It is mentioned with a responsible pride that the concept of Eklavyaism gave us this lens of looking at the coining of 'Skillgogy' from Peda, Andra and Heuta approaches. Mahatma Gandhi's NAI TALIM has been an identical methodology to craft lifelong learners. The limitation might be exposure to the modern demands of employability. Creativity and sense of innovation in NAI TALIM and other alternative education models are certainly high and sustainable. But the limitation of a globally-prescribed smartness put such wonderful learners on the backfoot. Train them in hard skills, and manual skills but do not forget to impart SOFT SKILLS. Our concept of Skillgogy aims at a significant preference to inculcate a 'learning attitude' towards soft skills, most particularly different Languages and other self-management skills, including the 4 skills of Communication, Creativity, Collaboration and Critical Thinking.
The natural way of learning by doing, documented as Nai Talim is also an influence on this concept. The teaching in Skillgogy is certainly learner-oriented because it does not put the teacher in the background labeling him as a facilitator. It is the role of a collaborator that the instructor has to take to realise the scope of Skillgogy. It has been a long time since we have modified Bloom's Taxonomy, evolved Andragogy and appreciated Heutagogy to deliver autonomy to the learners. The preference to commit autonomy and making learning 'child-centric' we forgot that teachers were required to be kept in the loop. It cannot be a business-driven model when it comes to giving sustainable education.
We cannot prepare students only for one examination and then abandon them to learn themselves. Similarly, career-focused education also needs to promise that education is not given only for the first job but for the last job as well. In this sense, the teaching-learning process needs to be accommodating for experiential learning as well as futuristic.
Skillgogy advocates a '.exe' approach to teaching any concept. As we develop Skillgogy based on Pedagogy, Heutagogy and Andragogy, there is no discovery but the evolution of a hybrid model of learning. We are adding the 'executable' components, that the learner can actually 'possess' after the learning process concludes.
Components
- Skill Orientation
- Learner Autonomy and Guidance Balance
- Adaptive Learning Framework
- Skill Assessment Metrics
- Technology Integration
- Feedback Ecosystem
Features
- Blended Learning Approach
- Scaffolded Learning
- Interdisciplinary Application
- Personalized Learning Pathways
- Collaboration-Centric Design
- Contextual Relevance
