The importance of innovating pedagogy: Overview and key messages

This chapter sets the stage for this report in arguing the importance of pedagogy for educational policy. It starts by locating the role of pedagogy in the current policy discourse and discusses the need to improve the understanding of innovative pedagogies in order to better address contemporary educational challenges. It then describes the three main strands of this report. First, it introduces the conceptual architecture, the C’s framework, which underpins the analysis throughout the volume. Second, it sets out six clusters of innovative pedagogies which are: blended learning, computational thinking, experiential learning, embodied learning, multiliteracies and discussion-based teaching, and gamification. Third, it describes the role of networks of innovative schools in promoting and scaling innovative pedagogies. The chapter ends with a summary of key messages arising from the outputs of these three main strands of work.