How to Innovate Pedagogy to Develop More Purposeful, Enjoyable and Engaging Learning? Determine Strategies those Really Work!

Abstract

Bringing Innovation in Pedagogy is the process of proactively introducing new teaching strategies and methods into the classroom to improve academic outcomes and address real problems to promote equitable learning.

Innovative pedagogies are a key part of teacher professionalism. 

1. Innovation in teaching is a problem-solving process rooted in teachers' professionalism, rather than an add-on applied by only some teachers in some schools. 

2. Mapping the content of innovation is key to advancing a new framework for teaching.

In the twenty-first century, significant changes are occurring related to new scientific discoveries, informatization, globalization, the development of astronautics, robotics, and artificial intelligence. This century is called the age of digital technologies and knowledge. How is the school changing in the new century? How does learning theory changing? Currently, you can hear a lot of criticism that the classroom has not changed significantly compared to the last century or even like two centuries ago. So the question arises "Do the teachers succeed in modern changes"? 

Keywords: Pedagogy, Innovation, Learning, Process, Teaching, 

Learning Outcomes: 

The purpose of the article is to summarize the current changes in innovative teaching methods and study the understanding of changes by teachers and making them more Purposeful, enjoyable and engaging. 

You will be able to understand the following from this article

1. What Is Pedagogy?

2. What's the Importance Of Pedagogy In Teaching Learning Process?

3. What are different types Of Pedagogy?

4. What's the Role Of Pedagogy In Effective and Engaging Learning?

5. How different approaches of pedagogy help students in teaching learning process?

6. What Are The Most Innovative Learning Strategies For Modern Pedagogy?

7. Conclusions

References 

 

1. What Is Pedagogy?

Pedagogy is a method of teaching in which teachers teach, both in theory and in practice. Pedagogy is shaped by educator's teaching beliefs and involves their understanding of culture and different learning styles.

It is essential for students to have meaningful classroom relationships in order to build on prior learning.

Pedagogy refers to the way of teaching students, whether it is the theory or practice of educating. It is a relationship between the culture and techniques of learning.

The main aim of pedagogy is to build on previous learning of the students and work on the development of skills and attitudes of the learners. Pedagogy enables the students to get a thorough understanding of the subject and helps them in applying those learning in their daily lives outside of the classroom.

2. What's the Importance Of Pedagogy In Teaching Learning Process ?

The following points highlight the importance of pedagogy .

Improves Quality Of Teaching:

When well-thought pedagogy is implemented in the classrooms, the quality of education can show a drastic improvement. This will benefit the students by helping them thoroughly understand the education material, thereby improving the learning outcomes.

Encourage Cooperative Learning Environment:

The implementation of pedagogy in education encourages the students to work together towards completing a task and learn together which enables them to become better leaders in the future.

Help students think differently:

Pedagogy and child development work hand in hand. It helps the student to think in different ways and move beyond the traditional methods of memorization and comprehension for learning. It invokes complex processes of learning among the students such as analyzing, creative thinking, and evaluation. Further, it makes students more receptive to what the teacher is teaching.

Student Can Follow Their Ways Of Learning: 

A well thought pedagogy can help the students to grasp education in various ways. It caters to the learning abilities of different students. Students can follow their preferred ways of learning and stick to them. 

Convenient Learning Approach For All:

Students with special needs require different ways of learning and teaching to help them learn better and encourage them to be a part of the mainstream learning community.

Improves Teacher-Student Communication

The teacher understands the student in a better way which helps them to focus on the student’s weaknesses and guide them.

3. What are different types Of Pedagogy?

Types of pedagogy are:

1. Social Pedagogy:

It is aimed towards the social development, awareness, and well-being of the students. The teaching must consist of values and moral education.

2. Critical Pedagogy:

It aims towards comprehending and deconstructing several daily life problems and issues. It encourages the student to dig deeper into things and try to understand their thoughts and beliefs on a certain topic.

3. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy:

It aims to address the cultural diversity among students. It helps to comprehend cultural differences among the students and increases awareness about cultural differences in school.

4. Socratic Pedagogy:

It aims to encourage the students to gain more knowledge from other sources along with what is provided to them. This helps the students to find alternative solutions to the problems.

4. What's the Role Of Pedagogy In Effective and Engaging Learning?

Improves Teaching Quality

It enhances student participation in learning and makes them more receptive to what is being taught.

Encourages Different Learning Styles

The main focus is given on the outcomes of courses and the students are free to learn in their styles.

Enables Learning For Students With Special Needs

It encourages the students with special needs to be a part of the mainstream teaching ways and engage with other students.

Clarifies Learning Objectives

The student studies a particular subject with a clear objective of outcomes such as gaining skills and knowledge of the subject.

5. How different approaches of pedagogy help students in teaching learning process?

Broadly we can categorise the approaches of pedagogy into four aspects.

They are  

constructivism, 

behaviourism, 

collaboration and 

liberationist.

Behaviourism

In Behaviourism, learning is teacher-centric. This approach mainly believes that the teacher is the sole authority in handling a classroom lecture. Most of the time, this approach is considered the traditional way of teaching style. 

