INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR EFFECTIVE PEDAGOGY AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Curriculum refers to the specific blueprint for learning that is derived from desired results—that is, content and performance standards. Curriculum takes content and shapes it into a plan for how to conduct effective teaching and learning. The main focus of curriculum development is on deciding which knowledge, skills and values to be taught, how to reach the intended outcomes, and the learning and teaching processes. Technology have affected our lives for over half a century. Yet, the teacher education curriculum is still perceived as traditional in its structure and implementation. Attempts to assimilate technology into teacher education curricula are frequently supported by policymakers. Innovation has become an increasingly important theme in teacher education. However, significant change in content, teaching and learning processes and assessment methods can actually be detected mainly in focal innovative initiatives within training institutions. After systematic education reforms in many countries around the world, it results in some cases deep changes in the curriculum, the pedagogical activities as well as the roles of teachers and pupils that made significant use of information and communication technology. Present study concentrates on technological enhancement in pedagogy as well as in curriculum development, which results into fruitful and effecting teaching and learning process. During study it found that a major challenge in teacher education is how to sustain and scale up innovative technology because this integrated technological knowledge helps a prospective teacher to know the world of technology in a better way by which it can be applied in future for the betterment of the students.