Daffodil International University
Faculties and Departments => Faculty Sections => Faculty Forum => Topic started by: raju on May 07, 2010, 08:11:13 AM
-
Many of us are prepared for yesterday's students. The truth is that college/university teacher training has been stuck in the country so far. Content have remained the central focus of teacher preparation, while students' behavioral and emotional problems became the central focus of the classroom. Contemporary teacher training needs to achieve today's teachers yesterday's tools, leaving even the most talented educator sometimes feeling ill-prepared to cope with students this days who have moved far beyond a time of Jadov Babu to DJ and dijuce culture.
May be it’s crucial to recognize situation now and considering all concerns at this point, in an ideal world, teacher training programs needs to cover beyond content and testing. Few critical things that teachers are never taught but may really need right now:
Basic Mental Health:
More and more students have serious mental health concerns yet most teachers don't know a conduct disorder from an attachment disorder. That's like not knowing the difference between arithmetic and spelling. When teachers don't know basic mental health information, it creates the perfect conditions for safety concerns to simmer and boil throughout the classroom. Teachers can help young people to cope with stress and dealing with diverse transitional effects.
Real-World Violence and Safety:
Students are more out of control than ever before in many ways and lot of things can pose enormous potential safety concerns yet few teacher training programs devote extensive course work to practical, preventative methods.
Re-covering basic Skills:
Years ago, families reliably taught their children to show respect, arrive on time, dress appropriately, and to have an appreciation for the importance of school. Now, many families cannot or will not instill those beliefs and teach those skills. If families do not teach kids how to be students, then schools must perform this function. Until then, teachers are working with untrained, unmotivated students. Teachers need to be taught how to systematically train youngsters on all aspects of school functioning from punctuality to homework management, from how to raise their hands to how often to talk in class, and so on. Motivation should be given special attention, but typical contemporary teacher training includes almost no practical focus on that today. Unfortunately Universities are receiving those products (Students) with a difficult condition when hard to teach them from all perspectives. At this point University teachers needs to take the situation in consideration positively rather than blaming society.
Coping Skills and psychosocial support:
Because families are more likely today than years ago to be fractured, abusive, troubled and otherwise impaired, teachers need to know how to manage the problems that result when family problems come to classroom with students. A special focus should be given to what methods work with dropout, depressed and students in crisis.
Social Skills:
If a student can't sit in a chair, talk one at a time, or keep his hands to himself, it makes it almost impossible to teach that student academic content. Yet today's teachers see dozens of socially maladjusted students each day. If parents cannot or will not train their offspring to have basic social skills, teachers must pick up the slack. A student who can sit in his chair, talk one at a time, and keep his hands to himself, is far more likely to be a teachable student. There are no shortcuts around the serious social skill deficiencies that educators cope with today.
With this background and understanding can we make a history in Bangladesh by keeping DIU faculty members developmental all the way?
Let’s join CDC resource team if anyone really interested to be a teacher’s for tomorrow’s student!
Regards,
Raju
-
Dear Sir,
It's been a feeling like "amaroto chilo mone, parilo she kamone ta janitey" while reading the article.Everyone should read it if we really do mean a class.
Appreciate you once again!
-
Very Good post, sir
-
welcome and please ask people to join the team.
Regards,
-
I agree with Raju sir that we have a scope to work for the students' problems relating to family issues, financial crisis, addiction problem, behavioral or attitude problems, non verbal communication problems and even their very own personal problems. In foreign universities, there is a separate section or division or counselor for that.
I think, the problems that are addressed here can be dealt with an advising/counseling section within the university supervised by the CDC that will listen to students' problems and give them highest possible solutions and make them fit for jobs and help them become good human beings.
But i also feel that class room learning should be syllabus-based n lesson-plan based and should NOT be always instructing about behavior, etiquette, ethics and human development. This should be totally a different course.
I undertook a degree training program namely International Diploma in Teaching and Training from the UK in which our instructors showed how a class can be useless if a teacher doesn't have proper lesson-plan. Some of us even may instruct irrelevant issues, that are not meant for a particular course. We should also know how to evaluate students objectively. Many of us go for subjective evaluation. Here lies the importance of training.
More when i will write next
Warmly,
-
This write-up by Raju sir has really adressed something very crucial.Sometimes, I also find a number of students not to have proper concentration in class. I don't know to what extent I am a 'teacher for tomorrow’s student',but I always try to notice every single discrepancy among my students.And I think it is better to find a solution on the spot because with a puzzled mind one can not concentrate on his/her lesson.If it is not possible to find out an immediate solution, a teacher should at least give some feeling of assurance that he/she is there to counsel the student after the class.
