Innovative Pedagogy: An Attitudinal Study

Innovative pedagogy becomes an important strategy for developing 21st-century skills as per NEP2020. The goal of this study is to examine different pedagogical approaches that help teachers in planning an innovative classroom. This study focuses on the attitudes of teacher trainees towards innovative pedagogy. 200 participants were selected from government and private colleges of teacher education in the Imphal area. Results indicate that the attitudes towards the knowledge of different learning methods with their corresponding pedagogical approaches for learners of government teacher education institutions are different from those of private pedagogical approaches. Another finding indicates that various teaching methods, with activity-based methods and group discussion methods, are most used. The outcome of this study will be helpful in implementing the learner-centric approaches of the NEP 2020. Looking into the applicability of different innovative pedagogical approaches might help teachers in developing experiences in real classroom situations.