Teaching-Learning Why Do We Teach ? Teaching is a facilitating - - PDF document

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Quality of Education

Dr Ashok K Mittal Professor IIT Kanpur

Teaching-Learning

Why Do We Teach ? Teaching is a facilitating process for Learning What Is Learning ? Learning leads to developing competency and skill to compile, analyze and convert information in to knowledge Use knowledge to create processes in a specific domains for application combine knowledge created in different domains for creating new domains

Facilitation

How Does Teaching facilitate Learning? Developing Language Competency in a specific domain a formalism for Communication Example A trained Engineer can understand and interpret the sentence This is a shear failure This is a composite material

Facilitation (Cont)

A person trained in Statistics can understand Normal Distribution has two parameters A person trained in Mathematics can interpret Rank of a Matrix is m A Manager can interpret Linear programming is a decision making tool

Facilitation (Cont)

Facilitate development of competency to convert raw information into knowledge modules A Manager is able to : From lots of cost data, identification of appropriate cost such as fixed cost ,variable cost Converting data from process sheet to calculate machine capacity required

Facilitation (Cont)

Facilitating development of competence to convert knowledge frames into application and processes: Facilitating Development of combining knowledge from different domains into a new domain Facilitating development of skills to implement processes through execution

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Application

For example : A manager is able to make a forecast A Engineer is able to design a product A Chartered accountant is able to draw a balance sheet

Learning

Observation Information Knowledge Application

Formal Education

Facilitate Learning By Providing information By Enhancing skills By creating mind set to relate information to knowledge through Logic Pattern identification

Formal Education

By providing a platform to enhance abilities to Create Innovate New Application/Creations for Society to improve Quality of Life

Education Facilitator

Parents Surroundings Peers Formal Schooling Schools Colleges University

Quality of Education

Input 15-20 years Structured Education Life time Unstructured Output 40 years of Contribution to Society By Skills Innovation Creation

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Measure of Quality

Value addition to Society – Cost to society for Value Addition to Society Higher the Value Higher is the Quality of Education

Quality of Educators

Measures Enhancement in the Learning Abilities + Information + Processes to Convert Information into Knowledge + Skill development + Facilicitate Innovation and Creativity inherent in individuals

Process

Pedagogy Input Material Practice Peer interaction Teacher student interaction Evaluation Certification

Processor

Teacher Laboratories Peer group Sources of Information Students Effort

Quality of Processor

Educational Institutes Ability to provide Maximum Enhancement in the Learning abilities of students Depends on : Quality of teachers Pedagogy Availability of Resource Materials Practice Facilicities Learning environment

Deterrent to Value addition

Over emphasis on Information Over emphasis on Evaluation Certification based on limited Evaluation High Value by Society on certificate instead of process Immediate ready to soot requirement for professionals Very structured learning pedagogy Inability to enhance creativity and innovation abilities

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Conclusion

We had the best learning systems in Gurukul Tradition Now We are nation of Admission and certification with Education system in big mess