Teachers Lecture or Participative class?
I certainly know of students who prefer to sit in classes where faculty does all the talking, however most students prefer to participate in discussions.
These class discussions help students in a many ways:
- Increases interest level in the subject
- Students stay more focused because they anticipate being asked to answer.
- Helps one to become better communicators.
- Improves overall confidence.
- It is well established fact that students who express themselves better get better offers.
At JSHM we strongly believe that the best delivery of education happen only when there is two way communication. Could we call it communication when the receivers do not even have the chance to give feedbacks?
Evaluation is a process of measuring what has the students learned. How could an instructor evaluate his or her students when he or she is the only one talking? Written tests are also forms of evaluation but they are not complete at all. Many evaluation types are needed in order to come up with the most reliable source.
Evaluation is important because it will give answers to the following questions: Were the objectives of the lesson or chapter achieved? Was the teacher effective? Did the students learn what they needed to?
The active way of teaching has kept Jindal School of Hotel Management move fast when it comes to their educational system improvement. Having unemployable students is the worst liability an institute could have.
The onus of active communication is not entirely the Teachers. Without whole hearted participation from students, no good can be achieved. It is said that the fear of public speaking is next only to the fear of death. Classmates need to be sensitive to group members who have difficulty in communicating their ideas clearly.
Hospitality industry requires confident personals that have good communication skills. JSHM strives to mould every student into well groomed hospitality professionals. The class atmosphere helps in a big way in this development process.
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