"pedagogical rationale" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to the reasoning behind a particular approach to teaching and learning. For example, "The pedagogical rationale for implementing inquiry-based learning in the classroom is that it allows students to take an active role in their own learning."
From this perspective, the origin, context and pedagogical rationale of the curriculum are described including the discussion of an exploratory study based on discourse analysis and how it has informed our pedagogical practice.
A potential pedagogical rationale (see Lawson and Worsnop 1992) is that when instructors show students scientific data and if the students use sound scientific reasoning the logical conclusion would be to reject non-scientific views (e.g., special creation, young earth) in favor of evolutionary theory.
The pedagogical rationale for these workshops was to strengthen students' readiness to qualify and work as interns by reviewing key topics (such as acid-base balance, adverse drug events, arrhythmia, blood transfusion, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, chest pain, collapse, confusion, death documentation, drug charts, dyspnoea, electrolyte disturbances, emergency, fever and investigation tasks).
The pedagogical principle is simple.
Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with the adults which provided insight into their pedagogical beliefs and rationale for their teaching approaches.
Table 1 GDEC pedagogical and technological design elements mapped to outcomes Desired outcome Rationale Pedagogical and technology elements Developing collaboration skills via supporting positive interdependence Johnson et al. (1998) model of cooperative learning.
The rationale for this project is to explore the pedagogical benefits of digital storytelling.
This article does not intend to be a pedagogical tutorial on scikit-image for X-ray imaging, but rather to explain the rationale behind the package, and provide various examples of its capabilities.
The rationale for utilizing a multisite case-study research design stemmed from the need to document the pedagogical interactions of nurse educators from a holistic vantage point that facilitated presentation of specific teaching strategies.
This researcher's rationale for utilizing a multisite, case-study research design stemmed from the need to document the pedagogical interactions of effective nurse educators from a holistic vantage point, a view that eventually allowed a detailed description to be presented.
The rationale for this framework was to associate varied yet related insights into fostering creativity and stimulating additional discussion regarding pedagogical strategies for nurturing creativity in the context of educational reform in Asian societies.
