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Each student is unique and so is each course. Each learner learns differently, their attention span, learning styles, and learning times are different. Keeping this in mind, Dr. Sameer Sudhakar Pingle used mixed pedagogy to cater to different needs and requirements of students and contemporary pop culture to make learning fun. Thanks to his unique teaching style, students find it easy to focus on higher as well as the lower level of Bloom's taxonomy in the same session.
Case Studies, Research as Teaching Pedagogy
To make his class interesting, Dr. Pingle uses case studies, research articles in the classes. Some of them are discussed below:
Case Writing: To introduce the case study technique, he asked his students to rewrite old cases and offer a contemporary perspective keeping COVID-19 in mind. On similar lines, he also wrote a case on the business problem of a student and asked the class to discuss it. While using Case Study Method, he also invited the case protagonist to discuss the details of the case with the students.
Using Pop culture and Films: Taking advantage of contemporary films and pop culture, Dr. Pingle conducted a few sessions keeping Bollywood and Hollywood movies like Chak de India, Lagaan, Expatriate, Exam, etc., as his source material.
Innovative Assessment Model: The mid-term, as well as end-term examination for a few courses, were replaced by interesting assessment components (Case Writing, Research Paper presentation, Rewriting an existing case by adding COVID-19 dimension, etc). In one assessment, he gave Rubrics where students knew the instructor's performance expectations for an assignment or the project.
Industry Experts / Guest Lectures: To ensure that students are able to get the necessary industry exposure during the lockdown, he invited several industry experts and guest lecturers. He introduced the points system wherein for every guest/expert session attended by the students they scored points and these points were used to give bonus marks to them. This enhanced engagement as well as the commitment of the students.
Posters instead of Presentations: To give some much-needed off-screen time to the students, Dr. Pingle decided to replace posters in place of presentations. Students were asked to prepare detailed posters for different projects instead of presentations, giving them a completely new perspective of pitching and idea without the help of any tech tools.
Videos and Role Plays: His students were encouraged to make videos as part of assignments instead of written projects. Along similar lines, he also held a video-making competition along with role plays exercises and activities.
Impact
The impact of his innovative teaching method has been the high level of student engagement, improved questioning, improvement in remembering, improvement in ability to apply concepts, enhanced vertical and horizontal linkages, off the class discussions about the topic/assignment/project. In the future, he is planning to conduct 'Recruitment Fair' as part of the Recruitment and Selection course. The objective is also to collaborate with professional bodies like ISTD, NHRD, NIPM, ICA for expert sessions, joint seminars, industry connections, case writing, and research.
Dr. Sameer Sudhakar Pingle is a finalist for Most Innovative Teaching Method Because... amid the pandemic, he used innovative and unique mixed pedagogy to engage students in different academic projects and assignments. His mixed pedagogy technique has had a positive impact on the performance of students.
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