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As Engineering Teachers, Do We Resemble A T20 Cricket Batsman or A Test Cricket Batsman?: Let Us Introspect Dr. Dada S. Patil Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, AIKTC, SoET, Panvel, Navi Mumbai, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------
Abstract - The title might puzzle the readers. The author
the concepts taught by the teachers. However, engineering teacher has still a crucial role to perform in order to create an effective framework which motivates students to grasp the concepts most efficiently. Clark [2] gave an equation to represent the main ingredients in higher education teaching, which bring about the improvement of performance of students. Below is the equation [2, 3]:
positively hopes that the work carried out and the content presented in this paper with reference to an effective teachinglearning process, in general and teaching-learning mechanism in engineering education, in particular would probably convince the readers about the appropriateness and relevance of this unusual sounding title. The so called smart engineering students of Generation Z are habituated to shortcut and mechanical way of learning rather than in-depth and conceptual learning; so, they tend to pursue the teacher for a quick way of teaching. Hence, the attainment of various learning levels, as depicted in Bloom’s taxonomy, in a true sense, remains an ambiguous issue. The author shared his short video with the second year civil engineering students to carry out an interesting exercise through Google form survey. The video contained a demonstration of calculation of two support reactions of a simply supported beam, from first year engineering mechanics course. Intentionally, the problem was demonstrated in a highly mechanical way through the video, without explaining the concepts at depth. A Google form containing 8 questions was circulated among the students. In all, 46 students responded. The first question was exactly similar to the problem demonstrated in the video. It was correctly answered by 30 students, thereby making the passing rate as 65.2%. Questions 2 to 8 were related to the first question; however, critical thinking and conceptual teaching was needed to answer those. Most of the students performed poorly while attempting those questions. This clearly underlined a dire need of imparting strong fundamentals to the learners by an engineering teacher. Along with discussing the significance of various modern tools and techniques for an efficient teaching-learning mechanism, this paper mainly stresses upon the need of conceptual teaching.
[Relationships + Variety + Synergy] = Environment for success The effective learning by students and their academic achievements are governed by the instructional qualities of a teacher [4]. The process of teaching is complicated and great practice takes time, excellent teaching material, passion for the profession and tailored feedback meant for the continual improvement and growth of a teacher [5]. Excellence in teaching does not happen by chance. It’s not a miracle. Owing to the enormous stress on enhancing higher education quality, effective teaching is becoming imperative day by day.
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Bloom’s taxonomy, teaching-learning, conceptual teaching, modern tools and techniques of teaching, e-learning, Google form survey, etc.
Fig.- 1: Requirements of Good Teaching [6] Parameters that affect the good teaching are learner, teacher, objectives and content [7]. The useful parameters to attain excellent teaching practices are organization of lesson, clarity of lesson, positive classroom atmosphere and interest in learning [8]. Some good teachers may be born, but most of them are made [9]. Good teaching has a mixture of different attributes like thorough knowledge about content, pedagogical skills, capability to inculcate same concept in a number of ways, motivating the students, strong commitment towards students and parents, capability to
1. INTRODUCTION Engineering is all about applying science and technology to design, create and upkeep the structures, machineries, various advanced devices, etc. [1]. It facilitates engineering graduates to have a successful professional career, take part in lifelong learning and play an important role for the societal development. At graduate level, it is expected that the learners will be self-motivated and disciplined; they will make use of already acquired cognitive skills to understand
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