As Engineering Teachers, Do We Resemble A T20 Cricket Batsman or A Test Cricket Batsman?: Let Us Introspect

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dc.contributor.authorPatil, Dada S.
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-25T09:23:22Z
dc.date.available2026-05-25T09:23:22Z
dc.date.issued2024-10
dc.description.abstractThe title might puzzle the readers. The author positively hopes that the work carried out and the content presented in this paper with reference to an effective teachinglearning process, in general and teaching-learning mechanism in engineering education, in particular would probably convince the readers about the appropriateness and relevance of this unusual sounding title. The so called smart engineering students of Generation Z are habituated to shortcut and mechanical way of learning rather than in-depth and conceptual learning; so, they tend to pursue the teacher for a quick way of teaching. Hence, the attainment of various learning levels, as depicted in Bloom’s taxonomy, in a true sense, remains an ambiguous issue. The author shared his short video with the second year civil engineering students to carry out an interesting exercise through Google form survey. The video contained a demonstration of calculation of two support reactions of a simply supported beam, from first year engineering mechanics course. Intentionally, the problem was demonstrated in a highly mechanical way through the video, without explaining the concepts at depth. A Google form containing 8 questions was circulated among the students. In all, 46 students responded. The first question was exactly similar to the problem demonstrated in the video. It was correctly answered by 30 students, thereby making the passing rate as 65.2%. Questions 2 to 8 were related to the first question; however, critical thinking and conceptual teaching was needed to answer those. Most of the students performed poorly while attempting those questions. This clearly underlined a dire need of imparting strong fundamentals to the learners by an engineering teacher. Along with discussing the significance of various modern tools and techniques for an efficient teaching-learning mechanism, this paper mainly stresses upon the need of conceptual teaching. Key Words: Bloom’s taxonomy, teaching-learning, conceptual teaching, modern tools and techniques of teaching, e-learning, Google form survey, etc.
dc.identifier.citationV.11(10), p.410-414
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.irjet.net/volume11-issue10
dc.identifier.urihttp://aiktc.ndl.gov.in/handle/123456789/4505
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherInternational Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
dc.titleAs Engineering Teachers, Do We Resemble A T20 Cricket Batsman or A Test Cricket Batsman?: Let Us Introspect
dc.typeArticle
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