Methodologies Innovation

INTRODUCTION

There is a saying that: “If you study to remember, you will forget, but, if you study to understand, you will remember”. Have you achieved this goal in teaching? Practically, there are many kinds of learners with very different levels, distinct characteristics and various motivations, which is really a big barrier for teachers as well as educators to get this goal. Innovation in higher education has been variously associated with learning technologies, pedagogical approaches, organizational processes, grant opportunities (Alexander, 2006), responses to globalization and the agendas of government (Roberts, 2004). Thus, changing our methodology aims to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools.

The importance, significance and exigency of teaching innovation have been raised by the government and authorities for a long time. However, it is not regularly implemented at every school, and also by every teacher. It just stops on the surface and the facade and does not create a productive mutation in teaching. Besides that, it does not still become a need and a very necessity for teachers. If only each of them considered it as their urgency, they would try to broaden their knowledge, practise skills actively. At that time it would be effective and successful indeed.

I have experienced some contextual factors affecting my teaching innovation in my school. Absolutely do I recognize its importance and try to accomplish this objective. To recognize these factors will help me teach better and choose the appropriate methodology.

SOME CONTEXTUAL FACTORS

My teaching is considerably affected by my pupils’ motivation. To be clear, we will get through some definitions of motivation:

Motivation is commonly thought of as an inner drive, impulse, emotion or desire that moves one to a particular action. Or, in more technical terms, motivation refers to “the choices people make as to what experiences or goals they will avoid or avoid, and the degree of effort they will exert in that respect.” (Keller 1983:389).

Motivation is the set of reasons that determines one to engage in a particular behavior. The term is generally used for human motivation but, theoretically, it can be used to describe the causes for animal behavior as well. This article refers to human motivation. According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in the basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting, or a desired object, hobby, goal, state of being, ideal, or it may be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism, or morality, or overcoming mortality (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia)