1. Teaching Practices Traditional &Contemporary
Dr. Manishankar Chakraborty
Dr.Mythili Kolluru
Business Studies Department
Ibra College of Technology

2. Chalk and Talk

3. Chalk and Talk Advantages
Delivery of lecture by subject matter expert.
Subject matter is represented more accurately and effectively.
It is useful for covering underlying concepts and principles.
Large information can be communicated to a heterogeneous group.
Challenges
The student becomes a dependent learner.
More teacher centric and less student centric.
Establishes a “tell me” mind set in the learner.
Can lead to learner information overload.

4. Story telling mode/Case study

5. Story telling/Case based
Advantages
Mixed-Mostly student centric.
Helps to increase higher order thinking & reasoning skills (application, synthesis, evaluation).
Helps participants explore pre existing knowledge.
Challenges
Ensuring participation from all can be a challenge.
It can be time consuming.

6. Discussion mode Advantages Highly Student Centric.
It is designed from students point of view.
Guides learners to higher level of thinking and enquiry.
It promotes tolerance with understanding.
Challenges
Relies on learning preparation and willingness to participate.
Can lead to a dominant few controlling the floor.
Can potentially degenerate into off task and social conversations.

7. Simulation centric Advantages Highly Student Centric.
It is an active learning technique
Increases curiosity of students & strengthens imagination with facts.
Challenges
Limits the number of people who can access the learning at the same time.
Can create scheduling and logistics problems.

8. Role play Advantages Actively involves participants.
Develops problem solving and verbal expression skills.
Provides teacher with immediate feedback about learners understanding.
Challenges
Can create embarrassment and even resistance.
Can be unpredictable in terms of outcomes.
Depends heavily on learners ability of imagination and willingness to participate.

9. Team teaching-collaborative mode
Advantages
Highly student centric.
Active and involved learning.
Intense stimulating debates.
Highly interactive class room sessions.
Challenges
Joint lectures is a new concept.
Students must be well connected and aligned with each other for effective results.
Scheduling and logistics would pose as a challenge.

10. Multimedia based Advantages Highly Student centric
Ensures Student engagement
Increases enthusiasm of the learner
Memory retention is more
Challenges
The multimedia tools are expensive
Require continuous expert maintenance
Trained staff is required to handle malfunctions and technical difficults

11. Social media driven Advantages Motivate and engage the student.
It reinforces and changes opinion.
Teacher and Learner centric
Challenges
It cannot replace a teacher.
It can be used in combination with another teaching methodology.

12. Game learning Advantages Actively involves the learner.
Provides a challenge that can lead to confidence in knowing.
Promotes team learning and collaborative skills.
Challenges
Can create in group/out group feelings.
May de-motivate those who are not competitive by nature.

13. It is a continuous process….