I am not against Shibli sir that a different division can be made for student counseling,but at the same time I do believe that we should have some primary counseling in the class.So that the troubled one can also participate immediately.But at the same time,we will have to be careful about the time-management and other students' comfort.And that is possible, only if we have a very clear-cut lesson plan.
Regards
Shamsi
Department of English
-
Yes i agree that we should counsel the students regarding life skills and other basic skills. But my point was we should focus on students' learning rather on instructing them only. A teacher can keep on speaking or lecturing, but what's the use of instruction if the students don't improve in the real sense. For example: I teach Marketing. I think I will consider myself a successful teacher if i can make all the concepts n practices of marketing ingrained in them. I will consider myself successful if i can make a student quit smoking and eve teasing. Let it not be coming and going to the classroom only.
Also to mention, to uphold the quality, i think teachers who teach the same courses should sit together, develop materials, teach same chapters or syllabuses and prepare the same question paper of a particular course. This will put the teacher to develop and to maintain quality. I wonder how many of us reflect on teaching.
-
I am very pleased & happy to read this article. Ultimately we have some teacher who does not belief only on our course. Yes, Academic syllabus does not mean all of education. Shibli sir mentioned a very true fact about the class. I want to add their, lack of time. We have a long course but short time. Teacher always busy to full-fill the course in time. So, the students only run with the teacher. If sometimes there are any problem with attitude, behavior, culture overall norms, the student become colored. He comes to hear the bad sound about his/her past institution, family & all background.
I have attained a mock viva organized by CDC. There were multi student from various department. I request to my very favorite Raju sir, to share his experience about our viva. All will be more shocked.
I can share my personal experience. I didn't have confidence. Lack of English, I don't know how to talk, how to respect & what is politeness. How I get permitted to enter the room & also how I leave the room.
-
Dear All,
I am delighted by reading conversations here. Hope we will be able to be developmental all the way keeping respect on continuous growth.
Let’s encourage others to join the discussion for growing together!
Cheers,
Raju
-
Students should read their text books thoroughly. Nothing can help more than their textbooks. I think teachers should encourage students to go through their text books at home. "We should come out of producing answers only from notes and handouts. Reading habit must be encouraged." Masud Ibn Rahman. The reading skill of our students is very poor. So i think self-study must be encouraged
-
I do also agree with Shibli sir and Masud sir that students should go through their text books. Because, by reading out text books they can have a thorough knowledge about the respective courses.It also increases their habit of reading which is very important to brush up their English.Here the teachers can play a vital role implementing some systems,like they may ask their students to read out certain pages from their text books before attending class.Then they can begin the class asking a few questions on that reading task.In this way, they can make the class more interactive.It will also create a sense of competition among the students and gradually they will begin to have better preparation to impress the teacher.The teacher can also arrange some token gifts to encourage the students...
-
I think a good teacher should know the difference between subjective evaluation and objective evaluation? No doubt, students' evaluation is part and parcel of a teacher's responsibility. But many of us judge the students subjectively. What does subjective evaluation or judgment mean?
It means you're not looking at the facts objectively. You're not being empirical and deciding what is in fact the truth through hard evidence. You are looking at a topic and deciding based on emotional views and preconceived ideas and your own hidden agenda.
Being objective means you're THINKING, being subjective means you're just rearranging your prejudices, which is what most people do.
Over to all for comments!
-
1. What is human life? What are its missions and visions?
Ans: A ship which runs towards unseen future in a big sea human life just like that. But human life has a finishing line (like death).
The mission of human life that is to survive in the world as much as possible with his planning. The vision of human life that is makes the planning successfully.
2. How would you define commonsense?
Ans: Commonsense is a sense which is common to all. It is a basic criteria of a person. Without commonsense one can be a laughing person in our society.
3. Why is commonsense essential in our life?
Ans: commonsense is the preliminary element of an adoption process. So commonsense makes a man perfect in his behavior.
4. How would you define happiness? How to be happy?
Ans: Happiness is those things which can makes and refresh our mind and heart and removes the mental pressure.
Always taking everything very easily and doing those entire things which can make me happy.
