About Course
Since the 1960s there has been an increasing trend in the growth of interest in teaching and learning in higher education in both high- income and low-income countries.
There are three main causes
1) Growth in subject matter leading to new demands on teachers & students
(Effect of scientific research)
2) Social changes leading to an increase in number of students and new demand for higher education.
3 Advances in theories of learning and technology combining new methods of learning and greater independence to students.
e.g. Distance education – universities of the air
Generally, change in teaching – learning approaches has taken place over the last two to three decades from teacher-centered to student-centered teaching through the introduction of participation concept.
The work of Freire (1970, 1993) has valuable contribution in this line. He gives an analogical explanation of the ‘banking concept’ to the education of the ‘old days’. That is to say students’ mind is filled with information and knowledge of the teacher.
