Agile Education: Transforming Mindsets and Methods for Dynamic Learning Environments
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https://doi.org/10.26821/IJSRC.12.11.2024.121101Abstract
The process of change that educational systems are going through involves adjustments to their methods and strategies and a significant shift in their teachers' social and mental attitudes. More sophisticated yet richer teaching and learning methods are becoming essential because every child demands a dynamic, adaptable, and open learning environment. The Agile Manifesto outlines a way of thinking that should be used when developing software creatively. Educational agility can be defined as applying the techniques, ideas, and standards that agile thinking has introduced to software development in the educational setting. The authors of this paper offer a preliminary analysis of the contributions that agile schools, instructors, and students can make to raising academic standards. They also recommend the components of a community of practice to discuss, implement, test, and assess educational agility in practical settings. Future case studies will demonstrate how agile mindsets can alter communication theory, learning theory, roles for instructors and students, methods, tactics, resources, and evaluation procedures.
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