Download - Teaching learning
Dr. Salman Abdul Moiz
School of Computer & Information Sciences,
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
Class room Instructions & Connecting with Students
IntroductionTypes of TeachersDeeper involvement
Creative Teaching Experience What is Good Teaching? Fundamental Attributes of a Teacher A Letter from Abraham Lincoln to his Son’s Teacher Some Facts on Being Passionate About Teaching Conclusions
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“In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the
rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing
civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest
honour and the highest responsibility anyone could have.” ~
Lee Iacocca
IntroductionIntroduction
Types of Teachers
• Mediocre - Gives Information
• Good - Explains Concepts
• Better - Demonstrates
• Great - Inspires
e.g. Aristotle inspired Alexander the Great to conquer the world at about 30 years of age.
Major objective of Teacher - Inspire Students
Teaching - Making Students Learn Teaching - Learning Process - Should be Enjoyable to the Students and the
Teacher.
Introduction
Deeper Involvement Strong Zeal and Ability of Teacher (Total Commitment) Students Must Have Enthusiasm to Learn (Teacher Must Induce that
Enthusiasm in Students) Joint Productive Activity (JPA) – Teacher and students producing results
together
Facilitate Learning Through JPA among Teacher and Students Learning - Experience (Doing by self) # 1
- Observe keenly how others are doing # 2
- Listening from others’ experiences! # 3
- Reading others’ experience # 4
Learning by doing - Part of blood!
Make the students “Learn” by doing-The hard way.
Remind students - “Personal Experiences are more interesting!” Sharing Experiences involves listening carefully and reacting to
your conversation partner – and expressing feelings
Enjoyable and Gives Utmost Satisfaction!
2. Creative Teaching2. Creative Teaching
Make the student feel that you are different from others.Make the student feel that you are different from others.
i) i) Why is the subject important?Why is the subject important?
ii) ii) Where does this subject leads us?Where does this subject leads us?
• Potential of subject – “Future”Potential of subject – “Future”
iii) iii) How this subject helps the students’ career How this subject helps the students’ career
development?development?
JustificationJustification - - It is important because it gives students aIt is important because it gives students a
reason to listen to the Teacher!reason to listen to the Teacher!
Review the pre-requisite if any for the current subject\
Introduce concepts as if they are simple
- Increase complexity slowly step by step!
Repetition sometimes may help!
Creative Teaching continues…
Concentration The key to success!! Before introducing new concepts, ask students to concentrate!!! Do not allow them to do anything else other than listening in the class!
(No human can do two things simultaneously!)
Students are people Listening for long-time is difficult Distracts the attention Effective Listening Requires Rapt Attention!
Normal human concentration time – 25 minutes!
Creative Teaching continues…
Creative Teaching Continues …
People give attention to stories
- Our brains are wired to store stories!
- Talk stories relating to the concept you are teaching
- Tell stories about people who developed the concept!
People respond to Personal Attention
- Call students by names asking them if they understood the Concept!
- Greet students!
- Take time to stop and talk to students!
Creative Teaching Continues …
People respond better to praise than to Criticism
- People respond best to personal praise!- A pat on the back yields fantastic results!
Constructive Criticism – Delivered in a positive environment.
People have natural curiosity
- Work to create assignments and labs that give students the chance to explore, try new things, and invent!!!
Creative Teaching Continues …
People do mistakes- Something learnt from a mistake – retained forever!!
Mistakes
Errors (Ignorance)
Over sightedness
Blunders(Repeated error)
Reprimanded
Unforgivables(Cheating)Punished
- Failures are stepping stones to success!!!
- Experience is the BEST TEACHER!
Errors (Ignorance)
Over sightedness
Blunders(Repeated error)
Reprimanded
Errors (Ignorance)
Over sightedness
Unforgivables(Cheating)Punished
Blunders(Repeated error)
Reprimanded
Errors (Ignorance)
Over sightedness
Unforgivables(Cheating)Punished
Blunders(Repeated error)
Reprimanded
Errors (Ignorance)
Over sightedness
Unforgivables(Cheating)Punished
Blunders(Repeated error)
Reprimanded
Errors (Ignorance)
Over sightedness
Unforgivables(Cheating)Punished
Blunders(Repeated error)
Reprimanded
Errors (Ignorance)
Over-sightedness
3. Experience
- Analysis- Thinking- Identifying mistakes- Accepting the mistakes- Remembering the mistakes
People would rather not read
- Basis for College
People do not hear everything that one may talk
- Repetition may not be bad!
