The classroom is a dynamic environment, bringing together students from different backgrounds with various abilities and personalities. Being an effective teacher therefore requires the implementation of creative and innovative teaching strategies in order to meet students’ individual needs. I practice the following teaching and learning practices for effective classroom teaching.
Lecture: In this lecture format, students are typically greeted by slides via a PowerPoint presentation during the lecture and engage with content through this mechanism.
Case study method: The real life business problems are usually given in the form of a story and students are asked to find possible alternate solutions, considering various environmental factors.
Seminar Presentations: Topics related to the course are given in advance to the students, who then make the oral presentation with or without the help of audio-visual aids. The Q&A session at the end is held to resolve queries from the participants.
Role Plays: Students are assigned certain roles in a given situation and they have to respond according to their characters. The process is usually repeated to make the students understand the various alternative actions and their repercussions.
Field Projects/Assignments: Students are given tasks such as analyzing financial performance of a company, estimating working capital requirements of a company etc. These are then written down in the form of a project report and submitted for evaluation.
Business Quiz/Exercises: Periodic assessment of the learning provided is normally done through quiz and exercises, which can be oral, MCQ or short answer type.
Videos/Video clips: Faculty utilizes video clippings to explain the management concepts as well as pros & cons of strategic decisions taken.
Group Discussions: The class is divided into groups and topics related to the business are given for discussion.