Constructivism

This is another approach in pedagogy which was researched by a noted thinker Piaget during the late twentieth century. It means how people learn from their experiences as well as reflections. It is a pupil-centric approach to learning and it is often called ‘invisible pedagogy.’ 

Social Constructivism

This approach blends both teacher-guided and student-centred pedagogy. 

Liberationism

It is the Pedagogy of the Oppressed.’ Liberationism was brought forward by a famous Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire He brought a social revolution in Brazil by teaching illiterate adults to read in only 45 days. He believed poverty and hunger is a huge barriers for poor adults in learning. 

6. What Are The Most Innovative Learning Strategies For Modern Pedagogy?

This is an excerpt from a report, produced by The Open University in collaboration with SRI International, that proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on education. You can read the full report, with in-depth explanations and examples of each learning strategy in action, here.

7. What are most Innovative Learning Strategies For Modern Pedagogy?

In this steep competitive world, colleges are adopting innovations and pedagogies so that every child can lead a healthy and prosperous future. The educational pedagogies should be designed to deliver skills that will ensure productivity and will build a scintillating future for every child. There are many reputed colleges where teachers use various educational innovations and pedagogies to make the teaching process intriguing and facile. 

Some of the educational innovations and pedagogies that are used by the teachers to make studies simpler and interesting for the students are

1. Crossover Learning

Learning in informal settings, such as museums and after-school clubs, can link educational content with issues that matter to learners in their lives. These connections work in both directions. Learning in schools and colleges can be enriched by experiences from everyday life; informal learning can be deepened by adding questions and knowledge from the classroom. 

An effective method is for a teacher to propose and discuss a question in the classroom 

# Step 1  For learners to explore that question on a museum visit or field trip, collecting photos or notes as evidence

# Step 2: Share their findings back in the class to produce individual or group answers.

2. Learning Through Argumentation

Students can advance their understanding of science and mathematics by arguing in ways similar to professional scientists and mathematicians. Argumentation helps students attend to contrasting ideas, which can deepen their learning. 

Teachers can spark meaningful discussion in classrooms by encouraging students to ask open-ended questions, re-state remarks in more scientific language, and develop and use models to construct explanations. 

3. Carrying out Incidental Learning

Incidental learning is unplanned or unintentional learning. It may occur while carrying out an activity that is seemingly unrelated to what is learned. Early research on this topic dealt with how people learn in their daily routines at their workplaces.

4. Context-Based Learning

Context enables us to learn from experience. By interpreting new information in the context of where and when it occurs and relating it to what we already know, we come to understand its relevance and meaning. In a classroom or lecture theater, the context is typically confined to a fixed space and limited time. 

We have opportunities to create context, by interacting with our surroundings, holding conversations, making notes, and modifying nearby objects. 

5. Computational Thinking

Computational thinking is a powerful approach to thinking and problem solving. It involves breaking large problems down into smaller ones, recognizing how these relate to problems that have been solved in the past (pattern recognition), setting aside unimportant details (abstraction), identifying and developing the steps that will be necessary to reach a solution (algorithms) and refining these steps (debugging).

6. Learning By Doing with remote labs for practical subjects 

Engaging with authentic scientific tools and practices such as controlling remote laboratory experiments or telescopes can build science inquiry skills, improve conceptual understanding, and increase motivation. 

Remote access to specialized equipment, first developed for scientists and university students, is now expanding to trainee teachers and school students. A remote lab typically consists of apparatus or equipment, robotic arms to operate it, and cameras that provide views of the experiments as they unfold.

7. Embodied Learning

In embodied learning, the aim is that mind and body work together so that physical feedback and actions reinforce the learning process.

Technology to aid this includes wearable sensors that gather personal physical and biological data, visual systems that track movement, and mobile devices that respond to actions such as tilting and motion. 

Being more aware of how one’s body interacts with the world can also support the development of a mindful approach to learning and well-being.

8. Adaptive Teaching

All learners are different. However, most educational presentations and materials are the same for all. This creates a learning problem, by putting a burden on the teacher and learner to figure out how to engage with the content.  Adaptive teaching offers a solution to this problem if the teacher is supported. It uses data about a learner’s previous and current learning to create a personalized path through educational content.

Data such as time spent reading and self-assessment scores can form a basis for guiding each learner through educational materials. 

9. Analytics Of Emotions

Students have mindsets (such as seeing their brain as fixed or malleable), strategies (such as reflecting on learning, seeking help and planning how to learn), and qualities of engagement (such as tenacity) which deeply affect how they learn.

Automated methods of eye tracking and facial recognition can analyze how students learn, then respond differently to their emotional and cognitive states.

For classroom teaching, a promising approach is to combine computer-based systems for cognitive tutoring with the expertise of human teachers in responding to students’ emotions and dispositions.

10. Stealth Assessment

Stealth assessment borrows techniques from online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft, in which the system continually collects data about players’ actions, making inferences about their goals and strategies in order to present appropriate new challenges. 

This idea of embedding assessment into a simulated learning environment is now being extended to schools.

8. Conclusions 

Each of the 10 strategies employs ways to encourage questioning, exploration, technology usage, and content analysis using available materials and research. 

Students are able to solve issues independently or with others, push themselves to new heights, and report their discoveries to others, transferring their knowledge. 

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