INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY – IS THE BASIS FOR LIFE-LONG EDUCATION

Recent conceptual and methodological change in teaching and learning has brought to light the issue of func- tions of education for society: an institutional perspective, the interaction theory, the concept of self-fulfilling prophecy. The subject of the experiment is the analysis of related to education researches of priority: educational innovation; innovating pedagogy; socio-pedagogical, psychological, psycho-pedagogical criteria for innovation classification; methodological and digital technological tools for effective implementation of advanced teaching experience into practice. The experiment was based on the object and the process approaches to the classification of innovations, on the level and pedagogic criteria for their description and on the project-based method of teaching. The conducted research of the concept of pedagogic innovation as a kind of pedagogic activities was directed to test and implement the achievements of pedagogу as a science, technology and exemplary pedagogic experience to de- sign experimental innovating environment. The implementation of up-to-date digital technologies as a key objective of the innovating pedagogy, of the web 2.0 communication promoted shaping a cooperative learning environment with the assistance of the social wiki– source. Constructing creative environment provided molding of crucial skills required to become proficient learners: communication, teamwork, understanding the nature of knowledge, assess- ing the validity of partners’ claims and arguments, awareness of complexity and diversity of knowledge, developing reliable scientific method, empathy with others, risk and daring. The findings provoked visible shifts in educational practice; helped to explore new forms of teaching, learning and assessment; contributed to the personal growth; resulted in identity change and increased self-understanding; motivated students for life-long and life-wide learning.