sgd gla-7-apr-2012
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Teacher, Teaching & Educational System
How to become Academically
sound & vibrant
Dr S G DeshmukhDirector, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management Gwalior
[email protected] Apr 2012
Session at GLA University, Mathura
Opening quote….
“Quality in higher education has been a matter of importance, concern and priority at regional, national and international levels especially in the recent past”.
Cathamparampil et al.(2005)
Speaking points
Imperatives
Ground setting: Quality, IT etc.
Academically sound & Vibrant teacher
Implications and Role of Teacher and Teaching-learning process
Challenges and End thoughts
Imperatives .. Globalization : Borderless World of
accelerating multi-dimensional change
Quality of services(WTO, Washington accord), and Shift to knowledge economy
Role of private universities
Expectations of student community, and industry
Changing face of technology : Revolutions in Information Technology (IT)
Engineering & management Education
System MUST translate these challenges
through a Quality response
Growth of Higher Education
Institutes 1950-51 1990-91 2010-11
Universities 30 117 537
Colleges 750 7356 26,000
Student Enrolment
236,000 49,50,000 135,00,000
Faculty 24,000 272,000 530,000Source: Ramachandran S, 2011, Significance & contributions of self-financing institutions in higher education, Pride, Vol 1(1), pp 6-8
Imperative 1: Globalization of
Education
Globalization refers to the increasing flow of technology, finance, trade, knowledge, values and ideas across the borders(Knight & Wit, 1997)
It has multidimensional impact on the system of education.
It has underlined the need for reforms in the educational system with particular reference to wider utilization of IT giving productivity and quality dimension and emphasis on its R&D activities.
Imperative 2 : Expectations of
Student community and Industry
Bombarded with technological gadgets (Mobile, web, laptop etc.)
Low retention span
Teacher as a facilitator/coach
Dynamic requirements of industry
Gap between what is taught and what is required
Engineering Curriculum
Too much theoretical content
Compartmentalized approach
Lacks preparing student for problem solving skills
Gap between knowledge and skills
Not industrially relevant
Generation old Teacher
Relies on old text books/notes taught by his teacher
Uses old handwritten notes
Handles computer key board with one finger at a time
His son/daughter prepares power-point slides for him (many time grandson/granddaughter !)
Comfortable in communication through landline
Not comfortable in handling credit card
Worried about implementation of 6th pay commission !!
Refuses to acknowledge student
Generation Y student
Uses mobile on and off the class room
Handles Laptop in a WiFi environment
Watches ‘n’ number of channels on TV
Sees YouTube
Listens to Kolavari song via iPod/MP3
Participates in blog discussions
Hooked to Facebook , Hi5 or LinkedIn
Downloads material from the web
Adept in Cut and Paste mode
Comfortable in handling ATM
Reluctant to acknowledge teacher !!
IT is making world flatter !
(Thanks to Friedman)
Outsourcing dominated paradigm
Team work and leadership assumes new meaning
Geography has become history: Time and distance are no longer the important variables
Mobile dense and multimedia rich environment has accelerated digital environment.
Connectivity has made the global village possible
Working on-line, flexi-time, tele/videoconferencing, and continuous learning are changing the traditional notions of how work gets done.
Internet is changing the way we communicate with –suppliers, customers, potential and current employees by way of 2-way communications !
SMS driven communication
What is the QM Philosophy ?
Tenet 1 : Customers are vital to the operation of the organization. Without customers, there is no business, and without business, there is no organization (Deming ,1986).
Students as
Customer Product Knowledge carrier Co-producer !
Tenet 2 : Management needs to listen to nontraditional sources of information in order to institute quality,
People want to do quality work and that they would do it if managers would listen to them and create a workplace based on their ideas (Deming, 1986).Role of feedback vis-à-vis information systems
Remarks..
Efficiency : may relate to Quality of institution
May relate to utilization of resources
Effectiveness : may relate to Quality of Education per se !
May relate to quality of outcomes 1
Role of IT is vital both in Efficiency and Effectiveness IT as a tool for streamlining processes
IT for bringing in transparency and objectivity
Various initiatives- Enterprise wide information systems, e-learning etc.
Success as a teacher requires the presence of many qualities - whereas failure will proceed
from the absence of merely one of them
Teaching profession based on Value system !
In India, huge respect for teachers /Gurus
Sant Kabir etc.
Value/Ethical system
A value is the esteem we assign to an idea
Values are concepts , notions and opinions- not facts
A value system is structuring of person belief within his
or her cognitive frame work and acts as a guiding block
The value system is the prime determinant of ethical behavior
and is wholly responsible for a persons:-
Goals
Cognitive Processes
Work Habits
Compatibility With Others
Capacity to Adjust to a Changing World
Flexibility to adjust to dynamic
Value system
Values are conditioned into us by:Our parentsOur parentageOur spiritual make up Logic play little or no partInstilled through unconscious processOur environment and also sometimes political set up
Parents govern our value system byGenes and genetic programmingPlace in the familyCulture, environment and context Immediate neighborhood and peer groupValue system and goalsRewards and punishmentsEmotional opportunities
Work Habits and Teaching Skills INDUSTRY The habit of working steadily, productively,
voluntarily and with clear cut objectives in mind with Industriousness in mind
PERSEVERANCE To press on in an activity in the face of obstacles, until the objective is attained and to pursue things incessantly , ability to stick on
CONFIDENCE , Habit of solving one’s own problems despite difficulties and oppositions - instead of merely leaning on others.
ORDERLINESS The habit of assigning an order, pattern plan or system to one’s work., and environment, a sense of being ‘Organized” /neat and clean!!
