ENHANCING TEACHING SKILLS

CLASS

LEARNING
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About
Presentations
There are 500 million power point presentations in the
world

50 % of Them Are Unbearable

3 %
40 %
44 %
13 %

stimulating.
sleepy.
boring.
others.

Sleepy Presentations
40%
kill

Ways to win your presentations

Lots of People Killing Each Other

with Bad Presentations

Stimulating
Presentations 3 %

The Secret of Life

Do the things you really want to do

Be with the people you care about

Research on teaching and

learning shows that most of us
remember 10 % of what we read
20 % of what we hear
30% of what we see
50% of what we both see and hear
70% of what we have discussed with
others
95% of what we teach someone else

PresentationIts not what you say but how you

say it
What gets communicated
Amplitude modulation is a process of changing amplitude of
carrier wave in accordance with the rate of change of
modulating signal.

7 % words

38 % voice

55 % Body Language

Guidelines Before Going

for Lecture
Make brief notes.
Dont write out.
Never memorize.
Decide on key points.
Anticipate possible questions.

Lecture- Parts
Lectures have beginnings, middles, and
ends.
Start
- Tell students what they will learn in the
days
session.
Middle
- The mid-point of the lecture is where you
present your content
Wrapping it Up

Key Points
Create and maintain positive first

impression.

Do not instruct, teach in way students

maintain silence.
Teacher need not to have command on
students, but on subject.
Communicate ideas with clarity and
force.

Make It a Performance

Smile
Enthusiasm
Hand gestures
Use videos/ pictures
The more you practice the better youll
be

Visual Example More

Effective
Examples of Embedded
systems

Provide Positive
Reinforcement
Thank you for your answer. Does
anyone want to add to that?
Thats correct. What do the rest of you
think about it?

Evidence Defeats
Doubts
Demonstrations.
Examples / applications.
Analogies.
Games

Dos and
Don'ts
Avoid deep breaths.
Consider yourself honored.
Give sincere appreciation.
Mention names.
Play yourself down-not up.

Contd..
Say we not you.
Dont talk with angry face or scolding voice.
Talk in listeners interest.
Have a good time.
Verbal markers.
Tell them what youre going to tell them;
Tell them;
Tell them what you told them.

Contd..
Eye contact.
Maintaining the balance of power.
Faculty make covering content their top
priority.
Vocal pauses: distracting
Finish on time

Skills Required
Communication.
Stimulate critical thinking.
Team work.
Interpersonal relationship.

How to Respond to Difficult

Classroom Situations?
Respond , do not react.
Maintain professional composure
under pressure.
Communicate clear, concise positive
message.
Make your hands comfortable.

Contd
Keep eyes on questioner.
Use short uncomplicated answer.
Communicate with competence and
confidence.
Respond thoughtfully and promptly.

How To Prepare
Presentation ?

6 x 6 rule.
Six words per line.
Six lines per screen.
Font size 36.

Six words per line---font size 36

Six words per line---font size 28
Six words per line---font size 18

Slide Structure Bad

This page contains too many words for a presentation
slide. It is not written in point form, making it difficult both
for your students to read and for you to present each point.
This slide looks much more complicated than previous
slides. In short, your students will spend too much time
trying to read this paragraph instead of listening to you.

-----------and when it comes to words up on screen you

should try and pare it back to the minimum you can get

away with . in this circumstances ,

more.

less really is

And when it comes to words up

on screen you should try and
pare it back to the minimum
you can get away with in
this circumstances ,

less really is more.

You Best Teacher

Patience;

Respect;
Humor;
Interaction;
Enthusiasm and encouragement;
Awareness of teaching moments;
Emphasis on learning from mistakes;
Balance between discipline and enjoyment;
Concern with process and perspective, not
just content;
Commitment to, and confidence in, the
learners experience

Change
Doing something different can be
embarrassing.
Change is not very comfortable.
Change involves unlearning.
Change involves relearning.

Change Can Be Incorporated Through

Acceptance And Practice

Change Is
Possible
Only When
I Change
The Way
I Look At The
Issues