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Learning to teach Teaching to educate Educating to engineer Sanjay Goel, 2004 20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry.
20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 Albert Einstein

The only source of knowledge is experience. - Albert Einstein 20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004

“ When a person gets a job, 85% of the time it is because of their attitude, and only 15% of the time because of their smartness and knowledge”.
-A Harvard Study
20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004

Common believes
Education = To give answers and ability to find answers
Knowledge = information
Curriculum = Course structure and course content
Teaching = Lecturing and evaluation
Lecturing = Talking down to audience
Learning = Acquisition of knowledge
Evaluation = Written examination
Written examination = Test of ability to recall & ability to solve small non real life problems in a non real life situation

ABET
Abilities each engineering graduate must have :
1. Ability to apply knowledge of math, science, and engineering
2. Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data.
3. Ability to design a system, component or process to meet desired needs.
4. Ability to function in multidisciplinary teams
5. Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
6. Understanding professional and ethical responsibilities
7. Ability to communicate effectively
20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 … .

ABET
Abilities each engineering graduate must have:
8. Understanding the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context
9. Recognition of need and ability to engage in life-long learning
10. Knowledge of contemporary issues
11. Ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 … .

Richard Felder Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University.
College teaching may be the only skilled profession for which no preparation or training is provided or required

20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 … .. the timeframe of about 2007 is when the rate of information growth goes vertically exponential

Bloom’s Taxonomy 20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004

Bloom’s Taxonomy 20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004
Knowledge : arrange, define, duplicate, label, list, memorize, name, order, recognize, relate, recall, repeat, reproduce state.
Comprehension : classify, describe, discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, locate, recognize, report, restate, review, select, translate,
Application : apply, choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, practice, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.
Analysis : analyze, appraise, calculate, categorize, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Synthesis : arrange, assemble, collect, compose, construct, create, design, develop, formulate, manage, organize, plan, prepare, propose, set up, write.
Evaluation : appraise, argue, assess, attach, choose compare, defend estimate, judge, predict, rate, core, select, support, value, evaluate.

Student’s Bill of Rights by Schank
Testing : No student should have to take a multiple-choice or fill-in-the blank test.
Real-Life Skill : No student should have to learn something that fails to relate to a skill that is unlikely to be required in life after school.
Memorization : No student should be required to memorize any information that is likely to be forgotten in 6 months.
Goal clarity : No student should be required to take a course, the result of which are not directly related to a goal held by the student, nor to engage in an activity without knowing what he can expect to gain from that activity.

Passivity : No student should be required to spend time passively watching or listening to anything unless there is a longer period of time devoted to allowing the student to participate in a corresponding active activity.
Arbitrary Standards : No student should be required to prepare his work in ways that are arbitrary or to jump through arbitrary hoops defined only by a particular teacher and not by the society at large.
Mastery : No student should be required to study something that he has already mastered.
Student’s Bill of Rights by Schank 20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004

Discovery : No student should be asked to learn anything unless there is a possibility of his being able to experiment in school with what has been learned.
Defined curriculum : No student should be barred from engaging in activities that interest him within the framework of school because of breadth requirements imposed by the curriculum.
Freedom of thought : No student should be placed in a position of having to air his views on a subject if the opposing point of view is not presented and equally represented.
Student’s Bill of Rights by Schank 20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004

Teaching
Galileo
You cannot teach people anything.
You can only help them discover it within themselves.

Teaching
Socrates
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think

20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 Education = Ability to find answers Answers Ability to seek right questions + +

20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 Curriculum = Course Content Course Structure Pedagogical Activities + +

20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 Teaching = Lecturing Actively engaging pedagogical activities Creating learning opportunities Building bridges Providing feedback on progress Enabling + + + + +

20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 Lecturing = Following/ interpreting a text book Lecture - 13c., from M.L. lectura "a reading , lecture," from L. legere "to read." ? ? ?

20 March 04 Sanjay Goel, JIIT, 2004 Lecturing = Regeneration Transformation Unification Cultivation Elevation Liberation Evolution + + + + + +

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