" The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see. " Alexandra K. Trenfor.
This could be one perspective, but unless you tell your students what to see and explain he/she may miss the point altogether. Many a times, eyes see only what the mind knows.
Education is not what to think, but how to think.
Well, that is another perspective. A new study shows that students learn much better through an active, iterative process that involves working through their misconceptions with fellow students and getting immediate feedback from the instructor.
Interestingly, most of the teachers and extremely intelligent professors fail miserably to communicate well with their students. I find many a times, the professor keeps the microphone at three feet distance from his mouth when he is addressing a large gathering. Many teachers are nothing short of geniuses but their accent and diction is atrocious and they mumble their words and make their words difficult to understand.
Teachers should know that sound and adequate light is a must while delivering a lecture. They should know the IQ, mental predisposition, fears, hopes, likes and behavior of their students to get the best results.
Otherwise, most of the teaching and lectures are ineffective and a waste of time because the students remain at the same level of knowledge as they were before the teaching.
This could be one perspective, but unless you tell your students what to see and explain he/she may miss the point altogether. Many a times, eyes see only what the mind knows.
Education is not what to think, but how to think.
Well, that is another perspective. A new study shows that students learn much better through an active, iterative process that involves working through their misconceptions with fellow students and getting immediate feedback from the instructor.
Interestingly, most of the teachers and extremely intelligent professors fail miserably to communicate well with their students. I find many a times, the professor keeps the microphone at three feet distance from his mouth when he is addressing a large gathering. Many teachers are nothing short of geniuses but their accent and diction is atrocious and they mumble their words and make their words difficult to understand.
Teachers should know that sound and adequate light is a must while delivering a lecture. They should know the IQ, mental predisposition, fears, hopes, likes and behavior of their students to get the best results.
Otherwise, most of the teaching and lectures are ineffective and a waste of time because the students remain at the same level of knowledge as they were before the teaching.
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