Dr. T.s.ghouse Basha

When teaching any subject, I feel that it is important to point out, if possible, what is not known for instance, the open problems and the ongoing research in the field. Otherwise, students may get the impression that they are being taught a subject about which every minute detail has been worked out. This is particularly true in disciplines of Electronic/ Communication/Electrical/ engineering where the focus is on design and implementation. Beginning with introductory courses on digital logic, students are taught increasingly sophisticated constructs. By the time they reach upper-level project courses, they might conclude that the design of optimal circuits is an open-and-shut case.
For the past twelve years, I have been teaching the graduate-level and post graduate courses. My first teaching experience began with a Assistant Professor position at a recognized in India and presently I am working as Associate Professor and Head of the Department. It was then when I realized that pedagogic style is a crucial factor in communicating materials conveyed in a course. I have learned to
• Prepare for lectures and discussion sections by synthesizing material from different textbooks;
• Relate the material being presented to what has come before and what is still to come in the same course, to material in other courses, and to the students’ experience;
• Balance practical applications with the abstract concepts such as theories and mathematical models;
• Provide concrete examples of the phenomena the theory describes or predicts;
• Use pictures, diagrams and graphs liberally before, during, and after the presentation of the material;
• Show films or use multimedia simulations to provide visual demonstrations;
• Provide brief intervals in teaching for students to think about what they have been told;
• Use some open-ended problems and exercises that call for analysis and synthesis.
Looking over my teaching history, I have found both in teaching large classes and in working with undergraduates and graduates that the most efficient way for learning and teaching engineering is to properly combine theory and applications. As a professor, I would like to integrate both of these aspects into courses I will be teaching in the future.