Interactive Instructor for a Synergistic Student-Centered and Personalized Teaching: A Biosocial Approach

Abstract

With or without pandemics, successful knowledge transfers and instilment of critical thinking in learners are strategic to teaching delivery. To revolutionize teaching practice and profession, the specific needs of every group of learners (such as gifted and talented, depressed, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder students, minority ethnic pupils, and low attaining) must be met. Therefore, a new paradigm that employs the right teaching styles for the right student at the right time should be adopted. A plethora of research has shown that enhanced understanding, retention, and critical thinking are better promoted in active learning strategies as compared to conventional passive learning. On the other hand, students’ critical thinking is most effectively enhanced by instructional approaches that incorporate constructivist, active-learning, and student-centered philosophies, in addition to other concepts like biosocial, psychological, psychosocial, emotional, motivational, and sociocultural perspectives. The execution of such a holistic perspective would inevitably require concerted efforts from all relevant key players and stakeholders.

Ways of increasing students' self-organisation for self-study

“…The author's technology for improving the ability to self-study in a distance format has been developed considering the obtained results. Researchers also wrote about considering students' abilities (Ahmed & Mikail, 2022;Scheel et al, 2022). The improvement of self-study skills and the training were carried out in small groups, as Sesadze, Sesadze, and Kevkhishvili (2021) recommended.…”

“…Numerous studies show that active learning strategies promote better retention, critical thinking, and selfdiscipline than passive learning methods (Ahmed & Mikail, 2022). It is necessary to personalise learning approaches for better learning (Ahmed & Mikail, 2022).…”

“…Numerous studies show that active learning strategies promote better retention, critical thinking, and selfdiscipline than passive learning methods (Ahmed & Mikail, 2022). It is necessary to personalise learning approaches for better learning (Ahmed & Mikail, 2022). Some studies seek practical ways of overcoming failures and their avoidance, as well as the support of the positive aspects of student self-management under online learning conditions (Hoofman & Secord, 2021).…”

Empathetic Pedagogies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teaching: Specific Strategies and Experiences from the Mekong Delta Context

“…Researchers have consistently found that teacher empathy is linked with numerous positive outcomes, such as increased student motivation, enhanced classroom atmosphere, and better student-teacher relationships (Cornelius-White & Harbaugh, 2009). Within a pedagogical context, teacher empathy can lead to more individualised instruction and enhanced feedback, acknowledging the unique struggles and strengths of each student (Ahmed & Mikail, 2023).…”

Learning by doing: A teaching paradigm for active learning in Islamic high school

“…According to Ahmed and Mikail (2022), active learning can also be created using a learning by doing strategy especially for school students. Learning strategies like this optimize student-centered learning.…”