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Improving the academic culture at IITB

Improving the academic culture at IITB. A brainstorming. Aspects of the Academic Culture. Distraction due to extra-curricular activities Student demotivation and its remedies Issues in the conduct of large classes Spreading awareness of the theory and practice of effective teaching. e.

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Improving the academic culture at IITB

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  1. Improving the academic culture at IITB A brainstorming

  2. Aspects of the Academic Culture • Distraction due to extra-curricular activities • Student demotivation and its remedies • Issues in the conduct of large classes • Spreading awareness of the theory and practice of effective teaching

  3. e Student Demotivation Extra-curricular Activities Effective Teaching Large class issues

  4. Deciding the road ahead • We need dialogs with broad participation to get a grasp of reality • A 3-pronged approach could be • Collect data, conduct analyses, create a database • Have an activity forum with periodic activities (experience seminars, expert seminars, panel discussions) • Have a core group for each aspect of academic culture

  5. Extra-curricular activities • Recruiter expectations • Data: spread/extent of activities; • Actions: • how to cap rec. expectations through thresholds • Classify activities into mutually exclusive classes • Structure the activities into courses • How to prevent overload

  6. Student demotivation • Courses are not interesting • Data: interest level, causes, suggestions • Assignment/quizzes make us study • Data: #assignments in courses • Study the night before exam is adequate • Data: • Actions: Reformulate exams to require deeper understanding • No value addition in classes • Data : Coursewise • Competition

  7. Effective Teaching • How to counter “study the night before”? • Data: Faculty suggestions, experiences • Group and peer learning • Data: Coursewise stats, Fac, Student expectations • Action: How to identify such topics? • Design of slides • Design of exams – Concept mastery, applications, advanced questions • Data: Faculty suggestions, experiences • Action: ?

  8. Large Class issues • Grading issues in split-division classes • Data: coursewise • Classroom facilities • Data: audit of classrooms • Instructor-student interaction • Data: coursewise • Group learning and peer learning techs

  9. Starting off • A panel discussion on “Math Teaching at IITB” (2 hours) – Mid March 2013 • An expert seminar on Educational tools and techniques (1.5 hours) – End March 2013 • Planning writeups by faculty on how to use tools & techniques covered in item 2 – April’13 • Experience sharing seminars – April’13 • 1.5 day workshop on teaching methodologies – July-August 2013

  10. Starting off … • A panel discussion on “Math Teaching at IITB” • 4 Teachers’ presentations (15 minutes each) • Teaching of math concepts • Planning practice sessions • Design of slides • Peer and group learning • Ensuring adequate learning • 3 Students’ presentations (5-7 minutes each) • Discussion

  11. Starting off … 2. Expert Seminar • Contents • Educational tools • Education techniques • Understanding the student b) Speaker: Dr Yogesh Velankar PhD in Engg Education (Purdue)

  12. Deciding the road ahead • We need dialogs with broad participation to get a grasp of reality • A 3-pronged approach could be • Collect data, conduct analyses, create a database • Have an activity forum with periodic activities (experience seminars, expert seminars, panel discussions) • Have a core group for each aspect of academic culture

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