TASK AND TIME ORIENTATION :: ability to finish a task once it is taken up and within given time limit
Teaching Skills
Knowledge
Preparation
Organisation
Effective Lectures
Time management
Enthusiasm & energy /zeal
Voice
Pitch
Pace
Volume
Modulation
Words
Handling of Audio/video
Audience level
Questions
Posture
Eye contact
Way of handling queries
Classroom communications
Positives of Lecture Mode
Time, cost and energy efficiency.
Up-to-date information based on home work/past
experience
Summaries of material/ view points from a variety of
experts and printed sources, internet resources
A pattern for organization of material which helps the
students to read more effectively
Effective use of pedagogy and material
Negatives of Lecture Mode Very large classes (even in IITs!!)
Lack of adequate/ desired facilities(Class rooms)
Difference in students vis-à-vis teacher's expectations.
Lack of visible recognition
Preoccupation with completing the course work.
Heterogeneity /diversity of students
Not able to retain student attention span (especially in
mobile age !!)
Monotony of daily routine(notes becoming yellow!)
Boring commanding position
How do we learn best?
We learn approximately
25% of what we hear
50% of what we see
75% of what we do
100% of what we teach
NOT INCLUDED INTERNET !!
What should be our goal?
Students hearing a concept
Students seeing a demonstration
Students doing a problem
Students teaching themselves or others (peer to peer group)” Example :AASF forum in IIITM
Students becoming our teachers
How to engage ?
Varying the pace
Connecting with them physically, emotionally and spiritually
Showing a visual/Youtube documentary
Asking the students to write something
Using humor/jokes to enlivening the atmosphere
Raising question
Using a small group activity
Breaking up the session into several little units.
Student Motivation guided by…
Make students partners in the teaching- learning process.
They are co-producers according to TQM perspective
Be sensitive about student needs.
Provide extrinsic motivation
Allow some quite time./Time for meditation?
Take them out for filed study !
Meticulous Planning required for.. KNOWLEDGE BASE
content well chosen and well structured
ascertain at what level to pitch the lecture
CLARITY
ensure that the lecture move in a logical manner and the movement is clearly understood.
Ensure that you can be heard and what you show can be seen by all the students.
GENERATING INTEREST
adopting different approaches and openings in your lecture.
Making effective use of audio-video aids.
Encouraging students involvement
introducing variety in pace of delivery and intonation.
People Skills.. Soft skills
Ability to get along with following groups :
Students
Peers
Subordinates
Superiors
Staff/lab people
This needs
Human Qualities
Communication skills
Social intelligence
Understanding of perceptions
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Listening
Discussing
Writing
Advocating
IT skills
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
A good understanding of people and how to get along with them
Social media
People Skills .. Soft skills
Ensuring Effective Delivery Rehearse Mentally OFTEN/PUT A MIRROR
AND SEE YOURSELF !
Practice using Audio Visual Aids/take a mobile shoot and observer yourself
Ensure Audibility
Check body language
Introduce Variation in Pace and Intonation
Recognize Limits of Attention Span
Steps to Become Academically Sound
& Vibrant Teacher ..1.. Overall Goals Work Habits People Skills Social & Emotional Intelligence Emotional attachment
A OVERALL GOALSDiscover your mental make up Identify your overall personality styleDo SWOT analysis Identify the things you ought to be doing to satisfy your
inner self and just follow your inner self Talk to your role models for clarity
Role of a mentor
Must identify a mentor
Learn from the story of Eklavya
Follow the mentor with passion and zeal
Mentor also acts as an emotional support system
Just copy best practices !!!
Steps to Become Academically
Sound & Vibrant Teacher ..2.. B WORK HABITS : Elements to Become productive
teacher
1 Achievement and Self-improvement Needs
Reading from role models/your teachers/
Contemplating what you might like from life in the way of material rewards
Setting a series a goals for your teaching career
Developing a special expertise
2 Developing a passion
3. Quality mind set
4. An eye for details
5. Life long learning attitude
Steps to Become Academically
Sound & Vibrant Teacher ..3..
C PEOPLE SKILLS Social Intelligence that guide the behavior Contemplating your overall style and addressing your likely
problems Understanding people psyche and adjusting accordingly Understanding spirituality Navigating in situations of conflict and contrasts Basic orientation towards psychology of people and place People come in al shape , size and colour !! In our context, language, religion, bringing up habits etc also
play a role
Steps to Become Academically
Sound & Vibrant Teacher ..4..
D OVERALL
Education and academic background
Experience of dealing with a variety of contexts,
situations
Analytical mind set
Professional Decision making
Creativity and innovation
Mind set for sensing “novelty”
Remarks.. Both teachers and students construct
knowledge collaboratively and the student is an active partner in this process.
Teacher as a guide rather than a sage on the stage !
Self-directed and life –long learning
Teacher's role not extinct but Distinct (Fr Rex Angelo, 2009)
Teaching as a reflective practice not a reflex practice
Insights..
Shift from the perspective of knowledge giver/sender to the perspective of knowledge receiver/recipient
Emphasis on Learning !!!
People do not select medium BUT they adopt themselves to medium (Prof N Cho, Hanyang University, Korea, 2 Jan 2009 at IIITM Gwalior)
Insights..
Change of mind set
From bureaucratic to process oriented
From paper bound to paper less (or less paper !)
From command and control to empowerment and distributed decision making
Academia has to recognize the importance of flexibility
Accordingly, teacher has to change !
End Thoughts..
Highly dynamic, turbulent environment characterized by various imperatives
Teaching – learning process needs to be understood
Skill set need to be developed to become an academically sound and vibrant tecaher