5. Is Co-education desirable? If so why?
Ans: Yes, Co-education is desirable .Because there are many thing which can girls may know from boys and also boys from girls.
Co-education makes competition between the boys and girls which is really good for student life and also other sector.
6. Describe the types of people you like and types of people you dislike?
Ans:
Liking People:
1. Who can disclose himself towards people.
2. Who always helps others.
3. Who try to keeps promise to others.
4. Who does not criticize others.
Disliking People:
1. Who criticize others.
2. Selfish persons.
3. Narrow minded people.
4. Liar.
7. How do you judge/justify a person? What are the minimum qualities should he/she posses?
Ans: Every man is the creation of God.So every man has a good or bad quality. But there are a some qualities which can make civilized person.
1. Honesty.
2. Personality.
3. Intelligent.
4. A sense of humor/Commonsense.
8. Do you think people who have a vast property and money are happy? What do you think of that?
Ans: No, money/property can’t be making happy a person. But money is essential for surviving in the world. If we have good thinking, personality, honesty with money then money can make happy a person in this world.
9. What are the objectives of education?
Ans: “Education is the backbone of a nation†so from this proverb we can understand easily that what are objective of education.
Education makes a man perfect and separate from everybody.
10. Do you think education is more important than money? Describe how?
Ans: Yes, education is more important than money. Because money can be stolen and finished after some times. But what we learn from education this will not steal or finished for whole life. Educated person can make money by his education.
11. Who are truly educated and who are not?
Ans: A truly educated person must have good qualities like that-
A. Who mixes with every level of people.
B. Who does not feel proud.
C. Who doesn’t find any difference between lower class people and higher class people.
D. Who encourage the people.
Who are not truly educated that is- vice-versa of above characteristics.
12. What is snobbery? Do you like it to some extent/hate it?
Ans: Snobbery means flattering towards the rich people and neglecting the poor and weak people. I don’t like it.
13. Upon what does person’s dignity/self-respect/self-esteem depend? Why is begging so disreputable?
Ans: A person's dignity, self-respect is depending on his confidence and nobility and excellency. Begging is disreputable because it doesn’t bear anything for the society.It is also cured for our society.
14. Who is more dignified person in society-a jobless man having 50lakhs taka in a bank or a man doing a respectable job earning 40,000 taka per month. Give reasons to support your answer? (Long/Short term)
Ans: A man doing a respectable job earning 40,000 taka per month is more dignified person and his income is fixed. It is a long term process.
15. What is the most important characteristics (honesty, intelligence, a sense of humor) that a person can have to be successful in life?
Ans: For intelligence a person can be successful in life. An intelligent person can be safe from danger, can safe problem easily and can think fast.
16. Some people are very snobbish and stubborn of their own traditional beliefs and thoughts while others are liberal. Which of these types of people you like?
Ans: I like liberal person .Because they are not stagnant in their traditional belief and don’t takes wrong decision. Liberal persons are always liberal to all.
-
I think being professional also means being objective...
Shamsi
-
Dear Shibli Sir
Thank you for sharing your student's assignment with us.I must say that by assigning such questions to our students we can help them to develop their critical thinking skill which is very important in practical life.
I wish you all the best.May you have a very successful career in teaching.
Shamsi
-
Yes you are right, madam. Being objective means being professional as well as being reflective in teaching..
-
From the recent students' movement in DIU,I came to a resolution that in handling 21st century students,we the teachers need to be more strategic not only in giving them academic lessons but also in paving them ways how to deal things more smartly with patience and how to balance things being within limits...
Shamsi
Department of English
-
Dear Madam,
Thanks for your support in favor of continuous growth.
I am sure some of our students are also reading all these conversations and realizing that how empathetically we are trying to ensure wellbeing of our beloved student.
By means of this posting I would like to welcome students also to be epithetic and positive to solve problems rather than creating chaotic situation considering stresses from climate change, transitional economy and sociopolitical issues around us.
We can make the world beautiful utilizing our beautiful mind together.
Developmentally yours,
Raju
-
It is easy for a teacher to give lectures for hours together on his/her area of interest. But we, the teachers, have to make sure whether students' learning is being taken place or not.. That's why frequent students' assessment or evaluation is very important. A good teacher makes his/her students busy with their studies. He or she should take quizzes, viva and presentation more than required number, i strongly recommend that. Because researchers say students can retain a teacher's lecture only 7% by listening and note-taking. Hence, we, the good teachers, should emphasize on taking tests so that students' real learning takes place. The more we take exams, the better it is for the students.
