TITLE:
Critical Digital Pedagogy: Alternative Ways of Being and Educating, Connected Knowledge and Connective Learning
AUTHORS:
Lucy Lunevich
KEYWORDS:
Critical Digital Pedagogy, Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism, Transformative Learning, Blended Learning Environment, Role of the Teacher, Intellectual and Ethical Development, Creative Teaching, Join Learning Process
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.13 No.6,
June
21,
2022
ABSTRACT: Over the last twenty years, technology has reorganized how we live, how we communicate, and how we learn. Learning needs theories that describe learning principles and processes,andshould be reflective of underlying social environments. This work presents a research investigation if education can remain relevant in the digital era. Two conflicting and complementing concepts“critical pedagogy” and “critical digital pedagogy” have been discussed to establish a foundation for the new forms of teaching practices relatedtoa virtual learning environment. It focuses on how our teaching practices can be re-imagined to become a crucial part of thesocialisation process with students. In this system, students are encouraged to become reflective learners and think critically about the current conditions of the world and how to make it a better place for all. It discusses the role of the teacher in the 21stcentury and how it has evolved dramatically in recent times. The work is based on the independent research conducted by several universities in Berlin, New York and Moscow, which found that students do not expect their teachers to know everything; instead, to have somebody prepared to listen to students, have mentoring and coaching capacities and willing to offer extra time for consultations.