By: Sajad Hussain Din
For effective erudition the tutor has to sort an informative allocution and the student should partake and retain the information. The real challenge of a teacher is to motivate the students. The instructor should have thought-provoking acquaintance about the topic and make the learning enjoyable and edifying. In order to exploit the full potential of students, the learning is to be made fun and it should inspire the students. The teachers should be more acceptable and approve the passion among the students.
The global trend is to equip the student with responsibility and that’s what we call think, pair and share. This collaborative teaching strategy was first proposed by Frank Lyman of the University of Maryland in 1981. There need to be a greater involvement of students which should result in more responsibility and sharing of ideas and discussions. Students should work in groups and participate in the classroom. Ingenious teaching stratagems encompass open ended questions and classroom discussions. Students should think disparagingly about the topic and come up with pioneering ideas. They should think authoritatively and contribute trendily.
There need to be ways such that the students become more inquisitive and the mind-sets need to be more avant-garde. There should be an element of ingenuity which would make the sessions attention-grabbing and intermingling. The creativity and perfect curriculum will help the students to be innovative and they will learn new things. The upgrading in emotional and social skills can be attained if the students are good communicators.
The important thing for student is to acquire knowledge and apply it into their lives. A good sense of emotional development can be attained by acquiring creative expressions. The students should believe in their own creativity such that they will be inspired. They should be able to express the ideas, fearlessly. They need to take part in classroom discussions, debates and field trips. They should be given a chance to have freedom of expression. This will give them a sense of satisfaction. They should continuously contribute to the learning sessions. They can build up a good confidence level when they are allowed to show their true emotions in a creative manner.
Teachers need to promote creative team building activities, debates and brain storming sessions. Students need to work in stress-free environment. The anxiety levels need to be reduced. There need to be flexibility in all the matters to create a good classroom environment. The brain storming and leading skills can stimulate the problem solving. They need to be encouraging to think out of box and more imaginatively and innovatively.
The conformist ways of teachings should be circumvented such that the attentiveness of students is kept intact which should encompass regular breaks. In order to have an efficacious life the students need to outclass in their academics. The students should be allowed to follow drawing, music, poetry and other forms of art. This will improve their ingenious talents and augment the academic wisdom. Students should be able to apply their knowledge in real life situations. It is the need of the hour that the students should be able to manage the requirements of the latest workplace.
– The writer is Principal, SSM College of Engineering and can be reached at principal@ssmlive.com