-
Dear Shibli Bhai,
I am agreed and let me request you to provide some exam stress management tips for students considering exam fobia in this region. May be increased number of exam also kind of effective way to get totally rid off exam fear, is not it?
Let’s play with exam, reading, learning and growing!
Cheers,
Raju
-
Yes i totally agree with you that exam phobia can be got over only by facing it. Researchers say, the more a student tries to do well in mock tests, the more there is chance to do excellent for that student in final test or exam.
-
Students should be motivated to make of a habit of reading for pleasure......if they are able to find pleasure or taste in their studies, there would be eventually no stress. They should also have a sense of purpose which creates intrinsic motivation for learning. Most of the students at DIU don't have any sense of purpose......many of them study only night before exam
-
Students should be motivated to make of a habit of reading for pleasure......
Dear sir, I think this is the main fact. If we get pleasure & make a pledger then the problem of study will be removed gradually. I know you & Raju sir can play a great role in this issue.
I look forward to get your cooperation.
-
All teachers should motivate their students to have sense of purpose. Should students study only for certificates or good grades? Should they NOT deserve whatever grade they achieve? Many students don't know the meaning of the word "deserve". They don't know how much they should study or have knowledge to avail themselves of a certain grade. It's our responsibilities to instruct them these basic understandings.
-
Today a student came to me appealing, "sir, please give me A plus." He missed most of the classes, neither was he present in the presentation. He got moderate marks in mid-term. He is yet to appear at the final exam. Still he was urging for A plus. This is Not the only case. Students ask for A plus time and again without knowing and identifying their own caliber. Few of them at DIU, I would say, don't know how much they should study and strive in order to get a desirable grade. Our responsibility is to make them understand the meaning of 'deserve' that they will get what they deserve. What is the use of A plus or A if someone doesn't have any skill or caliber? What is the point of giving A plus if they don't deserve that. We, the teachers, should have uniformity in giving grades to our students, i strongly believe.
-
I think, the problem Shibli sir has addressed is a common problem.I think, if anyone comes with such a request,we the teachers should help him/her to realize his/her caliber.And it is wise to ask them whether they honestly feel that they deserve A plus.So far English is concerned,we have to confirm the mastery of all four skills before grading.Moreover,if such students are entertained,it will be an injustice for those who are regular and who really deserve A Plus.
Shamsi
Department of English
-
Dear students
Think before you post anything in the forum. If you have any suggestion to put forward to the authority, first of all, go to the respective Head, give him sometime to implement the suggestion. If you cannot make him convinced, then go to the respective Dean. If he fails to solve your problems, then write in the forum.
Writing in the forum should be your last resort.......But if it is about something positive general discussion, then you can put forward your ideas and opinions anytime, all the time....
Warmly
I think the above post is conflicted with this quotation. Our teacher better know our capability & most of the student trying to get the good score. There are some problem regarding their study strategy but for this reason they can't be insult.
-
Dear Shahin
If you go through my post carefully, you will find that i have addressed the problem and, at the same time, have given the solution what we, the teachers, should do. 'We' the word includes me as well. Where does the question of insulting come when i didn't mention any student's name. It is NOT about student's study skills or strategies, it's all about the perception of many students developed so far regarding grading at DIU. Howcome a stduent expects A plus when s/he didn't attend most of the classes in the semester. Semester system is a cumulative evaluation(quiz, presentation, attendence etc) of a student, you know.
Shahin, let me tell you once again, this is the wing of Faculty Forum which means "a teacher is talking to a teacher" since we couldn't make a seperate forum of DIU teachers even after request. Please look at the remark made by Ms. Faizun couple of months back on the title "A Teacher" in this wing..........
"Sir, i'm highly appriciating you.
In one of your post there was a proposal for an individual forum in which only faculty members can discuss about some sensitive topics those should neither be read by guests or students nor they can post comment. I think that we should have such a forum where we can share our thoughts to improve ourselves and also students.
Thanking you sir..."
Shahin, please think before you post anything in Faculty Forum
-
I'm sorry & shame.
You are right sir, teachers should have a privacy.
You have share a experience about students & everybody reading this. Different person have different view & they can mean it anything from their own view. We can't stop them about their own thinking. There are some experience about student & you have given your opinion. If anybody or somebody mean it that this is the situation of DIU or student of DIU does do their study ..............................................
