A Paradigm Shift from BCN to DCN Strategy for Effective Knowledge Transfer in Foundation Courses

Abstract

Outcome Based Education (OBE) came into practice in India in 2014. Earlier the priority of most of the faculty is just to complete the syllabus and for students to score better grade. One of the biggest challenges for faculty members in implementing OBE is to change the focus of students from scoring marks to learning the content particularly at the beginning of the programme while teaching fundamental courses. In this paper, the authors made an attempt to compare two strategies of teaching and learning; the Broiler Chicken Nourishing (BCN) verses the Desi Chicken Nourishing (DCN) in an Indian perspective. The BCN strategy shows only a short term and narrow goal though productive, it was in DCN strategy there is effective knowledge transfer which promotes more of self learning and self realization. A case study was done on Electric Circuit Analysis for second semester Electrical Engineering students. The analysis shows that DCN is more learner centered and yields fruitful results when compared to BCN. The DCN approach promotes original thinking of the students and develops good interpersonal skill.