Why are we here ? Prof. V.Viswanadham

Why

are

we

here ?

TO BE BORN ?

TO

BE

BORN ?

TO BE BORN A MAN / WOMAN ?

TO

BE BORN

A

MAN /

WOMAN ?

Anticipate the Future Create the World You Want Educational Institutions – particularly teaching Professional Courses – are logical laboratories for learning together . . . how to face challenges at a scale and complexity we have never seen before…. The learning curve for humanity is always an upward spiral. Anticipatory learning provides a solid footing for the climb to a preferred future.

Learning goes beyond knowing to being able to do what one knows

Learn for effective performance Useful Hints for Better Learning Learn for knowledge and skills Learn for long-term retention and transfer

Individual work X Small Group Activity Significant impact on behaviour and learning

Individual Activity Small Group Activities

Individual self-interest; relationships remain undeveloped; shy and hesitating to give and receive feedback; learning pace is relatively slower; interaction is not extended to important areas such as PD & Soft Skills; pride / jealousy get encouraged, distancing the students.

Individual orientation gets backseat; relationships begin to develop; giving and receiving feedback becomes easy and natural; learning pace becomes faster; besides curricular, many other important aspects, particularly PD & Soft skills get properly focused; a sense of cooperation, trust, mutual interest & learning orientation get encouraged; adjustment processes are better appreciated; Team skills, Leadership qualities begin to get recognized; better appreciation of mutual dependency; overall development, in a substantial manner and to a sustainable extent becomes a distinct possibility.

SGA its ability to serve as a catalyst to relationship building leading to equipping you for the future Students begin to identify their strengths and gifts, along with weaknesses, if any, start recognizing the available opportunities much better, compare the same with what others have, and more particularly with what is expected of them, learn from others and be willing to allow others to learn from them ~ relationship building occurs as improved connections are made.

What ARE the core skills that Professional education should foster? Intellectual Skills, such as critical and constructive thinking analysis, synthesis, problem solving, judgment, decision making, examine values in decisions Interaction Skills influence others, participate in groups and teams, and lead in diverse settings and cultures through better Communication skills, in all its facets ~ written, oral, presentation, reading, listening, appropriate body language

Intellectual Skills, such as critical and constructive thinking

analysis, synthesis, problem solving, judgment, decision making, examine values in decisions

Interaction Skills

influence others, participate in groups and teams, and lead in diverse settings and cultures through better

Communication skills, in all its facets ~

written, oral, presentation, reading, listening, appropriate body language

Intellectual Skills Communication Skills Interaction Skills Effective Performance

What and how much gets learned in any situation depends heavily on prior knowledge and experience and on your Attitude towards Learning

What and how much

gets learned

in any situation depends

heavily on

prior knowledge and experience

and on

your

Attitude towards Learning

Amplification of Input Principle ~ For a little input, learners get a lot of output. Probing Principle ~ Learning is a cycle of probing the world (doing something); reflecting in and on this action and, on this basis, forming an hypothesis; re-probing the world to test this hypothesis; and then accepting or rethinking the hypothesis. 2 Principles to ponder

Amplification of Input Principle

~ For a little input, learners get

a lot of output.

Probing Principle

~ Learning is a cycle of probing the world (doing something);

reflecting in and on this action and, on this basis,

forming an hypothesis;

re-probing the world to test this hypothesis; and then

accepting or rethinking the hypothesis.

SGA Small Group Activity is the suggested solution

“ Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

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