Your instruction about write in the forum also indicating this fact very clearly. From this point of view I have mentioned it conflicted.
I'm asking apologies & in future I'll be extra careful to post in the Faculty Forum.
Thank you sir, to shows me the right thought.
-
Dear Shahin
Discussion regarding grading is Not a new issue. It's a very old topic that we all discussed earlier in January. Please read the link....
http://forum.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/index.php/topic,839.msg1902.html#msg1902
-
The most important part of teaching is to instruct properly the audience who receive the inputs from the teachers. We, the teachers, should know the level and background of knowledge and comprehension ability of the students. When i was a student of Science, i used to get either full marks or zero mark in my subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Math. Teachers taught us accuracy of answers to write in the exam. Again, when i was a student of Arts, i used to get either 60% marks or 35% marks. Why? Because there is NO 100% marks or zero mark in the case of arts subjects. Teachers used to teach us to write analytically, critically and descriptively. Teachers told us to develop our thoughts and ideas and broaden the horizon of our faculties. But when i was a student of Commerce, situation changed totally. Teachers told us to understand Debit and Credit first of all and then learn. Thus, they emphasize on understanding and practicing the sums ...
A good teacher knows which method is the best for his/her students by understanding and diagnosing their level of knowledge.
-
Dear shibli sir,
I must congratulate you. I think you have researched in this issue. Thank you very much to realize this fact.
I think you will appreciate me in this issue also that, most of the teacher of DIU came from public university. They are teaching in the private university. I think it is problem to understand the student behavior. They think as like they practiced in their student life but we are a bit different than public university.
I think you will think about this fact & give your opinion.
I'm looking forward to get your advice.
-
Yes, teachers should go down the bottom level. If a weak student understands me, the good student will do so naturally....
-
Yes you are very much right. Unfortunately, there are buzz sentence about class that "there will be obliviously some student who can't understand the lecture"
What does it mean? I'm sure you never do agree with this sentence but it's true that the student familiar with this buzz sentence.
If every teacher understand your realization then this panic sentence will be abandon.
-
Shahin
Teachers should not and must not ignore the class room learning. The quality of students admitted in many private universities is so poor due to the fact that our primary and secondary level of education is not that much standard. I believe...... not all students are meant for higher education. In foreign countries at masters level, teachers often teach by telling stories being sure that the students have a certain level of understanding and knowledge. But that cannot be applied in most cases in Bangladesh because many students don't have any basic study skills, but still they want degrees. I think these students should go for vocational training. We, the teachers, cannot do but are trying hard to groom these students. I personally know Professor Mina who works out most of the sums in his classes at MBA level as if he is teaching high school students. So, you see, we cannot ignore the class room learning. The other aspects of learning like stress management, ethics and human development, time management, life-skills should be started from the family and the environment. If the parents take care of their children properly, if they can instruct them moral values successfully and give them good environment to grow, half of the job is done. As the proverb goes, well begun, half done. And, the final touch or refinement the students will get from their educational institutes. Please go through the following link: Are parents the best teachers?
http://forum.daffodilvarsity.edu.bd/index.php/topic,1458.msg3893.html#msg3893
-
Dear sir
You are correct. When a student want to admit in the university he/she must have a minimum level. If hes/she does not able then he/she can't be admitted. So, we know the minimum level of our student.
As earlier you have said that, if the most wick student can understand your lecture then you many consider that everybody understood your lecture.
As university have a minimum requirement to get admission, so we can define the level of the student. After that it is easy to defined the reason why student can't understand the lecture.
We know our teacher are very helpful & we have a individual time to contact with them. The student should take this opportunity.
-
We need both learning; practical and theoretical...........without basic theory, we won't know what is what and without practical knowledge we won't know how to apply the theory....
-
Dear Shahin
Thanks for your realization that a university student must have a minimum level.But I am sorry to say that I found many students not to realize it and whenever they are asked to brush up their English-for example to go through the vocabulary which they already know but somehow forgot,some of them find it painful.But you know for simple communication also,you need to know some basic words.In such situations,I try to make them think about the time when they will be in profession and without proficiency in English,how it would be difficult for them to secure their job.But,I pray and hope that there will be a time when all the students of DIU will realize the necessity of learning sophisticated English and thus utilize their time and money.
