Didactical Contract Didactical Contract A didactical contract is

Didactical Contract A didactical contract is about students’ and teacher’s – most often tacit

Didactical Contract The teacher poses questions and problems to which he/she knows one or

Didactical Contract It is a quite subtle construction. Hence if things go wrong it

Didactical Contract Topaze-effect: In an attempt to avoid the students making mistakes (to live

Didactical Contract Jourdain-effect: Eager to – more or less conscious – to establish student’s

Didactical Contract Meta cognitive shift – from officiel subject knowledge to representations of it

Didactical Contract Despite all the unfavorable effects the didactical contract is an unavoidable condition

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Didactical Contract

Didactical Contract A didactical contract is about students’ and teacher’s – most often tacit and even unconscious - expectations of each other, of a lesson, of school etc. Basic: The teacher is expected to prepare students. Students are expected to follow instructions - A game expected to be won by both sides

Didactical Contract The teacher poses questions and problems to which he/she knows one or several answers. The intention is not to get an answer but to make the student finding an answer. Whereas the student’s part of the game contains the extraordinary demand to answer questions knowing that the teacher already knows the answer. The teacher is not allowed to tell the student exactly what to do in order not to spoil the student’s opportunity to do it.

Didactical Contract It is a quite subtle construction. Hence if things go wrong it can often be attributed to one part not living up to the contract. Examples: On a ship are 34 goats and 10 sheep – how old is the captain? Separation of every day experience and subject knowledge grows up through the system The teacher presents a method and uncritically will the student apply this in any situation.

Didactical Contract Topaze-effect: In an attempt to avoid the students making mistakes (to live up to his part of the contract) the teacher gradually reduces the requirement for at last to give the answer

Didactical Contract Jourdain-effect: Eager to – more or less conscious – to establish student’s knowledge the teacher over interprets student's answering of simple questions or following siple guidelines as understanding – “Cooking-receipt experiments”

Didactical Contract Meta cognitive shift – from officiel subject knowledge to representations of it (Jourdain) Misuse of analogies – In stead of giving the answer the teacher gives the answer to an analogous problem which can be copied. (Topaze)

Didactical Contract Despite all the unfavorable effects the didactical contract is an unavoidable condition for teaching to take place.