New Learning Paradigms, Development of 21st Century Skills and Teacher Education

Abstract

The overall aim of NEP 2020 is to forge and propagate common vision for Teacher education that will prepare effective teachers to cater the futuristic pedagogical needs and challenges of the 21st century. The vision and mission of NEP 2020 in the light of new emerging learning paradigms and its articulation with the evolving 21st century skills will serve as catalyst for the transformation of current system of pedagogy into a potent, multidisciplinary and multidimensional set of knowledge based teacher education module. Emergence of New learning paradigms in the era of knowledge explosion and digitalization has awakened the policy makers to explore, adopt and apply these new learning paradigms like ‘Navigationism’ as a novel and innovative learning paradigm with its interconnectedness with several principles of” Connectivism”. In fact these new paradigms can be effective tools in the development of 21st century skills in the teacher education by transforming the present day educators into coaches and mentors especially equipped and trained to deliver Information, Media and Technological literacy via online platform in the pupils of future as envisaged in NEP 2020.