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By: Mukhtar Ahmad Qureshi

With training moving even farther into the future, everything about research has seemed to have gone overboard and teachers have to run as fast into a culture full of changes and demands with relation to the learning process of their members. A chalk and talk approaches no more cuts it in a world driven by technology, creativity, and critical thinking. We ought to embrace innovative verbiage of teaching whereby curiosity, collaboration, and lifelong procedures happen rather concurrent within young minds in order to make learning stick.

1.Activity Based Learning: Making Education Interactive:

Activity based learning can be one of the most powerful ways to keep students interested in the class. I found it very interesting because, when I first used it in my class, the enthusiasm changed. Instead of listening passively, they would be an active participant.

For instance, explaining mathematical concepts with the help of puzzles, games, and solving real life problem solving scenarios. It makes the learning fun for them and hence, retains their information.

  1. Tech Infused Learning: Power of Digital Enablers. We are the digital generation and do not have an option but to integrate technology with learning. There is no place for textbooks for students when Smartboards, ed apps, and virtual classrooms are available.

I have used interactive quizzes, storytelling apps, and even some online simulations where one can make a lesson more interactive. For example, in a history lesson, a virtual tour of the ancient world could be given via Virtual Reality to take students through another era, making learning much more immersive.

  1. Flipped Classroom: Shifting the Learning Model:

The flipped classroom model reverses the traditional approach. Instead of teaching concepts in class and giving homework later, the students learn it at home, through videos, articles, or presentations. Class time is then used for discussions, problem solving, and application based activities.

I noticed that when I implemented this strategy, students were better prepared to come to class and were eager to clarify doubts, and more so, they were more involved in group activities. 21st Century Innovations in Teaching

Education has been an inevitable journey into a pretty future; research has always been moving forward and so far necessitated the educators to run. They need to run even faster through cultural shifts and make huge demands on them, and on the community members from the context of the learning process. No more chalk and talk only world in the midst of so much emerging technology, creativity, and critical think. It’s a new script of teaching that has to offer a time for the curiosity, collaboration, and life procedures happening simultaneously as it is in the young mind, in order for the learning to stick.

1.Activity based Learning:

Making the Teaching Interactive

Activity based learning could be one of the most potential methods for maintaining a positive image in a the class even when participation seems passive. I was surprised by what these kids can do when I first applied this activity in the classroom. They were so active now rather than listening to what I was going to teach passively.

For example, mathematical concepts discussed with the assistance of puzzles, gadgets, and so on, could be solving real-life problem solving scenarios. When these students learn in fun, their information is retained.

2.Technology Infused Learning: Power of Digital Enablers:

We are the generation of technology. We cannot avoid technology as part of education, books are no longer part of a student’s world when smartboards, ed apps, and virtual classrooms are everywhere. Some interactive quizzes and story telling apps and even some online simulations can be administered to make the learning more interactive. For instance, the impact I have managed to make with teaching by using interactive quizzes, storytelling apps, and even some online simulations where I make the lesson more interactive.

  1. Gamification: Learning Through Play

Gamification is a very effective engagement strategy. By adding points, badges, leader boards, and interactive games, we can make even the most difficult subjects fun.

I remember using a math quiz competition in my class where students earned points for correct answers. Their excitement and motivation were remarkable. Games encourage healthy competition, immediate feedback, and a positive learning atmosphere.

  1. Personalized Learning: Catering to Individual Needs:

Each child has his/her unique set of characteristics and, thus, the same teaching method cannot work for all of them. Personalized learning helps students to learn at their own pace and time based on the areas in which they are both strong and poor. By using AI powered tools and adaptive learning platforms, we can do classes with personalized assignments, keep numbers on the progress and provide targeted help. I saw myself that students gave more importance to their studies and eventually work better if they get individualized attention.

  1. Experiential Learning: Learning by Doing:

Students will understand the principles when they get to see them. The experiential type of learning is the one which includes trips to actual places, the students making real experiments, and other activities related to the topics they learned in the classroom.

As one example of such activity is an environmental science subject, students may vividly do such things as visiting a local conservation site which is used to show the way to become more sustainable. Real world experiences help students understand the relation between theory and practical concepts.

  1. Storytelling: A Powerful Teaching Tool:

Stories can be a tool for entertaining, enlightening as well as educating. Whether one is teaching literature, history or even science subjects, using storytelling as a tool can make content easily understood and memorable.

I have frequently utilized the narration of true events to make it easy for students to understand difficult concepts. A simple story that tells about a scientist’s struggles and attainments can be the reason for physics to become more appealing as a subject. Through storytelling, a learner develops a strong emotional connection.

  1. Mindfulness and Emotional Learning: A Holistic Approach Learning is not just acquiring academic knowledge and memorizing facts; it is about mastering emotional intelligence and well-being. Practicing mindfulness to imagine inserting a few minutes each day, or even during class, for relaxation and sharing. The method, which can also include gratitude journals, meditation, and deep breathing exercises, improves student concentration, resilience, and positive thinking.I have witnessed the outcome of mindfulness exercises in my school, which gave me the idea of my research. I saw the children were able to concentrate better and were less worried and were more respectful to others. A person is happier and more balanced in relationship to his or her emotions when he or she can concentrate on the material he or she is learning.

Embracing Change for a Brighter Future:

As educators, we carry the mantle of shaping minds for the young and preparing them for the future. Traditional ways are wonderful, but we have to innovate as educators to truly engage with 21st century learners by experimenting with new teaching techniques.

There have been confirmations that the utilization of activity based learning methods has created exciting learning environments. Sustainable learning centers don’t just make one learn and retain knowledge, but inspire, empower, and nurture lifelong learners. The concepts are the newest in the teaching industry, so why don’t we, educators, take it up and begin teaching in a fun, meaningful, and impactful ?

(The author is a Teacher and a Columnist)

 

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