Regards
Shamsi
Senior Lecturer
Department of English
-
A good teacher should have a sound Knowledge of the subject. This 'sound knowledge' is a relative term. A teacher should be able to handle the class making adaptions and improvisations as required. This confidence stems from the teacher's commitment and involvement with the subject. Again involvement with the subject and involvement with the students go hand in hand. Interest in the students and in the subject acts as a springboard for the teacher's professional development. A teacher should be the inspirational and stimulating force in the classroom, so that the interest and curiosity of the students are raised, which turn them into normal and lively human beings, instead of just passive, mechanical robots.
-
very good as well as useful idea
Bimal Das
-
It is easy for a teacher to give lectures for hours together on his/her area of interest. But we, the teachers, have to make sure whether students' learning is being taken place or not.. That's why frequent students' assessment or evaluation is very important. A good teacher makes his/her students busy with their studies. He or she should take quizzes, viva and presentation more than required number. Because researchers say students can retain a teacher's lecture only 7% by listening and note-taking. Alongside, a good teacher can also make each of the classes different from the others. Hence, we, the good teachers, should emphasize on taking tests so that students' real learning takes place.
-
Our society these days are divided in to two different way of thinking on the education. Some believe that modern methods are better than the traditional method of teaching but yet these two methods are both a successful way. In my opinion, every method in teaching is the same for they deliver the same message to the students. Therefore there are pros and cons to it as well in these ways of teaching.
The pros for traditional methods are that teaches shouldered too much of responsibilities for teaching in the classroom to make sure everything they thought were understood by the student. Thus it was a good method, where there was efficient communication between teacher and students. There was also the typical way and a controllable class where the teacher would teach on the blackboard, explained, asks students to copy and made sure students paid attention and listen. Besides that, the traditional way in disciplining students in school and teaching them was an effective way in building a good characteristic student where students were afraid of their teacher and respect them.
Talking about the pros there are cons to traditional method way where students were shy to ask their teacher questions. Thus students get bored of the same way of teaching method done by the teacher which is on the blackboard/white board and listening to the teacher talk while they sit down in class and heat up their chairs. Besides that, disciplining the students with scolding is not a sufficient way for students get traumatizes in school.
On the other hand, the pros of modern method in teaching help a lot where there is a centered classroom which is created by the teacher and accepted by the students. In modern method students are aware of their learning process through the computers. Thus with the help of computers teachers prepare their work in their thumb drive and present it to the class through slides show which is an easier way. And students can do their studying and their work all in the computer without depending 100% on their teacher in schools. Besides that, there is also classroom contract which consists of agreement between teachers and student regarding on how each will contribute to and behave in the classroom to start building a student’s expectation towards independence. Therefore students even have a bonding relationship with their teacher to be their friend so that they can share their problems to the teacher without being afraid.
As for the cons of the modern method of teaching students become too independent where they think they don’t need guidance from anybody because they think they can accomplish anything by themselves. Thus with the use of computers in school students gets distracted with online games and websites to browse on besides their studies which will cause them distraction. . Besides that saving all data’s in the thumb drive can be a problem when there is a virus which can also cause the students and teacher to get to comfortable and depend too much on technology and forget other better tools in teaching. Thus students also begin to be too comfortable with their teacher as their friend in schools and forget their responsibilities and respect over the teacher.
Lastly, I feel that the teaching methods should be balance because it both brings good intentions in educating a person for the better future of everyone. Thus it sends out the same message even in different way but yet it is useful.
reference
http://manongchito.weebly.com/9/post/2010/10/modern-and-traditional-teaching.html
-
"We should come out of producing answers only from notes and handouts. Reading habit must be encouraged." Masud Ibn Rahman. The reading skill of our students is very poor. So i think self-study must be encouraged. Nothing can help them more than their text books.
-
So far teaching methodology is concerned,I think,it is good to have a combination.There are some topics which are better understood through modern technology and simultaneously there are some topics for which we have to apply traditional methods.The teacher himself or herself can feel the success of the method in his class on the spot...
I also do believe on a frequent assessment or evaluation system of students.It has to be a two-way assessment system where both the teacher and the students will participate.And the process has to be taken positively so that constructive development can take place.After my classes,I always ask my students how was the class?Did they enjoy it?What can be addressed next?Do they have any idea that they would like to share to have better learning outcomes?...By such an approach,I have got a lot of good experience.And you know,when a teacher can realize that his or her students are really learning something,he or she becomes the happiest person of the world..
