Becoming a Better Teacher | Mariappan Jawaharlal | TEDxCPP

Teaching is one of the most humbling jobs you can do. Shaping and molding the future leaders of the world is an important job. With the world relying more and more on technology, it is important to get the youth involved at a younger age.

Dr. Mariappan “Jawa” Jawaharlal (Dr. Jawa) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. He is recognized as an outstanding educator for his innovative and engaging teaching pedagogy. He has received numerous honors including the Northrop Grumman Award for Excellence in Teaching and Innovative Educator Award. Dr. Jawa is well known for his hands-on, guided discovery approach. He is the founder of Robotics Education through Active Learning (REAL), a unique K-12 outreach program, which reaches thousands of students each year. Dr. Jawa helped develop the Femineer program that inspires young women about engineering and empowers them with real skills. He has over 20 years of industrial, academic and entrepreneurial experience, ranging from starting new engineering programs to product development and commercialization. Dr. Jawa is passionate about education and writes for the Huffington Post.

[gurjeetlama]

1. be original. 2. renounce teaching, embrace learning. 3. get to the eye level of students, understand chapter from student perspective. 4. help students make mistakes. 5. reinvent the wheel.

[ManishKumar]

One of the best TED talk. Do not take them on a bus ride, let them ride a bicycle. Well said.

[johnmichaelmanabat]

I am 21 y.old and as a neophyte junior high school teacher, this spectacular speech helps me a lot to improve my teaching skills.

[coldplayer]

13:06 right before we started one of the lectures, my professor said, “let’s make mistakes.” I’ll never forget it!

[techgamershaven]

5:58 Be Original
7:44 Renounce Teaching
10:48 Understand the topics from students' perspective
13:04 Help students make mistakes.
14:40 Help students reinvent the wheel.

[voldyx]

Wow! Absolutely Brilliant!! The world needs more teachers like him. If he can inspire so much in a single ted talk, imagine what teachers like him can accomplish during a semester.

[gulnoza]

thanks for this video. Now I am 17 y.o and a teacher . I have been working since I was 16. I am young enough but at the same time I have responsibility for my students ranging from 15 tom 43 . Pray for me. I hope i will be successful ever.

[yakinilua]

Thanks, I'm a student of language. I wanna start "teaching" in a classroom soon. This video helped me to understand better how become a great teacher.

[pankajbhauryal]

The feeling is like
Where are your feet
I want to touch them
Huge respect from india

[georginabravo]

The way to become a better teacher is to always be a student. You always should be learning something new, so it will be easy for you to put yourself in your student’s shoes. A new language, read music, play an instrument, learn to knit, or paint, etc.

[mansapande]

I wish all the teachers in the world understood this mantra!

[patriciadibie]

Thank you TED, I love my profession as a teacher but somehow i have been finding it difficult to really make a change

[GenomicsLab]

it is like teaching for the teachers. Real teachers like this video

[DR.-NABIL]

Next September i'll meet my first class as a philosophy professor.
Thank you TEDx. thank you Mr.Mariappan Jawaharlal.

[ArvindAmin]

Excellent talk! So simple, yet very powerful learning for teachers. I was expecting teaching 'Why'. Perhaps, that was implicit in the talk. There should be a Nobel prize for teachers. He should get one!

[sallywhyte]

This was an inspiring and incredible talk. For someone about to teach abroad for the first time this really helped me feel more confidence in teaching and connecting with the students. Thank you Mariappan !

[maggiedunbar]

As a retired teacher I found your ideas excellent

[BrickMuffin]

Thank you for your teachings and guidance during my time as an undergraduate Dr. Jawa. The world needs more professors like you.

[balajic]

WONDERFUL Lecture! Almost all the school teachers in India should watch this video!!

[lakshmisridurga]

What I learned from this speech is "What do u think " it's wonderful it's applicable in real life also for ur own childern in life situvations making the questioned one to think about their questions makes them to become more intelligent and own problem solver.