WhyWhyare are we we

here ?here ?Prof. V.Viswanadham

TOTOBEBE

BORN ? BORN ?

TOTOBE BORNBE BORN

AAMAN /MAN /

WOMAN ?WOMAN ?

Anticipate the FutureAnticipate the FutureCreate the World You WantCreate the World You Want

Educational Institutions

– particularly teaching Professional Courses –

are logical laboratories for learning together . . .how to face challenges at a scale and complexity

we have never seen before….

The learning curve for humanity is always

an upward spiral.

Anticipatory learning provides a solid footing

for the climb to a preferred future.

Learning goes

beyond knowing

to being able to

do what one knows

Learn for effective performanceeffective performance

Useful Hints for Better Learning

Learn for

knowledge knowledge andand skills skills

Learn for

long-term retention and long-term retention and transfertransfer

Individualwork X

Small Group Activity

Significant impacton behaviour and

learning

Individual self-interest; Individual self-interest; relationships remain undeveloped;relationships remain undeveloped;

shy and hesitating to give and receive shy and hesitating to give and receive feedback;feedback;

learning pace is relatively slower;learning pace is relatively slower;interaction is not extended tointeraction is not extended to

important areas such as PD & Soft Skills;important areas such as PD & Soft Skills;pride / jealousy get encouraged, pride / jealousy get encouraged,

distancing the students.distancing the students.

Individual orientation gets backseat; relationships begin to develop;giving and receiving feedback

becomes easy and natural;learning pace becomes faster;

besides curricular, many other important aspects,particularly PD & Soft skills

get properly focused;a sense of cooperation, trust, mutual interest &

learning orientation get encouraged;adjustment processes are better appreciated;

Team skills, Leadership qualitiesbegin to get recognized;

better appreciation of mutual dependency;overall development, in a substantial manner and to a

sustainable extent becomes a distinct possibility.

Students begin to identify Students begin to identify their strengths and gifts,their strengths and gifts, along with weaknesses, if any, along with weaknesses, if any,

start recognizing the available opportunitiesstart recognizing the available opportunitiesmuch better, much better,

compare the same with what others have,compare the same with what others have,and more particularlyand more particularly

with what is expected of them,with what is expected of them,learn from others and be willinglearn from others and be willing

to allow others to learn from them ~ to allow others to learn from them ~ relationship building occurs asrelationship building occurs as

improved connections are made.improved connections are made.

What ARE the core skills thatWhat ARE the core skills that Professional education should foster? Professional education should foster?

Intellectual Skills, such as critical and constructive thinkinganalysis, synthesis, problem solving, judgment,

decision making, examine values in decisionsInteraction Skills

influence others, participate in groups and teams, and lead in diverse settings and cultures through better

Communication skills,Communication skills, in all its facets ~written, oral, presentation, reading, listening, appropriate body language

Intellectual Skills

CommunicationSkills

Interaction Skills

What and how much

gets learned

in any situation depends

heavily on

prior knowledge and experience

and on

youryour Attitude towards Learning

• Amplification of Input Principle~ For a little input, learners get

a lot of output.

• Probing Principle~ Learning is a cycle of probing the world

(doing something); reflecting in and on this action and, on

this basis, forming an hypothesis;re-probing the world to test this

hypothesis; and thenaccepting or rethinking the hypothesis.

“Never doubt that a small group of committed people

can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing

that ever has.”Margaret Mead