The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
Pedagogy and Innovation in Science Education: A Case Study of an Experiential Learning Science Undergraduate Course
Table 1: List of distinctive notions of conception of pedagogical innovation (selected).
| Distinctive notions | Sub-themes (selected) | Definition |
| Novelty | Novelty | Something arising for the first time, which does not follow tradition |
| Surprising students | Pedagogical innovation is, first and foremost, surprising your students | |
| Change | Changing | Replacing something with something else. Radical, profound change |
| Techno-Pedagogy | Not a PI if no pedagogical thinking | An innovation is only pedagogical if the thinking that created it is pedagogical. A technological innovation is not necessarily a pedagogical one |
| Reflection | Reflection during testing | Reflection continues during the testing of a pedagogical innovation |
| Creativity | Creative, inventive and imaginative ability arising from the professor’s ideas | |
| Improvement | Improving | Making something better, introducing positive changes |
| Application | Being a process | Pedagogical innovation is a process |
| Linked to the discipline | The type of pedagogical innovation is linked to the discipline | |
| Different levels and impacts | Pedagogical innovation has different levels and different impacts | |
| Using tools | Pedagogical innovation is the use of tools | |
| No ownership | There is no ownership of pedagogical innovation | |
| Human relations | Innovation is constructed within relations | Pedagogical innovation is constructed within the professor-student relationship |
| Learning as a professor | Pedagogical innovation is learning as a professor | |
| Linked to the teacher’s personality | Pedagogical innovation is intimately linked to the teacher’s personality |