| | 8 December 2017HIGHERReviewPEDAGOGY AND EFFECTIVE TEACHINGHigher education is the key source for achieving the upward mobility of the people and the advancement of the country. The main objective of the Twelfth Five Year Plan is to increase enrolment in higher education with inclusiveness, quality and relevant education along with essential academic reforms in the University/college system. The focus has been on expansion and access to higher education through increasing institutional capacity and increase of intake capacity, promotion of inclusive education through equal access to various groups in higher education. From 15 percent gross enrolment ratio (GER) in 2012 to 30 percent GER by 2017 was set up for the Twelfth Five Year Plan. The 15 percent increase was sought to be achieved through a dual strategy that includes increasing the number of educational institutions and enhancing the intake capacity of the existing institutions. As a result, the number of Universities has increased from 20 in 1950 to 711 in 2015. The number of colleges has also increased from 500 in 1950 to 40760 in 2015 (Ref. UGC - Annual Report 2014-15). Reforming in education has increased, both in its number of institutions /colleges and contents. However, most of the young teachers entering into the teaching profession do not undergo any teacher-training program. Support for beginning teachers is often uneven and inadequate. In view of this, it is imperative to discuss two important aspects of teaching, Pedagogy ­ Students level of satisfaction and effective teaching.Pedagogy - Student's level of satisfactionWe can deliberate the idea that in order to be able to teach or to transmit knowledge to students, we need pedagogical knowledge so necessary to develop the art of teaching. The three important aspect of `pedagogy' course in student's perception and opinions regarding their level of satisfaction are; The quality of the course "pedagogy" offered, Teaching-learning process during the courses and The teacher's competences.Usually, students look up to the teachers whom they can learn from and dislike those who are not mastering the material taught. For teachers, methodical preparation should be considered essential. In the design of a curriculum, the development of the individual is very important so that he/she reaches a certain performance (knowledge-abilities-skills).Teaching-learning methodology used during the pedagogy course plays a very important role. The way they are presented, the theoretical aspects and /or practical manner may or may not capture the attention of students in their learning process. The equipment/tools and the training materials IN MY VIEWBy Dr. J. Girish, Director, KIET Group of InstitutionsHe obtained his Doctoral degree in Civil engineering with specialization in Structural engineering from IIT Kharagpur (in 2005), the premier Technological Institute in the country. He has more than 20 years of industrial, teaching and research experience. He has received best teacher award in the year 1999 at VIT, Vellore. Dr. J. Girish
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