What is the Pedagogical Model?
The Pedagogical Model describes what effective teachers do in their classrooms to engage students in intellectually challenging work. It provides an overview of the learning cycle and breaks it down into five domains or phases of instruction: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate and Evaluate.
The Pedagogical Model domains are elements of one complete model of teaching rather than separate, self-contained components. In some lessons, students will move through all five domains. In other lessons, teachers will naturally switch between domains in response to student needs and learning program requirements. The Pedagogical Model respects this kind of flexibility – it is not designed as a template for linear or prescriptive lesson plans.