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Teachers as designers of learning environments :
Table of contents: Foreword; Executive Summary; The importance of innovative pedagogies; The importance of innovating pedagogy: Overview and key messages; The complex interaction of teaching and learning: Understanding innovative pedagogies; Building the C's framework: Insights and reflections; A compilation of innovative pedagogical approaches; Six clusters of innovative pedagogies; Blended learning; Gamification; Computational thinking; Experiential learning; Embodied learning; Multiliteracies and discussion-based teaching; The networks of innovative schools; Innovative Pedagogies for Powerful Learning networks; Approaches to innovative pedagogy, teaching and learning; Professional demands and professional learning – the role of the networks. The third part of this volume summarises the work and approaches of 27 national and international networks of innovative schools: Pedagogical Approach Networks: Amara Berri (Spain); Amico Robot (Italy); Art of Learning (Scotland); Better Movers and Thinkers - BMT (Scotland); Escuela Nueva (Colombia / International); Innova Schools (Peru); KIP - Komplex Instrukcios Program (Hungary); Lumiar Institute (International); Networks of Inquiry and Innovations (British Columbia, Canada); New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (International); Senza Zaino (Italy); Studio Schools (England). Innovation Promotion Networks: AND - A New Direction (England); Creative Partnerships (England / International); ECOLOG (Austria); ESCXEL Project - School Network for Excellence (Portugal); Innovative Schools Network (Japan); International Step by Step Association - ISSA (International); The Lighthouse (Finland); OPEDUCA Project (Netherlands / International); Red Escuelas Lideres (Chile); Second Chance Schools - E2C / E20 (France / Spain); Whole Education (United Kingdom). Professional Learning Networks: Computing at Schools - CAS (United Kingdom); E-Norssi (Finland); Galileo Educational Network (Alberta, Canada). "Pedagogy is at the heart of teaching and learning. Preparing young people to become lifelong learners with a deep knowledge of subject matter and a broad set of social skills requires a better understanding of how pedagogy influences learning. Focusing on pedagogies shifts the perception of teachers from technicians who strive to attain the education goals set by the curriculum to experts in the art and science of teaching. Seen through this lens, innovation in teaching becomes a problem-solving process rooted in teachers’ professionalism, rather than an add-on applied by only some teachers in some schools. 'Teachers as designers of learning environments: the importance of innovative pedagogies' provides a snapshot of innovative pedagogies used in classrooms around the world. It sets the stage for educators and policy makers to innovate teaching by looking at what is currently taking place in schools as potential seeds for change. At the heart of all of these approaches is a sensitivity to the natural inclinations of learners towards play, creativity, collaboration and inquiry. To illustrate how teachers use these innovative practices, the publication presents examples from 27 national and international networks of schools. It is now generally acknowledged that the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers. This volume goes a step further to argue that a teacher cannot help students meet new educational challenges by continuing to draw on a limited and perhaps even inherited set of pedagogies. And here lies the genuine importance of innovative pedagogies." - Back cover. "Pedagogy is at the heart of teaching and learning. Preparing young people to become lifelong learners with a deep knowledge of subject matter and a broad set of social skills requires a better understanding of how pedagogy influences learning. Focusing on pedagogies shifts the perception of teachers from technicians who strive to attain the education goals set by the curriculum to experts in the art and science of teaching. Seen through this lens, innovation in teaching becomes a problem-solving process rooted in teachers’ professionalism, rather than an add-on applied by only some teachers in some schools. 'Teachers as designers of learning environments: the importance of innovative pedagogies' provides a snapshot of innovative pedagogies used in classrooms around the world. It sets the stage for educators and policy makers to innovate teaching by looking at what is currently taking place in schools as potential seeds for change. At the heart of all of these approaches is a sensitivity to the natural inclinations of learners towards play, creativity, collaboration and inquiry. To illustrate how teachers use these innovative practices, the publication presents examples from 27 national and international networks of schools. It is now generally acknowledged that the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers. This volume goes a step further to argue that a teacher cannot help students meet new educational challenges by continuing to draw on a limited and perhaps even inherited set of pedagogies. And here lies the genuine importance of innovative pedagogies." - Back cover.