Teaching Strategies in Higher Education

Abstract

Most universities follow the approaches of student-centered learning, group working, maintaining log-books, role playing and various forms of practical work. Higher education in universities has moved from elite to mass education and shifted from employment training into Higher education delivery. The delivery of service with regard to teaching the rhetoric is one of innovations. The faculty needs to instill a deep approach to learning by providing students with varied stimulating learning environments The objective is to evolve an action plan for teaching adults in Higher Education as per their needs and catering to the preference of different types of learners. This paper focuses on measure of person?s intelligence which includes Intelligence quotient, Emotional Intelligence, Creative intelligence and Cybernetic Intelligence. The adults undergo learning through a cycle of four phases: Experimenting, Reflecting, Theorizing and Planning. The phase at which they start their cycle depends on their personal preference or style. A questionnaire has been developed to ascertain the preference style of learning of an individual and thereafter how to cater to the preference of different types of learners. The paper discusses the designing and delivery tools of lectures for students in Higher Education so as to provide credible content, in a logically structured and interesting manner. It discusses the design tools bearing in mind that they have to be treated as adults and not simply as students. A flow chart has been designed indicating the planning process and action plan for the entire program. The constituent elements of excellent teaching contain certain traits required by an innovative faculty: - humility, courage, impartiality, open-mindedness, empathy, enthusiasm, judgment and imagination.