BLENDED PEDAGOGY 4.0: HUMAN TEACHERS AND GENERATİVE AI İN THE CLASSROOM

This paper explores conceptualizing Blended Pedagogy 4.0 as an integrative framework of the generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and positions human teachers in a corresponding partnership rather than a competitive relationship. The rapid advancement of generative AI is restructuring current educational practices and teaching-learning, thereby challenging a re-examination of traditional & blended pedagogical models. This paper critically examines the growing roles of teachers as facilitators, proper decision makers, mentors, and guides, highlighting the irreplaceable emotional, social, and moral dimensions of teaching that go beyond the algorithmic capabilities. The evolution of Pedagogy 1.0 to Pedagogy 4.0, the study says, is Blended Pedagogy 4.0 as a learner- centred, pedagogical flexibility, adaptive, need-based, co-creative approach grounded in personalization and human judgment. The paper explores AI supported to classroom practices, assessment mechanisms, and feedback model and the importance of AI instruction needs to balance robotics with professional judgment to ensure authenticity and academic integrity. Generative AI is investigated as a pedagogical tool that supports content generation, several assessments, timely feedback, and instructional variation, while operating as a cognitive scaffold rather than a substitute for teachers. The paper critically discussed the ethical, equity, & policy considerations, such as any bias, data privacy, transparency, and the digital divide, with particular attention to teacher accountability in responsible AI use. Rooted in the Indian education scenario, this study aligns the relevance of Blended Pedagogy 4.0 with the NEP-2020 vision, emphasizing its application in multilingual, inclusive, and experiential learning and its ability to integrate Indian Knowledge Systems. The reaved that the identifying key challenges and implications for redefining teacher competencies, future research directions, advocating for a sustainable, ethical, and learned centred human AI partnership in education.