Wednesday, June 27, 2012

ADAPTIVE Learning / E(A)ffective TEACHING - Note


TEACHING EFFECTIVESNESS

Objectives

ØTo reflect on our own selves and our current 

    Practices

ØTo identify our strengths and weaknesses

ØTo get sensitized to the opportunities and

    threats ahead

ØTo fine-tune ourselves to the new demands

ØTo get re-organized and re-vitalized

The present scenario…

qAge of commerce: Utilitarian values

                                  Product/service paradigm

                                       Consumer orientation

qGlobalization : Transnationalization of  

                           education - Open competition

q Information revolution: Cyber/virtual universities

 

qQuality revolution: Benchmarks for survival

 

 

Transformation of roles

Teachers as originators of knowledge

(Seers/Rishis/Gurus)

Teachers as masters/interpreters

Teachers as facilitators

Teachers as process managers/leaders

 

 

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

 

INPUTS                  PROCESS                    OUTPUTS

 

MONEY                                           GRADUATES  WITH

INFRASTRUCTURE     TEACHING         KNOWLEDGE                              

TECHNOLOGY             LEARNING                    SKILLS

KNOWLEDGE                                                   VALUES

HUMANRESOURCE                               COMMITMENT

MANAGEMENT

 

 

                CORE SKILLS

1.   WORKING PRODUCTIVELY 

2.   LEARNING EFFECTIVELY 

3.   COMMUNICATING CLEARLY 

4.   WORKING COOPERATIVELY 

5.   ACTING RESPONSIBLY 

6. VALUING SELF POSITIVELY 

7. THINKING CRITICALLY AND CREATIVELY  

Characteristics of Effective Behaviour Managers

1.    Respect their own strengths and weaknesses as those of their students.

2.    Understand that social-emotional growth is a never-ending process.

3.    Clearly communicate rules, goals, and expectations.

4.    Respond to behaviors consistently and predictably.

5.    Discriminate between issues of responsibility and problem   ownership.

6.    Exhibit high degrees of empathy and self-efficacy

 

Roles to Perform

        Informational Roles

        Interpersonal Roles

        Decisional Roles

 

Informational Roles

ØMonitor: scanning the environment for 

     new knowledge, trends, changes, etc.

ØDisseminator: imparting curriculum, 

    sharing insights and experiences               

ØEvaluator: continuously evaluating the 

    learning process, giving objective feedback.

 

 TEACHER’S QUALITIES

qPersonal values

qCredibility

qImpartiality

qOpenness to new ideas

qPersonalized relationships

qEmpathy

qMentoring

 

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