Last 2 decades has witnessed significant change in our Education system. Transformation is enormous and the teaching fraternity must learn to understand and appreciate their new role.
With free access to extraordinary educational material across diverse platform things are becoming more challenging. Technology has disrupted almost every aspect of our lives and the only way to survive is through adaptation and change.
Teacher must change their profile from EXPERT to FACILITATOR. Most of the teaching fraternity lives with the illusion of being EXPERT in their discipline, but the reality is that the quality of teaching as a profession has gone down over the last decade. This is the reason teaching fraternity is advised to take up the role of facilitator and be the active part of the classroom learning experience.
No more teachers can assume that what they know is extraordinary and that every day they are producing amazing content for their discipline or subject. As a matter of fact most of the times students are more updated than what we are.
With teachers changing their work profile the entire Education system is undergoing a major transformation. Educational Institutions are now forced to focus in developing Competencies amongst their students rather than transferring KNOWLEDGE.
It is essential that we must know the difference between transferring knowledge and that of being a facilitator. We have to accept the facts that most of us have gone wrong in our approach of teaching and we can only change if we accept. ACCEPTANCE is key to CHANGE
Qualities of a Good Facilitator:
1. Suspended judgement - Mentoring
2. Believes that more than one solution exist to a problem under consideration - Experimentation
3. Strongly believes in his conviction- Integrity
4. Provides extraordinary feedback to students - Participation
5. Strong sense of visualization – Arena , Scenarios - Creativity
6. Believes in healthy debates - Conversation
7. Gracefully accepts criticism – Open minded
8. Generous with time – Work life balance
9. Good Role Model – Inspiring
10. Trustworthy - Genuine
Holding attention is becoming difficult
Span of Interest shifting fast
Every one will be famous for 15 seconds
Classroom teaching is becoming ineffective
Leading to
Classroom boredom
Poor class participation
Retarded thinking abilities
confusion
Lack of attention
Causing anguish amongst students
24x7 access to information across diverse platforms makes difficult to grab attention
The free access to extraordinary educational information demands a shift in the teacher’s profile
Students want from their teachers something they cannot find on Google
They expect teachers to shift their focus from WHAT / HOW and WHEN to WHY
Mental Models are changing fast
As a teacher we must learn and accept to change our profile
Most of the teaching fraternity lives with the illusion of being EXPERT in their discipline and
because of this notion teaching as profession is loosing its value and vitality significantly.
Teaching is a life long process of creating and delivering learning experiences.
Educational Institutions where teaching is considered as an art of creating and delivering memorable learning experiences will foster
By focusing in developing Competencies amongst students rather than transferring of KNOWLEDGE
Educational Institutions where teaching is considered as an art of creating and delivering memorable learning experiences will foster
By focusing in developing Competencies amongst students rather than transferring of KNOWLEDGE
Educational Institutions where teaching is considered as an art of creating and delivering memorable learning experiences will foster
By focusing in developing Competencies amongst students rather than transferring of KNOWLEDGE
This provides room for more discussion and reasoning.
When class discussions are focused around WHAT then the chances of exploring and envisioning the possibilities are limited
Discussions that are focused around WHY offer tremendous opportunity for boarding the scope of thinking as the possibilities are limitless.
Shift your focus from WHAT to ----------------WHY
This provides room for more discussion and reasoning.
When class discussions are focused around WHAT then the chances of exploring and envisioning the possibilities are limited
Discussions that are focused around WHY offer tremendous opportunity for boarding the scope of thinking as the possibilities are limitless.
Shift your focus from WHAT to ----------------WHY
This provides room for more discussion and reasoning.
When class discussions are focused around WHAT then the chances of exploring and envisioning the possibilities are limited
Discussions that are focused around WHY offer tremendous opportunity for boarding the scope of thinking as the possibilities are limitless.
This provides room for more discussion and reasoning.
When class discussions are focused around WHAT then the chances of exploring and envisioning the possibilities are limited
Discussions that are focused around WHY offer tremendous opportunity for boarding the scope of thinking as the possibilities are limitless.
