A pedagogical pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a problem or task in pedagogy, analogous to how a design pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem.
In a 2001 paper for SIGCSE,[1] Joseph Bergin wrote: A pattern is supposed to capture best practice in some domain.
Pedagogical patterns try to capture expert knowledge of the practice of teaching.
[...] The intent [of pedagogical patterns] is to capture the essence of the practice in a compact form that can be easily communicated to those who need the knowledge.
Presenting this information in a coherent and accessible form can mean the difference between every new instructor needing to relearn what is known by senior faculty and easy transference of knowledge of teaching within the community.Mitchell Weisburgh proposed nine aspects to documenting a pedagogical pattern for a certain skill.