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WhyWhyare are we we
here ?here ?Prof. V.Viswanadham
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BORN ? BORN ?
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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