Didactics and Pedagogy: Keys to Innovation in University Teaching

Abstract

This article explores the relationship between pedagogy and didactics in the teaching/learning process. Pedagogy focuses on classroom management and learner engagement, while didactics focuses on the specific transmission of knowledge. In this regard, the main question is how to reconcile these two disciplines in order to optimize learning. To reinforce our study, we suggest that an integration of pedagogical and didactic approaches could enhance learners' motivation as well as their cognitive understanding. The objective of this research is to analyze this complementarity and to propose strategies allowing the improvement of both practices while ensuring learner success. This experimentation revealed a notable improvement in students’ level following the implementation of the pedagogical and didactic framework.