simulation and modeling are the basic tools that a teacher has to include in his/her teaching. The teacher has to be "unlocked" from teacher-centered or student-centered method of teaching and adapt the "New Teaching" that combines the teacher, the student and the world of information in an excellent way.