Friday, October 19, 2012

being a teacher.

So, i was in a middle of teaching when i noticed how my students behave differently on assignments they were working on. Some were smart enough to understand and do the project immediately after being assigned, while few was wondering what the assignment was, and the rest were just, you know, cheerleading.

Then i came up with this formula. A good class is when the teacher is less talk, but more work. So there, theories sometime are unpractical for design students. What they need is factors to stimulate their creativity. So, forget about textbook, grab those practical books, how-to-do procedures, and teach them the steps, rather than focusing on what does it mean.

Don't get me wrong, definition is important, but business work requires application, rather than books. As a teacher, you do have the role to explain the theories, but it's more on general. At least the students know the concept. Forget about memorizing, but rather than make them thinking what to do next.

The simplest way is, give projects, rational project of course, then teach them how to make that project be real. Give step-by-step things they need to do.

Even in this multi-billion dollar education world of business topics, they cant promise you that your business will succeed, but if you have luck and persistent, and NETWORKING, they work best rather than just theories on your head.

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