99% of People are honest
Orient your policies, rules, etc. towards 99% people and deal with the 1% separately when need arises!
4. What is Good Teaching
Only very few teachers are remembered.
* Why some teachers inspire students to work three times harder than
they normally would?
* Why some others make students to skip class?
Essential Qualities are:
i) Subject and other related knowledge
ii) Communication skills
iii) Interest
iv) Respect, Love and Affection for students!
Good Teaching Continues…
Make students Think!
i) Assignments should be oriented towards thinking!
ii) Analytical and logical reasoning!
iii) Creativity and Innovation!
Good Teaching Continues…
The importance of Questions! – Curiosity!
i) Why and How? - Knowledge
ii) What seems likely? - Comprehension
(Graph/Table)
ii) Predict what would happen if? - Application.
Promoting Students’ Questions - Excellent Question !!!
Good Teaching Continues…
Answering Questions
- A developed skill
- An opportunity to teach something new!!!
- Use questions
i) To stress important points
ii) To introduce new concepts
iii) To promote creative thinking
iv) To bring attention of all students
Good Teaching Continues…
Attitude - Positive attitude
- Pay personal attention to the weaker or weakest student (s)
e.g. of Negative Attitude of a Teacher: (Dishonest Teacher!!! )
Content - Make sure the student would acquire a set of
i) Factsii) Skillsiii) Techniques
To use these later on (in his career as well)
Good Teaching Continues…
Sub-divide topicsSub-divide topics
- - Reorder them so that students get multiple Reorder them so that students get multiple
exposure of the topicsexposure of the topics
- - Present the concept the way you wanted your Present the concept the way you wanted your
teacher to have presented it for you!!!teacher to have presented it for you!!!
Good Teaching Continues…
1. Interaction among students Leads to trusting each other
2. Interested Make them curious
Create “Knowledge holes” for your students to fill
Learning by “hole filling”
Self-motivated Learners or Researchers!!!
Much more enjoyable than any other type of Learning!!!
Children trying to crawl or stand Enjoy Max.
Good Teaching Continues…
Bring your Research into the class room
- Make the students think and explore
- Makes the students appreciate the potential of subject!
Make your office hours more productive
- Pay attention to the Psychology of Student’s Situation
- Understand your students’ problems.
Encouraging participation in the class room
- Discussion Questions
- Focusing on Reading
- Outside Resources Field trip
- Brainstorming
- Small Groups
Good Teaching Continues…
5. Fundamental Attributes of a Teacher
i) Exceptional clarity of thought
ii) Exceptional clarity of speech
iii) Strong zeal and ability to Inspire students
iv) Enthusiasm for continuous Learning (new always)
v) Willingness and enthusiasm to share knowledge with any one
vi) Enthusiastic to be Creative and Innovative
vii) Highly focused
viii) Firm belief that a Teacher has Responsibility towards society and only a
teacher can reform society.
ix) Love and Affection for students
x) Perseverance and Patience (Goal Oriented Patience!!!)
6. An Extract from Mr. Abraham Lincoln’s letter to his Son’s Teacher
He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true.
But teach him also that for every scoundrel, there is a hero, for every selfish
politician, there is a dedicated leader.
Teach him, that for every enemy, there is a friend.
It will take time, I know, but teach him if you can, that a dollar earned is of
far more value than five found.
Teach him to learn to lose and also to enjoy winning.
Steer him away from envy, if you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter.
Let him learn early that the ‘bullies are the easiest to lick.
Abe’s Letter Continues…
Teach him if you can, the wonder of books, but also give him quiet time
to ponder over the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun
and flowers on a green hillside.
In school, teach him, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat.
Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they
are wrong.
Teach him to be gentle with the gentle and tough with the tough.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone
is getting on the bandwagon.
Teach him to listen to all men but teach him also to filter all that he
hears on a screen or truth and take only the good that comes through.
Teach him if you can how to laugh when he is sad.
Teach him there is no shame in tears.
Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness.
