Improving Teaching Skill at college level.

1. Teaching at College Level
By: Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
shahid.tfc@gmail.com, Ph: 0345 840 7083
Staff Development Program

4. Quality of Teachers
• The quality of a nation depends upon the quality of its
citizens.
• The quality of its citizens depends- not exclusively but in
critical measure-upon the quality of their education.
• The quality of their education depends, more than upon
any other single factor, upon the quality of their teachers.
• These words of The American Commission on Teacher
Education cannot be over-emphasized.

5. Learning Objectives
1. What is teaching?
2. What is the purpose of teaching?
3. What is the process of teaching?
4. What are the types of teaching?
5. What are the various teaching methods?
6. What are the qualities of good teaching?
7. How best to teach?
8. Worthy points to remember regarding teaching

6. What is Teaching?

7. What is Teaching?
• Teaching is a process intended for learning by
inducing a behavioural change in the taught.
• It is an art of communicating a message with
impact on audience.
• Pedagogy is an art or profession of teaching.

8. Purpose of Teaching

9. Why Teaching
Teaching creates:
• knowledge,
• awareness and
• feelings, in the taught, and brings about
• behavioral change.

10. PROCESS OF TEACHING

11. Teaching Process
• Teacher Message Taught
• Well (CABS)
prepared CLEAR, SENSITIZED
AND RECEPTIVE
ACCURATE
BRIEF
SPECIFIC
• No
Communication
barriers

12. TYPES OF TEACHING

13. TYPES OF TEACHING
• Active
• Passive (tape recorder)
• Learner Oriented
• Teacher Oriented

14. METHODS OF TEACHING

15. Teaching Methods
1. Lecture
2. Lecture discussion
3. Seminar (scholars meeting to discuss)
4. Symposium (set of articles on one subject)
5. Panel discussion
6. Group discussion
7. Tutorials (work under a tutor)
8. Role play
9. Workshops (discussion and practical work)
10. Conferences (to consult and discuss)

16. QUALITIES OF GOOD
TEACHING

17. Criteria of Good Teaching
• Good Concept (thorough preparation)
• Organized Content (lesson planning)
• Good Quality and optimum quantity
• Sequence
• Relevance (to topic and learner)
• Learner oriented

18. How to Teach?

19. Set Induction
• Bringing the mood of the audience into the
topic.
• Make sure that your audience is ready to
receive the message you are going to deliver
by any means which will make them
attentive and receptive like:
1. Verbal questioning
2. Handouts
3. Problem/exercises

20. Introduction to the Topic
• Introduce the topic to the
students by means of:
1.Title
2.Learning objectives
3.Performance objectives

21. Organizing The Topic
• Prepare lesson plan keeping in mind:
1. Relevance
2. Sequence
3. Editing
4. Time management

22. Reinforcement
Make the lesson both comprehensive and
interesting by Reinforcing with:
1. Facts and figures
2. Problems/exercises
3. Giving Examples
4. Making it a two way lecture discussion by
asking few questions(particularly the students
who are not attentive)

23. Stimulation
• Make it more interesting and lively by
1. Repetition of the main points
2. Stressing the important ones
3. Pauses to make something more
effective
4. Relevant personal experiences
5. Purposeful body movements, gestures,
eye contact etc.

24. Teacher is the main one
•Teacher teaches
( not the black board, OHP or
PPT)

25. Teaching flows
• Teaching is a flow of thoughts
( stream of thoughts).
• It is a continuous process ,
hence there should be no
unwanted interruptions.

26. Summarizing
• Summarize your lecture
• By checking whether you have explained all the
learning objectives you have chosen.
• Just repeat your learning objectives giving stress
on main points.
• Please note that summarization is not evaluation or
assessment of impact of your lecture. It completes
just delivery of lecture, but does not measure the
impact of lecture on the audience.

27. Worthy points to
remember regarding
teaching

28. Teaching is an art
• Teaching is an art (not just reading
from a book and reproducing in the
class room).
• Learn this art and you will love
teaching

29. Love Teaching

30. Teacher learns while teaching

31. • The core quality of a good teacher is
the ability to communicate his
knowledge and expertise to his
students.
Communication

32. Create Interest
• A good teacher builds knowledge of the subject,
with a clarity and understanding.
• Best teachers make the class interesting and
relevant to the students.
• Good teachers work hard to make their material
relevant.
• Interest is the mother of the attention .

33. Respect
• Good teachers have a concern and
respect for the students in the
classroom.
• Treat everyone with the equal respect
• Avoid partiality and favoritism.

34. Learn Classroom Management.
–It’s effective discipline
–It’s being prepared for class
–It’s motivating your students
–It’s providing a safe, comfortable learning
environment
–It’s building your students’ self esteem
–It’s being creative and imaginative in daily
lessons

35. Techniques for Better Classroom Control
• Focus attention on entire class
• Silence can be effective
• Direct your instruction so that students
know what is going to happen
• Move around the room so students have to
pay attention more readily

36. • Plan your lessons to ensure you fill the
period with learning activities
• Come to class prepared
• Show confidence in your teaching
• Learn student names as quickly as
possible
• Maintenance of Attendance Register
Techniques for Better Classroom Control

37. • Impatience
• Quick to anger
• Pessimism
• Moodiness
• Overly sensitive
• Frustrated (Frequent sighs, rolling eyes, red-faced lectures)
6 Teacher Personality Traits That Make
Classroom Management More Difficult

38. Managing The Students
Don’t throw the blame on the students for
your failure to create an impact with your
lecture.
Students are immature, less skilled,
emotional and You are mature, more skilled
and composed.
Best way to control the students is by giving
them best lectures.

39.  Text books/prescribed course is the base
(Teacher should have his own book, pen etc)
 Reference books/ helping books
 Paper pattern
 Division of marks
 Break-up of syllabus
 Revision
 Tests: weekly, monthly, scheduled
 Paper checking and mistakes be pointed out and
discussed
Curriculum

40. • These are the activities through which a learner explores one’s
abilities, develops the strengths and eradicates the shortcoming
through informal guidance, observation and self assessment.
• The activities undertaken to strengthen the classroom learning as
well as other activities both inside and outside the classroom to
develop the personality of the student
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

41. CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
IMPORTANCE:
• This gives them confidence
• Students can learn team spirit
• Bring a positive change in the students
• Students will get a chance to sharpen their talent
• To develop the all-round personality of the students
• Co-curricular activities are to keep the students physically
active

42. A tree is known by its fruits
• Results
• Attendance
• Transformation (of student)
• Employability Skills
• Campus Culture
• Value based, sensitive human
beings who can respond to
human needs and build up a
better world.

43. • The mediocre teacher tells,
• The good teacher explains,
• The superior teacher demonstrates,
• The great teacher inspires.
The great teacher inspires

44. • As a Potter
moulds clay into
a pot,
• So as a teacher
moulds life of a
student.

45. • The mistake of a doctor
lies buried in grave.
• But the mistake of a
teacher is reflected on the
Nation.

46. THANK YOU

47. Questions?