Exploring Post-Secondary Students’ Perspectives: Ludic Pedagogy in the Classroom and Enhancing Engagement

Abstract

There has been a plethora of changes in the field of education in the last few years, owing to the pandemic, the constant technological advances and the ever-changing world scenario. It has become extremely important that teachers come up with methods to keep students actively engaged in the classroom. Teachers have to put in great efforts to move towards newer modes of teaching and break away from the traditional teaching methods. Ludic pedagogy refers to the use of fun, play and humor to teach in the classroom. It forms the basis for teaching little kids (through rhymes, songs, toys, etc.), but it also has recently gained attention in the post-secondary education domain. The present paper aims to explore the perspective of post-secondary students towards the use of ludic pedagogy in the classroom. The paper discusses whether or not the three elements of Ludic pedagogy- play, playfulness and positivity are used in the post-secondary classroom, and how the college students respond to them. The results show that the use of the Play element is almost negligible in the Indian post-secondary classrooms, but Playfulness and Positivity are used by the teachers, and students have a positive attitude towards them.