Above be open to learning from the students
Above be open to learning from the students
Educational Institutions where teaching is considered as an art of creating and delivering memorable learning experiences will foster
By focusing in developing Competencies amongst students rather than transferring of KNOWLEDGE
The first difference that we all must understand is that as Facilitator we have to SUSPEND our judgement
Above be open to learning from the students
Above be open to learning from the students
As a fascillit
Above be open to learning from the students
Above be open to learning from the students
Above be open to learning from the students
Above be open to learning from the students
Above be open to learning from the students
Above be open to learning from the students
If we look at what makes learning experience horrible probably we might then appreciate
The attributes of memorable learning experiences better
Attributes of Horrible Learning Experiences
Information OVERLOAD
Initially when a course starts the teachers are excited and bubbling with information, and at this point of time students are confused and lost , but with passage of time they start developing the understanding of the subject but by the time teachers lost their interest and gain momentum as they feel the urgency to complete the syllabus
If we look at what makes learning experience horrible probably we might then appreciate
The attributes of memorable learning experiences better
Attributes of Horrible Learning Experiences
Information OVERLOAD
Initially when a course starts the teachers are excited and bubbling with information, and at this point of time students are confused and lost , but with passage of time they start developing the understanding of the subject but by the time teachers lost their interest and gain momentum as they feel the urgency to complete the syllabus
If we look at what makes learning experience horrible probably we might then appreciate
The attributes of memorable learning experiences better
Attributes of Horrible Learning Experiences
Information OVERLOAD
Initially when a course starts the teachers are excited and bubbling with information, and at this point of time students are confused and lost , but with passage of time they start developing the understanding of the subject but by the time teachers lost their interest and gain momentum as they feel the urgency to complete the syllabus
If we look at what makes learning experience horrible probably we might then appreciate
The attributes of memorable learning experiences better
Attributes of Horrible Learning Experiences
Information OVERLOAD
Initially when a course starts the teachers are excited and bubbling with information, and at this point of time students are confused and lost , but with passage of time they start developing the understanding of the subject but by the time teachers lost their interest and gain momentum as they feel the urgency to complete the syllabus
If we look at what makes learning experience horrible probably we might then appreciate
The attributes of memorable learning experiences better
Attributes of Horrible Learning Experiences
Information OVERLOAD
Initially when a course starts the teachers are excited and bubbling with information, and at this point of time students are confused and lost , but with passage of time they start developing the understanding of the subject but by the time teachers lost their interest and gain momentum as they feel the urgency to complete the syllabus
Before starting the course/chapter spend few minutes talking about the importance what you are going to discuss today and why they listen to you carefully
Best is to start with small example that you need to think beforehand
And it is because of this reason teaching with WHAT is simpler than Learning with WHY as it need your attention and lot of homework that you have to do
More or less like warming up before you start your exercise session
Use real examples that complements theoretical concept that you have planned to discuss which should confirm why it is happening so
Not that easy as it sound
Instead of conducting sessions have more discussion
But for that you must master the art of controlling the class discipline
Instead of conducting sessions have more discussion
But for that you must master the art of controlling the class discipline
When students starts exploring then make sure you do talk about the examples/narrations that are either from books, magzines and journals
So when they explore they develop the habit of reading
Instead of conducting sessions have more discussion
But for that you must master the art of controlling the class discipline
When students starts exploring then make sure you do talk about the examples/narrations that are either from books, magazines and journals
So when they explore they develop the habit of reading.
The biggest problem is we do give them to explore but forget to keep track whether they have done something in this regard that they were suppose to or not
Very essential we must monitor their habit of reading and exploring carefuly
Why I say monitoring this shows that you are genuinely interested in their process of learning
You will agree with me that students are also not very serious about their learning.
If you give any work, assignment etc then do fix a time limit and check within that period only
Never ever assume that students must be knowing, all it takes few minutes to draw the reference
Before ending the session just like you did warming up before you start your exercise session
Always conclude with a maximum of 2 to 3 takeaway as cooling off session.
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Provide various sources and medium for the information they need
Build a relationship of trust. Students should feel that you are the person may be who knows little less than others
But whatever you share with them is correct and updated.