21st Century Pedagogy
Pedagogy may be defined as the theory and practice of learning and teaching. Pedagogy which may be described as both an art and a science, encompasses the teaching methods, strategies, and philosophies used by educators to impart knowledge and skills as well as learning processes and outcomes while bearing in mind the social, psychological, and developmental differences in students. The field of pedagogy is currently mostly Eurocentric in orientation with a high degree of abstraction like most other fields of social sciences, and is not data driven or data focused enough. Ethnography is seldom used in pedagogical studies, and theorizations are often esoteric and inward looking. We also need to consider the slow and gradual automation of education, beginning with the higher levels and then the lower levels as and when technology and infrastructure progress suitably and commensurately. We have written extensively about this in the past. All this will help developing countries catch-up with developed ones in due course, educationally, economically, and technologically, and will help further the aims and ideals of our globalization of science movement. Such measures will enhance economic productivity too. Of all these papers, the most important one is “Intercalating a multi-barreled approach to educational and pedagogical reform: A brief summation of our publications on pedagogy.”
The following is the list of our publications on this subject
| 1 | Introducing Anthropological Pedagogy as a Core Component of Twenty-first Century Anthropology: The Role of Anthropological Pedagogy in the Fulfilment of Anthropological and Sociological Objectives |
IJISRT, Volume 3, Issue 7, 2018 (Summary published in Indian Education and Research Journal, Volume 4, No. 7, 2018) |
| 2 | Unleashing the Potential of the “Sociology of Science”: Capitalizing on the Power of Science to Usher in Social, Cultural, and Intellectual Revolutions Across the World, and Lay the Foundations of Twenty-first Century Pedagogy | ELK Asia Pacific Journal of Social Studies, 2020 |
| 3 | Understanding the Social and Cultural Dynamics of Science and Technology: A Social Sciences Approach for Understanding Science and Technology in Relation to Society and Culture | IJISRT, July 2024 |
| 4 | Automation of Education in the Long Term: Flaw-ridden Half-solution or Epoch-making Game Changer? | IJISRT, January 2025 |
| 5 | Embracing “Functionalism” in Pedagogical Theory: Why We May Eventually Need to Justify Every Component of Pedagogical and Course Content | IJISRT, January 2025 |
| 6 | Intercalating a Multi-barreled Approach to Educational and Pedagogical Reform: A Brief Summation of Our Publications on Pedagogy | SSRN, July 2025 |
Linguistic empowerment
| 1 | Empowering “Linguistic Have-nots”: Empowering Linguistic Have-nots in the Interests of Faster Economic, Social, and Cultural Progress and Development Across Cultures and Societies | IJISRT, October 2023 |
| 2 | Developing Cogent Strategies for the Lexical Development of Non-dominant Languages: Empowering Linguistic Have-nots and Maximizing Linguistic Performance | IJISRT, July 2024 |
| 3 | Globalizing First and Second Language Acquisition Studies for the Twenty-first Century: Why This Can Be a Game Changer for the Developing World | IJISRT, November 2025 |