TEACHING STYLES

Traditional and Conservative Approach

Innovative Approach

Step by step instructions
Instructors spoon-feeding students
with step-by-step instructions

Tips, tips, and help
Instructors guiding students to search, to explore,
to experiment, to discover, to make choices,
to draw their own conclusions, to improvise, to create...

Results of the Two Different Teaching Approaches

Students learn to follow instructions faithfully

Students develop learning skills, an inquisitive mind,
and independent, analytical and creative thinking

Disadvantages

Kills independent thinking and prevents more
advanced students from choosing their own pace

Frustrates some students

Why so much emphasis on independent creative thinking?

After graduation, students will have to face and work in the real world. They will need transferable
learning skills to keep up and cope with constantly updated software and ever-changing technology.
Outdated course manuals and notes will no longer serve as security blankets.

SHORT TERM MEMORY: 80% forgotten within 48 hours and 20% forgotten within 2 weeks

"Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon." - E. M. Forster

What matters most
is how you see yourself