I am roughly putting forth my idea of creating an effective learning institution. The imaginary system won't be perfect, but it can be highly instrumental in replacing ''mugging'' with ''understanding'' in several minds.
Most students tend to procrastinate their studying schedule. The time-table they chalk out is never followed! And then the time turns the tables on them, when the day of the battle with the question paper ensues. Then their mind loses the track of the times and the tables! They finally end up swallowing their notes and vomiting them out on the answer sheets. Exams get over and all the non-understood or even the misunderstood knowledge just vapourizes from their minds!
What remains is just a residue of wisdom, which backfires when they finally enter the industrial world, where their understanding and application of knowledge is put to test. Time to present my idea. It can be put across in a few words- Teaching is learning.
Assumptions:
Consider any course of four years, with each batch having their exams a month prior to the previous batch. Each batch will contain equal number of students.
Idea:
The final year students, the earliest free birds, will teach and help the third year(TY) students prepare for their exams. It would be a win-win situation! Both the parties will have a better understanding of the subject. In fact the FIY students will gain even more through teaching, the concepts and fundas hammered permanently into their brains. In the same way, the TYs will teach their juniors and so on...
It won't even be a deja-vu for the seniors because they will see their ex-subjects in new light. And the best part about it would be, that they won't be studying under the pressure of exams. But for the sake of making it clear to their successors.
I am sure that the understanding of subjects will reach new levels through this system. This is just a rough sketch of my plan because there are still many loopholes and flaws to be taken care of. For example, it depends on the teaching and grasping abilities, the intellectual levels of the students. After all, each plan has its own pros and cons...Our job is to optimize...
Regards,
Rati
Rati, your thoughts are going to put many more people out of job in existing recession-era! :) lol.
ReplyDeleteInteresting thought.
ReplyDeletenot practical, ofcourse it will help everyone involved, but in a real life situation not possible...
ReplyDeleteWell written,the system will really help students a lot and would help in better understanding of the subject.
ReplyDeleteBut a senior teaching you when he is a mugger himeself would be bad for the students..
I personally think, colleges should encourage out of the box thinking, encouage students to solve real life problems from the first year itself rather than teaching them how to get good grades in exams..
More stress should be given to research and application of knowledge
For instance,At the end of four years one should at least publish a paper in some good magazine..there's are lots of other ways to change the system and bring it to a totally new level..
I know research is not in everyone interest's but as u want a engineer's degree, u need to do something which would force u to think in unconventional ways and bring out the best in you..
hii rati, thank u for reading my blog n writing a comment on the FB addiction one...i appreciate ur view..and u have a point..
ReplyDeletesharvari
where were you all dese years????
ReplyDeletem utterly baffled and amazed by the pour of thoughts happenin here...u always had it in you..i think its d UK desserts dats drivin these thoughts:)
on a serious note, i think its d idleness dats acting as d main catalyst n m delighted dat u r idle!
der is such freshness in ur writing,u seem to have found your own dimension for everything!
i would urge you to give writing,of any nature, a serious thought.
u shall always have me and aditya as ur worshippin fans!
Thank you everyone!
ReplyDelete@Sharvari: My pleasure. Was surprised to come across your blog; thought television actors are too busy to write blogs and all! I've always admired your acting skills and your blog just confirmed that you are as sharp as you appear on screen :)...Keep writing! Btw, my friend and I had once bumped into you at a shop at Phoenix Mills and we had taken your autograph :D
@Abhijat: Arrey I read this right now...Thank you so sooo much! :)
@Vishal & Phoenix: Of course it is a system full of loopholes..Its just a rough idea; but can work brilliantly if used in combination with some other innovative teaching techniques...