Not a stranger in the mirror the odyssey of an ordinary teacher-B.V.Raghunandan
1. Not a Stranger in the Mirror
(The Farewell Bid by a Teacher)
-B.V.Raghunandan, Faculty of Commerce
SVS College,
Bantwal
February 1, 2014
2. Lecturing: The Ever-Evolving Art
• Knowledge Transfer
through Lecture Method
• Oldest Method-As Old
as The Teaching
Profession
• Motivation is Assumed
to Exist
• Suitable to All
Occasions
• More Suitable for
Teaching Concepts
• Quant Requires the
Usage of a Black Board
5. Motivation of the Teacher
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Proud of being a Teacher
Total Commitment
Self –Supervision
Self Target
Quality Improvement
Finding Pleasure in the
Company of Students
• Maximum Access to Students
7. Learning Attitude
• Knowledge accumulation
• Knowledge sharing
• Willingness to accept
knowledge from any source
• Listening ability
• Unstructured and unbiased
attitude
8. How to Teach?
• Innate Qualities: Quality of
sound, communication style,
posture, language, and body
language
• Presentation: Black Board
• Presentation: PPT-no text
except definition, photos of
authors, pictures of machines or
instruments-upload to
Slideshare.net
• Presentation: Videos-Youtube
Downloads, Videos on
Management Topics, Movies or
Movie Clipping
9. Sources of
Knowledge:
• Books
• Guest Lectures
• Observation
• Newspapers &
Magazines
• TV Channels
• Movies
• Internet
What to Teach?
10. Books
• Books on Subjects: Authoritative,
Semester Based, EDP Oriented
Books
• New Age Management
Publications
• Economic Development of
Countries
• Auto-Biographies and
Biographies of Industrialists
• Research Studies and Project
Reports
• Fiction
• History of Product Development
• Case Studies
11. Guest Lectures
• Lectures that are
Meaningful
• Becoming Members
of Organisations
conducting the Guest
Lectures
• Conferences
• Lectures Arranged
for Students
• Public Programmes
12. Observation
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An Informal Way of Gain9ng Knowledge
Travelling or Waiting for a Bus
Class Room Observation
Helps in Understanding Human Behaviour
Negotiation becomes Easy
Understanding Gestures
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General Knowledge
Helps in Achieving Maturity
Programmes in the City
Political Development
Social Changes
Business & Industry
Helps in Investment
Newspapers &
Magazines
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Movies of Social Relevance
Knowledge of Different Cultures
Geographical Knowledge
Historical Movies
Science & Technology
Visual Effects
Movies
17. Value Addition: Formal Methods
• Class Room preparation
• Interaction with Colleagues
• Attending subject related
seminars/refresher courss
• Class room discussion
• Interaction during Central Valuation
• Leisurely library work
19. Informal Methods
• Personal library
• Membership of
professional bodies
• General reading
• Choosy TV
Programmes
• Visiting book exhibitions
• Arranging conferences
• Becoming resource
persons
20. • Interaction with
alumni
• Helping colleagues
including juniors
academically
• Wide and deep
contacts with
teachers in other
institutions
• Visiting other
educational
institutions at any
available pretext
More Informal
Methods
21. Modern
Teaching Aids
• Usage of internet
• Mobile access to
internet
• Recording TV
Programmes
• Obtaining visual content
• Sharing the content with
students and
colleagues
• Usage of slide
projectors and LCD
projectors