COVID 19 PANDEMIC ERA: A SHIFT IN PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING CHILDREN LEARNING IN TODAY’S CLASSROOM
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The study examines Covid 19 Pandemic Era: A Shift in Pedagogical Approach as a means in Improving Children Learning in Today’s Classroom. The early years of a child’s life are critical; these years determine the children surviving and thriving in life, and laid the foundations for their learning and holistic development. It is during the early years that children develop the cognitive, physical, social and emotional skills that they need to succeed in life. These early experiences are primarily determined by supportive family and early childhood educators, proper nutrition and health care, learning opportunities, which in turn are dependent on enabling policies and investments for young children and families. Pedagogy also is an important part of education and the recent role it plays show we can't but count on more utilization such as new pedagogy in daily class activities most especially in educating and training young children, most importantly due to the pandemic that struck the world as school and other part of the society now call and use contactless mediums in our dealings, one of which is the opportunity provided by some new pedagogies. This paper therefore addresses Covid 19 Pandemic Era: A Shift in Pedagogical Approach as a Means of Improving Children Learning in Today’s Classroom. This paper covers some new pedagogies that promote more effective learning, reduce contact between teacher and learners, and among learner. It was recommended that there should be introduction of different innovative approach to explain the content to learners. It is a teacher who plays a vital part in pupils’ success. So, it becomes the duty of a teacher to take a step towards accepting modern methods of teaching in teaching pupils.
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