Teaching skills: Subject delivery and understanding 'learning'
The essential skills of a teacher consists of mastery of Content AND Communication, with both parts strongly dependent on each other. All the intensity or preparation of the content can come to naught with little communcation skills, while one is not a performer or salesperson to only rely on communication.
Similarly, there is no point in excellent delivery, if one has not guaged the reception or internalizing by the students. A good teacher would be amiss to leave the latter to the student, without a basic assessment at least. Reception is deeply dependent on mental state of the student, and environment created.
Mental state while psychological, is not subjective, and can be assessed on parameters. There are simple tools for a teacher to be in control of both content and communication, going gently between the two, with a deep sense of empathy for the students and love for the subject, so that knowledge is transferred.
| Start Date | 1st Jun 2013 |
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| End Date | 1st Oct 2016 |
| Institution | Brick Group of Institutes |
| Place | Pune |
| Description | For every semester for three-and-a-half years: - Training a team of about 10 core and 20 visiting junior faculty, and giving reminders/pointers to another 5 core and 20 visiting senior faculty; - Demonstrating the by teaching over 6 different subjects (one studio and 2-3 input courses) over the course duration |
| Start Date | 1st Jun 2003 |
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| End Date | 1st Dec 2009 |
| Institution | Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture |
| Place | Rajkot |
| Description | Demonstrating the above by teaching over 6 different subjects (typically one studio and 2-3 input courses) every semester, for three-and-a-half years as Core Faculty. And two input-based subjects, every semester for three years as Visiting Faculty. |
| Type | Workshop |
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| Duration | 1 day |
| Audience Numbers | Upto 10 persons |
| Audience Type |
- Subject Teachers |