Regards
Shamsi
-
Classrooms Lack Lustre
Higher education is one of the few fundamental indicators of a country's prosperity. With quality of education remaining where it was a hundred years ago, that indicator seems to lead us nowhere in a fast changing world where knowledge, of science and humanities alike, is considered power.
Rifat Munim
“Although education nurtures free thinking, it has to be related to employment," says Chowdhury, "because a student must expect a healthy economic life after his education is finished. If he fails to secure a job by means of his education, he'll definitely divert his attention from study.â€
He, however, stresses that education is an integral part of university life but not the whole. The rest of it must be complemented by cultural and social activities and sports through which students will explore their talents and areas of interest.
Azad Chowdhury opines that in order to create more employment for students of science and arts, the curriculum must be modernised to keep students abreast of the present day requirements.
“IT education should be a must. All subjects in the science and arts faculties should incorporate more technical courses with the aim of producing skilled manpower that would be fit for the job market at home and abroad,†he says.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid welcomes the idea of modernising the tertiary level education. He believes that if we cannot break away from the traditional system, we won't be able to make any progress in social and economic terms.
“I'd like to envision a model that will not only make the students well equipped with necessary scientific and IT knowledge, but also will also help flourish their creative faculties fostering in them a patriotic zeal. Keeping this broader vision in mind, we have formulated the national education policy the implementation of which has got underway. But before setting our eyes on the tertiary level, we have to improve the primary education, then secondary and higher secondary levels.â€
The education minister, who has brought about remarkable changes in the improvement of primary and secondary education, also draws attention to our colonial mindset that impedes reformation of the education system.
“Whenever it comes to education, people think of obtaining an honours certificate even though that does not relate to his interest or offer any job whereas vocational training and other IT courses are left unattended. It reflects our colonial mindset that sees education as a status symbol, not as a key to national development,†says a despondent Nahid. Asked about any specific step to initiate qualitative change, he mentions the generation of an approximately 800 crore taka fund in association with the World Bank that would be utilised through the UGC to strengthen research in the public universities.
Much as large-scale research works are essential to qualitative change, the elementary act of producing a researcher through proper education should not be glossed over. The vicious circle that has confined higher education to indifference, memorisation and uncertainty can never be conducive to progress and development. Hence, modernisation of the curriculum and incorporation of new, state-of-the-art courses to cope with the job market is of utmost importance. However, all such steps should be preceded by a devoted as well as co-ordinated effort on the part of the teachers to make education a sacred process of self-discovery whereby s/he would learn to evaluate himself against the world.
The Colonial Model
Serajul Islam Choudhury
Serajul Islam Choudhury, emeritus professor of the Department of English at DU and a leading educationist of the country, says that the purpose of higher education is to encourage creativity and arouse an indomitable curiosity for knowledge in students. In the whole process, he adds, independent thinking will be invigorated to shore up originality of the students. However, university education in the Indian Sub-continent, he informs, was installed by the British Raj to placate the frequent incidents of uprisings and resistance. Terming the existing system of tertiary education 'an inherited model', he says:
“The colonisers had specific purposes in mind. In fact, they wanted to create a subordinate Indian class who will help them run the administration smoothly by mediating between them and the colonised. That's why the system they initiated was examination-oriented having nothing to do with originality. Those universities were not teaching or governing bodies but were merely examining bodies much like the model of today's National University. So the emphasis was on examination, not on true learning or creativity. Even after forty years of independence we haven't been able to break free from that colonial model.â€
http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2011/06/04/cover.htm
-
In many educational institutes of our country there is still an invisible wall between teachers and students. The worst example can be the suicide of medical student Madhusudan who was baited by his teacher.
-
Assessing Learning
One of the most challenging tasks for TEACHERS is finding effective ways to determine what and how much their students are actually learning.
-
Dear All:
It was great contribution here from diverse perceptive and let's continue to move further considering needs of the century.
last night, I was thinking utilities and dis-utilities of social medias in day to day life. Furthermore thinking about future cost projections and extreme possibility of asking for money for using all these social medias inspired me to start again. Hope you will be agreed that social medias already you can treat kind of addiction for many of ours, money for feeding for it is very natural!
We are in great transition!!!!!!
Regards,
Raju
-
From 2010 to 2017, we are moving with so many changes, feeling great indeed in transforming every moment with more people, we are not alone now a days but together enjoying test of changes.
Welcome to reflect your thoughts again and again to keep philosophy of change alive.
Cheers!
Raju
-
good one