Ways to make your teaching methods more innovative

Imagine trying to lift your eyelids so you can pay attention to the teacher when you are sitting in a boring class with their words echoing in your ears. Not the best situation for any class, right?

Nowadays, many teachers aim to keep their classes as far away from the above situation as possible, giving their students more opportunities to participate in the learning process by utilising various teaching methods and adopting more cutting-edge approaches.

What are innovative teaching methods?

It’s time to get innovative! It does not necessarily mean using the most cutting-edge technology but making your classes more interactive and enjoyable for everyone. 

Unlike traditional teaching, which primarily focuses on how much knowledge you can impart to your students, innovative teaching methods delve deeply into what students retain from what you teach during lectures. 

Seven innovative teaching strategies for better student engagement

1. Interactive classes

One-way lessons are highly boring and can be exhausting for both teachers and students, so making a classroom setting interactive encourages students to speak up and share their opinions. Instead of just raising their hands or responding when called upon, students have a variety of methods to participate in class activities. The Teaching App, for instance, can help you create interactive lessons that involve all the kids rather than just two or three, saving you a heap of time.

2. Using AI in education

AI helps us do so much of our work, so let’s put it to use in education. Using AI doesn’t mean it does everything, but it will help you reduce your workload and teach students efficiently. So, AI or advanced technical tools bring about lots of benefits for teachers as everything is at their fingertips.

3. Blended Learning 

It is a method that combines high-tech online learning with a conventional classroom. It gives you and your students more freedom to create a productive & interactive learning environment. 

It’s challenging to ignore tech-powered gadgets in the very technological world we now inhabit. The world has been changed by innovations like online platforms for real-time interaction, classroom management systems, and live classes for teachers and students.

4. Instant doubt-resolving session

Students can instantly resolve their doubts in live classes to clearly understand the concept or a topic. Teachers can give personal attention to every student in the class. Today, the average attention span of a student is an appalling 8 seconds. Interactive classes motivate students to pay more attention during learning because achieving milestones can prove to be strong psychological motivator in a non-competitive way and can drive students to explore their areas of interest and accomplish academic goals.

5. Recorded Lectures for self-learning

The conventional classroom teaching flow is flipped when teachers share their recorded lectures. Students can usually access recorded lectures and study material to review or learn a new topic according to their understanding and pace. Peer-to-peer learning, group discussions, and individual learning all take place in the classroom during scheduled class time.

6. Creative pedagogy

The act of teaching through innovative strategies is known as creative pedagogy. In terms of creative pedagogy, there are four major approaches to consider:

Constructivist pedagogy is the teaching method in which students build their comprehension of the lesson using their teacher’s teachings and prior knowledge and experience.

Collaborative pedagogy strongly emphasises that if students interact and work with others, they will be more engaged in writing, critical thinking, and concept understanding.

Integrative pedagogy is where the students’ self-regulation, practical skills, and theoretical knowledge come together.

Inquiry-Based Learning encourages students to ask students while the teachers resolve their doubts.

7. Teaching through Smart Boards

Smart boards are a useful tool for bringing the classroom to life and fostering more significant levels of student involvement and knowledge. Smart boards enable teachers to integrate dynamic multimedia content to assist students in understanding the subject or topic more effectively and create an engaging, visually stimulating learning environment.

To conclude

When teachers support their students, they help them improve their metacognitive skills. That is why it is important to integrate metacognition, especially in teens. The more children understand their learning process, the easier it will be to figure out what strategies work for them – both now and when they grow up.

Last Updated on October 12, 2023