Innovative educational technologies are a very popular cliche of modern Russian reality. In the practice of the vast majority of current educational institutions, the idea that this particular school uses the best, most advanced teaching methods, which, of course, will help you quickly achieve unprecedented results in the development of interesting skills and knowledge, is obsessively appearing. Such statements and flashy phrases are more popular today than ever, turning literally into a quality criterion, and at the same time an advertising sign
for own creators.
The essence of innovative learning
At the same time, such modern educational technologies often do not work correctly when their entire novelty is reduced only to the attraction of technological devices. Of course, in our time, various testing programs and computer presentations are extremely important. But it should be remembered that innovative educational technologies are primarily strict complexes of copyright programs containing certain pedagogical techniques that are aimed at the most effective development of practical skills, knowledge and mental abilities of students. As the simplest example, one can cite game elements that are often found in the preparation and training of children of primary school and preschool age. Similar educational technologies are based on
the opinion that the enthusiasm of the children for the process will instill a desire for classes and will contribute to a better memorization of the material. In addition, in the brochures of numerous modern language schools, you can often notice statements that their teaching method is built on constant practice, as well as modeling everyday situations.
Teaching schools and learning innovations
By the way, such pedagogical ideas are not at all a novelty of the last two decades. They arose as early as the formation of early pedagogical schools, when the latter systematized the accumulated experience. Innovative educational technologies at the school were used by Makarenko, Sukhomlinsky and other famous teachers. For example, a number of Soviet teachers declared their disagreement with the principle that history does not have a subjunctive mood, and that it makes no sense to talk about failed events. On the contrary, they proposed the idea that in schoolchildren’s education this is just useful, because it makes the student not only think abstractly, but also predict the situation,
analyze events. And, most importantly, the teacher finds himself in the same position as the child - he does not know the only right answer, which simply does not exist.
An important feature of innovative learning technologies
However, one should not forget that innovative educational technologies, despite their significant success in individual student groups or in certain disciplines, still do not always have to and can be transferred to mass education. First of all, because they are initially targeted specifically at certain categories, moreover, they often require the direct participation and leadership of their creator. The key to a successful result is precisely the local introduction of innovations into the spectrum of the traditional system.