Innovative Teaching by Professional College Teachers with Reference to Teacher Education

Abstract :

College teaching increasingly will be viewed as a true profession in its own right, underpinned by a solid base of knowledge derived from empirical studies on learning and student development, college effects on students, and the management of learning in complex organizations. Teachers will routinely conduct classroom research using input, process, and outcome assessment methods to understand their students and their students’ educational processes and thus to improve learning. Evaluation of faculty as educators increasingly will be based on the results of modern input, process, and outcome assessments, using multiple criteria and multiple indicators to reveal effectiveness in facilitating learning. The system of incentives provided for college and (particularly) university teachers will change substantially. There’s a long-standing tradition of informal sharing of pedagogical innovation among K-12 teachers and a whole line of research on this phenomenon, which is known as teacher leadership. Faculty did not like having professional development imposed on them.. Faculty members didn’t talk as much about recognition as they did about removing obstacles—paperwork, bureaucratic impediments, reports. They said, ‘Free up our time, and let me do these things,’’. Institutionalizing innovative ideas can be tricky. “When you talk about institutionalizing an innovation, faculty are all for it as long as it’s a grassroots faculty effort. There are some major criteria of professional college teachers having professional ethics in teaching learning process are as follows:-

Study the knowledge base of teaching and learning-Clarity of communication is a core issue of teaching learning process. Accept all who enter the classroom door-Successful teachers plan the organization of the class with same care with which they design the lesson. Plan for instructional management-Posting a visual outline of what will be done during the class helps students follow the lesson and stay on task. Teach with a variety of strategies- study the literature and learn about approaches such as learner-centred teaching, guided inquiry, active learning, lecture, group work, and online discussion. Maintain a hospitable relationship with students, successful teachers find ways to build relationship and hence reduce the fear and mutual hostility that are endemic in higher education through: Building relationships of trust; Providing appropriate space in the classroom; De-Emphasizing grades; Empowering students; Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiative. Therefore, to maintain academic integrity in the technology-rich classroom, faculty must promote digital citizenship.

Keywords: Education, Teacher, Innovation.