Basic Concepts of General Didactics From the Pedagogical Triangle to the Didactic Triangle

Abstract

General didactics aims to set out certain principles to which all didactics obey. While didactics is found in all pedagogical knowledge, it plays an important role in professional training in the practice of teaching. Thanks to it, teachers acquire the necessary teachings to develop their practice. The teaching process, object of study, cannot be considered as an activity limited to the classroom. Therefore, teachers need to know the methods and forms of teaching organization, as well as the guidelines that govern and guide their process. Didactics includes two fields of study: research and pedagogical practices. Through this chapter, the authors define the different basic concepts concerning general didactics, namely the school situation; the three poles of the classical triangle: knowledge, the learner and the teacher; the different interactions between the three poles of the classical triangle: at the pedagogical level (pedagogical triangle: teaching, learning, and training) and at the didactic level (didactic triangle: didactic transposition, learning strategies, and didactic contract).