Teach him to sell his brain and brawn to the highest bidder but never to
put a price on his heart and soul.
Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and stand and fight if he
thinks he is right.
Abe’s Letter Continues…
Let him have the courage to be impatient, but also let him have the
patience to be brave.
Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself so that he will have
sublime faith in mankind.
Teach him gently, but do not cuddle him, because only the test of fire
makes the finest of steel.
This is a tall order, but see what you can do.
He is such a fine little fellow, My Son!
Abe’s Letter Continues…
7. Some Interesting Facts on being Passionate About Teaching
Realize that good teaching takes a lot of hard work and dedication! Make sure it is your passion, and don’t expect to be paid for everything that you
do. Do not go into teaching unless you absolutely love to teach and love students. Follow your passion and teach what you love! Run towards it or away from it (teaching) but commit or leave.
It’s a profession, career, may be a calling; but, definitely it’s not a job. If doing it doesn’t reward you, there’s not enough being offered to make it
work. Don’t waste the students’ time and education for your own convenience.
Don’t give up. Stick to your career plan. Teaching is the most rewarding
career you can possibly have.
Your job is for the students. If you do not like students, do not take this job.
You will not have money or all of the things you want in life, however, you will
receive many rewards from your students.
It is NOT a 9-5 job, 5 days a week. It is a 24/7 job all 365 days a year.
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Find your passion and share it with the students through your teaching.
You may only be in the classroom for about 10 months, but teaching is a 12
month, 10 or more hours a day, 7 days a week career and unless you are
willing to put in time outside of your scheduled office/work time you have
chosen the wrong career.
I would recommend that if you find you do not love teaching within the first
two years, you should immediately get out of the profession and find
something that pays better and is more rewarding and enjoyable.
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Make sure you are in the right profession and always look for ways to
become better at what you do.
Pray hard before committing to this profession.
Teach from the bottom of your heart and stay clear of teachers who were
burnt out and have nothing good to say. You do make a difference!
Be prepared to do everything for very little pay or appreciation.
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Being an educator is a thankless job but when you see the faces of your students light up
with a glow in their eyes when you walk into the classroom it is worth all of the work.
You better be very sure that this is what you want to do because it is a hard profession to
stay in due to the lack of support from parents, administrators, and the general public.
The pay is not good and the retirement is not good.
The one thing that new teachers need to remember is that the students are the best
reason to be in this, and if you are going into it for a different reason then you need to re-
evaluate this job choice.
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This is a career, not a ‘job’. If you are not willing to work outside the
‘duty’ day, this is not the career for you.
Teachers have to have a special commitment and dedication.
Be sure it is what you want to do for the next 40 years.
Be prepared to work hard and not get the kind of money your friends
will be earning.
Be prepared to, to be excited over the little things your class works so
hard to achieve. Their success will mean more to you than anything else
you do.
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Martin Luther once wrote: "A society's best and greatest welfare, safety,
and strength consist rather in its having many able, learned, wise,
honorable, and well-educated citizens.” – If you can recapitulate,
Chanakya’s dictum was the same.
Today education is at a turning point.
Educational institutions should be a mirror of a future society.
The foremost goal of education is to create men and women who are
capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what earlier
generations have done.
Our conviction is that there can be no significant innovation in education that
does not have at its epicenter the attitudes of the teachers.
The beliefs, assumptions, and feelings of teachers are the air of the learning
environment: they determine the quality of life within it.
We should be proud to say that we belong to this closely knit fraternity
where the seeds of greatness were first sown by farsighted, visionary
educationists.
While we teach our students to think our emphasis here should not be on how
many answers they know, rather, the focus should be on how well they try to
learn when they don't know.
An Institute isn't good enough until it is good enough for our
own children.
In fact it's not only that it must be good enough for our own
children but it must be the Dream Institute we want for our
children.
Conclusions
Students work hardest for a teacher they like and respect most!
Show LOVE and AFFECTION towards “Students”!!
It is the Responsibility of the Teacher to make the Student Realize that the
Teacher is as Concerned as his/her parents and Definitely More
Concerned than the student himself/herself about the Student’s Career
and Future!!!!!
Teaching is a Performing Art!!
Finally, To Conclude,
You Will Work Very Long Hours,
But It Is Indeed
A HIGHLY REWARDING CAREER!!!
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