COURSE DELIVERY PART II

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COURSE DELIVERYPART II

• G. (Tassos) Malliaris
• July 20, 2006

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Delivery Effectiveness

• How current is my knowledge?
• Distinguish between primary and secondary
  concepts
• Give many practical illustrations
• Ask students to participate by asking questions
  and doing sample problems

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Customizing Design and Delivery

• Undergraduate Principles
• Undergraduate Advanced
• Graduate Masters
• PhD
• Executive Education
• Continuing Education

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STUDENT TEAMS

• Why teams?
• What kind of a project?
• Design of the Project/ Must be relevant
• One vs Multiple Stage Projects/Role of Planning
• Overall management of teams and projects

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EXAMPLE

• Team of 5 students are given a certain sum to be
  invested
• Choose 5 stocks or 5 industries (countries)
• Step 1. Do Fundamental analysis
• Step 2. Do Technical Analysis
• Step 3. Evaluate above
• Step 4. Allocate funds
• Step 5. Evaluate outcomes

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Evaluation

• Members of same team
• Among teams

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Discussion

• How do you prepare for your course delivery?
• What are your thoughts on project teams?

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STUDENT ISSUESPart II

• G. (Tassos) Malliaris
• July 20, 2006

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Key Ideas

• Professors, Course and Students form one
  interrelated unity
• Holistic Approach to Teaching
• Teachers attitudes towards students are very
  important

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Question

• Who are my students?
• What are their expectations and responsibilities?
• Class discussion

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Before Class Preparation

• No class preparation required
• Partial class preparation
• Substantial preparation (for cases)

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Helicopter Parents

• Description
• Possible issues
• Assurances and agreements

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Academic Integrity Issues

• University and/or College-wide
• Course specific
• Us vs. Foreign Students

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Student Motivation

• Homework
• Team Projects
• Internships
• Placement

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Students Expectations

• Clarify, clarify, clarify
• Students top expectation is for the teacher to be
  fair
• Who is the Fair Professor?

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Insufficient Skills

• Writing
• Oral Presentation
• Team working
• Studying
• Organizational
• Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking

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Student Evaluation

• Learning and improving skills beyond the classroom

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Foreign Students

• Similarities
• Differences
• Affirmation and change