Teachingइskills

 #TeachingSkills

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Interesting concept!

Degrees are rolled out for a tested proficiency in this इskill!

But, ever heard of a teacher trying to create an ambience condusive to learning a subject proposed to be taught???

In any class of 50 students, there will always be a student or two, who are well focused, keenly interested and therefore able to become quite intense to learn, what is being taught. Otherwise bulk of them lean on the teachers skill to thrust it into their head…

Ancient teachers of Gurukul, themselves being spiritually evolved, used certain techniques and tools whereby, the minds of listeners quieten by themselves 🙏….and then, it is….. lab conditions….which ensures a better possibility of a "phenomenon"...

I happened to experiment with myself ( i don't indulge in finding a guinea pig!)....

An expert in his profession ( very tough, rare and difficult expertise) came from RBI as a guest lecturer to deliver a sermon of do's and don'ts while handling currency, and how to be on the lookout for counterfeit…..and how to adjuducate partially mutilated currency in strict accordance with "Refund of notes act, 1921"( 🤣)

I chose a back bench! It was a wide chair, allowing me to sit cross-legged ( beyond notice, being seated in the rear most) and in a particular posture/asana/mudra…

I did a few practices deep within, very inconspicuously, silently and intensely! I wasn't looking towards anything in particular to "happen".... I was in for that unexpected "phenomenon" 

Normal conditions were as bad as possible to facilitate any thing called learning😜…

1)Participants were of 45+ age….past the learning curve.

2) heavy lunch was served by employer_organisation, being a well organised staff_training centre.

3) none of them had in the recent past, adapted themselves to sitting quiet and yet listening very attentively

4) similar negative factors🙏

Therefore, i was able to conclude "safely" that …it was a phenomenon.

At the end of his talk, he liked to "test" if anything worthwhile had entered our heads!

He asked answers for tough questions ( and also asked for questions/references for possible answers…. reverse questions)

He became stupified at the level of accuracy of answers, reeled out effortlessly from all the participants picked randomly to be asked🙏🙏🙏🙏

Then a "formal" feedback ritual….

My level of ability to blabber in English decided that I should propose a vote of thanks to that guest lecturer 🙏

I don't recall the exact words, but i included this much 🙏 '" we had a taste_sample of very ancient teaching technology of our Gurukuls….and evidence of which was undeniably and too_glaringly visible in the "test" conducted by our dear "X" sir! I am not familiar with any standard_manner , adequate to express gratitude for such rare phenomenon of expert_teaching🙏"

I shouldn't have said so much🙏😰….he got trapped into uncontrollable tears😢🙏😰… he apologized, needlessly, since it was obvious that his were….only tears of joy🤣

Anti-climax (😜).... Our faculty who was present, to ensure discipline during a "guest" lecture…..  held my shoulder as we plodded out ….and asked " can you suggest, what our_faculty can do to deserve such admiration for teaching?" I quipped " sir, i don't know 🙏….all i can think of….is pray hard😜"  ( i abided by Manu, in his smriti….110th verse of chapter 2)

Unknowingly yours🙏

PSN (11 Dec 2022)