An Innovative Teaching-Learning Technique Using WIT & WIL Approach

Abstract

Engineering Education plays a crucial role in shaping students into skilled employees thereby helping the society to grow in terms of technology. Engineers create infrastructure such as buildings, dams, bridges, highways, etc., Knowledge of all the subjects is possible only through effective classroom learning. In this aspect, teacher plays an important role. Teacher should make class interesting by following proper teaching learning pedagogies in the classroom. This is possible by the use of a few methods like WIT &WIL (Why am I teaching & What I am teaching, Why am I learning & What I am learning), POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning), Course-based Projects & ICT tools like online whiteboards, online video conference software, smart boards, podcasts, virtual labs, etc., In the present paper, to explain the effectiveness of students involvement in the classroom and also to show the improvement in the academic performance, Foundation Engineering subject is taken as a reference study. With the implementation of WIT & WIL teaching pedagogy in classroom lecture, there is a lot of improvement observed in student performance in terms of core job placements, higher studies, pass percentage, and Student publications. After the academic year 2016-17, teaching learning pedagogies implementation in the classroom is made mandatory by our institute. There is more than 30% improvement in the student's performance in all the aspects discussed above. Even POGIL, Course-based project pedagogies make students to think creatively and also develop critical thinking skills thereby helping in lifelong learning.