Improving Effectiveness of Teaching

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Would youWould youpersuade,persuade,speakspeak ofofinterest,interest,

not ofnot ofreason.reason.

Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin ..


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Teaching, learning and knowing areTeaching, learning and knowing arethree different activities. Knowingthree different activities. Knowing

especially knowing how to learnespecially knowing how to learn isis

one mark of the educated person.one mark of the educated person.Teaching is simply away to promoteTeaching is simply away to promote

that outcome.that outcome.

Charles WrightCharles Wright


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AAsaintsaint is one who makesis one who makes

goodnessgoodness attractiveattractive

Laurence HousemanLaurence Houseman


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AAteacherteacheris one who makesis one who makes

learninglearning attractiveattractive


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TheThe mediocremediocre teacherteachertellstells

TheThe goodgood teacherteacherexplainsexplains

TheThe superiorsuperiorteacherteacherdemonstratesdemonstrates

TheThe greatgreat teacherteacherinspiresinspires

William A. WardWilliam A. Ward


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Students learn what they care about,Students learn what they care about,

from people they care aboutfrom people they care about

and who, they know,and who, they know,

care about themcare about them

Thirty Years of StoriesThirty Years of Stories

Barbara Harrell CarsoBarbara Harrell Carso


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Design =SIMPLICITY HONESTY

ACCESSIBILITY

ENJOYMENT

Jonathan IveJonathan Ive (designer ofthe iMac)(designer ofthe iMac)


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TheThe true teachertrue teacherdefends his pupilsdefends his pupils

against his own personal influenceagainst his own personal influence

Amos Bronson AlcottAmos Bronson Alcott

HeHe inspires selfinspires self--distrustdistrust

He guides their eyes from himselfHe guides their eyes from himself

to the spirit that quickens himto the spirit that quickens him

HeHe will have no disciplewill have no disciple


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A teacher is oneA teacher is onewho makes himselfwho makes himself

progressivelyprogressively

unnecessaryunnecessaryThomas CarruthersThomas Carruthers


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Improving ones teaching effectivenessImproving ones teaching effectiveness

why do it?why do it?


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What is your agenda?What is your agenda?

Wanna maximize the transference of knowledge?Wanna maximize the transference of knowledge?

Is that it?Is that it?

OROR you want to change the way they think?you want to change the way they think?


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It's not what is pouredIt's not what is poured

into a student that counts,into a student that counts,

but what is plantedbut what is planted

Linda ConwayLinda Conway


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When teaching,When teaching,

light a firelight a fire, don't, don't

fill a bucketfill a bucketDan SnowDan Snow


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How to teachw

hen they do

ntwant to be taught?


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grab it!(how?)

keep it!(how?)


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an accident!


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Databases:Databases:

What are they?What are they?

What do they do?What do they do?

Why were they invented?Why were they invented?


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The use of COBOL cripples

the mind; its teaching should,

therefore, be regarded as a

criminal offense

Edgar W. Dijkstra


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Lectures are

one

ofthe

Lectures are

one

ofthemostmost effective methodseffective methods

ofco

nveying infoof

co

nveying info

true

false


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Lectures shouldLectures should

bebe abolishedabolished


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Lectures are better thanL

ectures are better thanreading material atreading material at

inspiring students to appreciateinspiring students to appreciate

the impo

rtanceof

key info

the impo

rtanceof

key info


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Above all Above all

lectures can better create alectures can better create a

state ofstate ofintellectual excitementintellectual excitementthat promotes learningthat promotes learning


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Create a state of intellectual excitement


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thinkingthinking isisthe greatestthe greatest

of pleasuresof pleasuresGoetheGoethe


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askingquestions


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Life is n

ot ab

out

right & wrong answers

It is about the perpetual

pursuit of increasinglysophisticated questions


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can computerscan computers


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-- clickclick

navigationnavigation


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Concept&Feasibility

User Requirements

Developer Specs

Planning

Design

Implementation

Integration Testing

Opr. & Maintenance

Retirement

Test

Test

Test

Test

Test

Acceptance Test


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Main

Draw

backs


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Concept&Feasibility

User Requirements

Developer Specs

Planning

Design

Implementation

Integration Testing

Opr. & Maintenance

Retirement

Test

Test

Test

Test

Test

Acceptance Test

Lack ofknowledge aboutrequirementsLag


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answering

questions


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Chinese proverb:Chinese proverb:

Tell me,Tell me, I forget.I forget.

Show me,Show me, I remember.I remember.

Involve me,Involve me, I understand.I understand.


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Complement theirComplement their

effort & enthusiasmeffort & enthusiasmbeforebefore offeringoffering

criticismcriticism


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The secret of educationThe secret of education

isis respecting the pupilrespecting the pupil

Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson


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A wisely chosen illustration isA wisely chosen illustration is

almost essentialalmost essential to fasten theto fasten the

truth upon the ordinary mindtruth upon the ordinary mind

HowardCrosbyHowardCrosby


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State something; give an example. StateState something; give an example. State

something; give an example. State something;something; give an example. State something;

give an example. State something; give angive an example. State something; give an

example. State something; give an example.example. State something; give an example.



give an example.give an example. State something; give anState something; give anexample.example. State something; give an example.State something; give an example.


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mething; give an example.S

tate so

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TheatricsTheatrics!!


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Passion!


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HumorHumor!!


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When using comedy, makeWhen using comedy, makesure that all humor arises fromsure that all humor arises from

the teaching points if theythe teaching points if they

remember the joke, theyveremember the joke, theyveremembered the training point.remembered the training point.

John CleeseJohn Cleese


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Clarity!


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Nothing so impresses aNothing so impresses a

student as a lecturerstudent as a lecturerwhowho

makes a genuine effortmakes a genuine effort to getto get

to know them as individualsto know them as individuals


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Ah. Ifyou could danceAh. Ifyou could danceallthatyouve justsaid,allthatyouve justsaid,

then Id understand.then Id understand.

Nikos Kazanztakis inNikos Kazanztakis inZorba the GreekZorba the Greek


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What all the great teachersWhat all the great teachers

appear to have in commonappear to have in common isislove of their subjectlove of their subject and anand an

obvious satisfaction in arousingobvious satisfaction in arousingthis love in their studentsthis love in their students

J. EpstineJ. Epstine


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Speech HabitsSpeech Habits

Eye ContactEye Contact

GesturesGestures

MovementMovement


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white boardswhite boards

transparenciestransparencies

multimediamultimedia


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The greatest dangerfor most

ofus is not that our aim is too

high and we miss it, but that itis too low and we reach it

Michelangelo


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Master discussion leaders accomplishMaster discussion leaders accomplish

the same endthe same endby skillfulby skillfulguidanceguidance ofofthe groups collective thinking processthe groups collective thinking process

Dynamic lecturers captivate a classDynamic lecturers captivate a classbybythe virtuosity of their individualthe virtuosity of their individual

performanceperformance


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What can I doright away?


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thethe

feedbackfeedback

looploop


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Online Resources

1. A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions

for Teaching with Excellence

2. Teaching Tips: Teaching & Learning

Center at University of Nebraska-Lincoln


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Scholarship is to be created not byScholarship is to be created not by

compulsion,compulsion,but bybut by awakeninawakening a pureg a pureinterest in knowledgeinterest in knowledge

The wise instructor accomplishes thisThe wise instructor accomplishes thisbyby opening to his pupils precisely theopening to his pupils precisely the

attractionsattractions the study has for himselfthe study has for himself

Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson


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