Innovative Teaching: Memory-Based Learning

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Introduction
We live in a world that is creative; we live in a time where innovation is the key word; inventions by human have reached every sphere of life. We cannot deny the fact that much of the education that has been imparted till now has been memory-based. But proper learning should involve memory-based learning that triggers the cultivation of use of analytics, proper evaluation of skills and above all, the presence of creativity, the urge to create something new that would bring about an evolution.
Innovation is the spark of insight that leads a scientist or inventor to investigate an issue or phenomenon. That insight is usually shaped by an observation of what appears to be true or the creative jolt of a new idea. Innovation is driven …show more content…

Higher education should serve the long term intellectual needs of the student. Innovative teaching is a necessity for all teachers in order to meet the educational needs of the new generations. However, teachers’ competency for innovative teaching is a key factor influencing innovative teaching performance. Education should not lead to the blunt memorization of information and the possibility of a creative use of this information, and in addition, the training should encourage the ability associated with the birth of new ideas, with the "inspiration" .The term innovative teaching represents a construct, comprised of a cluster of qualities including effective interaction with learners, openness to change, persistence, reflective practice, specificity of approach, and discipline-embedded pedagogy. Innovative teaching is more than the light bulb that comes on when innovation occurs, more than going where no one has gone before. The better teachers, are genuinely interested in students, and carefully analyze their …show more content…

It reflect a positive attitude on the part of the sender towards the receiver. It indicates approachability, availability for communication, increase sensory stimulation, communicate interpersonal warmth and closeness. A teacher plays a part in her own emotional control. Her identity is constituted in relation to the emotional rules in the context in which she/he teaches. Education is a light that shows the mankind the right direction to surge. If education fails to inculcate self-discipline and commitment to achieve in the minds of student, it is not their fault. We have to convert education into a sport and learning process has to generate interest in the students and motivate them to stay back in the institution than to run away from it. Education should become a fun and thrill to them rather than burden and

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