Teachers: 6 innovative teaching techniques

Are you a teacher and are you looking for innovative proposals? This is your chance to get closer to the newest teaching techniques. Discover them and select the one that best fits your goals!

A number of different teaching techniques have emerged due to this change in education. Many of these teaching techniques are not actually new however! The use of technology in the classroom has simply given education a new lease of life allowing us to approach old ideas in new ways.

Outlined below are some popular teaching techniques that have arisen from the integration of technology in education.

Education:

Education like all other things, is constantly changing and evolving. For this reason, teachers must keep up to date, seeking to incorporate new tools into the classroom.

The more traditional teaching techniques center their attention on the figure of the teacher, placing the students in a passive posture. However, the new strategies aim to stimulate students to arouse their desire to learn.

Inverted class:

This technique is to encourage the preparation of lessons in advance. In this way, the students attend the class with basic knowledge about the subject of study. The “inverted class” offers the possibility to solve doubts and to deepen in the subjects that generate more curiosity in the students.

Design Thinking:

“Design Thinking” is a structured method that involves using real cases as an example and asking students to solve the problem in a group, analyzing the situation and offering creative ideas. The goal is to prepare students for the “real world” by awakening their ability to analyze and create solutions.

Self-learning:

Most of the traditional courses push the student to use memorization as the only technique, which is why they eventually forget about what they studied. It is important that you keep in mind as a teacher that curiosity is the main driver of learning, so you must offer certain freedoms to your students so they can focus on the subject that interests those most.

Tools:

There are many teachers who are currently using playful tools within the classroom. If you have not yet entered this area you can take an existing game or create one adapted to the needs of your students, keeping in mind the age and knowledge of them.

Social media:

At the higher level teaching techniques linked to technology have a high popularity. Social networks also offer extra motivation to students when it comes to learning a new topic.

Commented Reading:

This technique aims to enable students to grasp and understand the text they are reading, exchanging opinions and seeking the meaning implicit in words. Each student will capture a different idea according to their circumstances; from it will inquire the rest of their classmates.

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