'Didacticism is an artistic philosophy
that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature and other types of art. The word "Didacticism" finds its origin in the Greek "didaktikos" or "διδακτικός"; the meaning of the Greek word is 'related to education/teaching'. The primary intention of didactic art is not to entertain, but to teach. Didactic plays, for instance, teach the audience through the use of a moral or a theme. … The term "didactic" is also used as a criticism for work that appears to be overly burdened with instructive, factual, or otherwise educational information, to the detriment of the enjoyment of the reader. Edgar Allan Poe called didacticism the worst of "heresies" in his essay The Poetic Principle.' (Ref: Didacticism Wikipedia CC: BY SA)

Information & Communication Technology (ICT) can support either methodology but in different ways. The purpose of this lesson is to investigate specifically how ICT can support a teacher-led instructional approach to teaching and learning, namely, the Didactic approach. In the next section, Knowledge Deepening, we will investigate how ICT supports other methodologies. However, it needs to be acknowledged at this point that a typical teacher will ‘mix and match’ methodologies and is rarely an advocate of one method exclusively. Issues of time, complexity of the subject matter, objectives, assessment requirements and student preparedness will all impact on a teacher’s decision to adopt a particular method for a section of work.