Revolutionizing Teacher Preparation: A Restructuring Framework to Equip Future Teachers with 21st Century Essential Skills and Innovative Pedagogical Practices

Abstract

Navigating the dynamic landscape of the 21st century, the role of the educator has never been more complex. This paper proposes a holistic restructuring framework for revolutionizing teacher education in order to ensure that educators are ready for the challenges of contemporary students. This study proposed three innovative aims to guide teacher education programs in the revolution of their respective programs: This article has proposed “Educational Holistic Approach” in response to Holistic Approach with three logical steps: (1) identifying the 21st century skills essential for educational practitioners (teachers), (2) investigating educational practices in an innovative way, and (3) presenting a comprehensive model for educational practitioners’ professional development. The research suggested that the educators’ professional preparation may be designed by fusing content knowledge with the pedagogical practices such as the proposed “Educational Holistic Approach,” for meeting the dynamic challenges of the 21st century. The researcher used qualitative methodology. The purposive sampling was used to collect the data from the prospective educators and teachers of University of the Punjab. It is an effort to prepare the teachers /educational practitioners in 21st century to address their issues and problems with futuristic vision, if we want to make educational philosophy for the changing minds’. The study recommends for preparing teacher preparation programs to meet the evolving demands of 21st-century education by implementing the proposed framework.