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ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT OF PROBLEMS
ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNICAL EDUCATION: A CASE
STUDY.
Manoj kumar yadav1#1, Chandresh Joshi 2#2
#1Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSIT Kanpur (U.P.), 9454140097,
#2Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSIT College of Engineering Kanpur (U.P.),
9893340538
ABSTRACT: In the present scenario of technical education, the participation of students in learning
Engineering concept faces a lot of difficulties. These difficulties are either in the form of understanding the
theory of subject or in the application of the learning material in real life Engineering problems. In this work
it is tried to find out the causes of difficulties facing in learning of subject and endeavour to make the
learning process easy and applying it in real life situation. The work concludes that use of audio visual
techniques, availability of teachers on social sites, use of internet, revision class each week, discussion on
previous year papers and correlation of theoretical concepts with lab experiments can be the best solutions
for students facing problems in learning. Use of these tools can make the teaching learning process most
interesting an understandable to each level of students which can help in the cultivation of good technocrats.
KEYWORDS-Technical Education, Presentation, Engineering Problems, Utilizing Technologies
CORRESPONDING AUTHORS: Manoj Kumar Yadav, Chandresh Joshi
1. INTRODUCTION: Everything that involves creative ideas and their implementation using various concepts
defines the word Technology. The main motive of Technical education is to make the people aware of latest
technologies and their utilization for human comfort. Technical education prepares the people who can
identify the problems, think about various methods to solve them and then by using mathematical &
engineering concepts can innovate something new which in addition to the resolution of problem can also
serve the society.
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Technical institutes play a vital role in providing such technocrats by providing them the basic Engineering
knowledge of Technologies, modern trends in technologies and making them able to analysis & synthesize
any Engineering Problem. These institutes make them able to innovate and apply Engineering parameters in
their day to day life. It becomes possible only when learner is able to gain the provided knowledge according
to his level of Intelligent Quiescent. In classrooms the learners are provided with theoretical as well as
experimental knowledge of concept in a very simplified manner. Use of audio video techniques is also done
to make learning effective. In addition to this models and lab experiments are also used to show the result
analysis on application of any theoretical concept.
But every individual has different levels of understanding. For same concept given in the class room, weak
students need more attention as well as time as compared to smart students. But due to the time constraint of
each subject, it becomes quite difficult for a teacher to resolve the doubts of every individual which acts as
an obstacle in the process of effective learning. In this paper, it is tried to find out the various difficulties and
the methods for their resolution so as to make learning effective and enthusiastic.
2. PROBLEM STATEMENT: Learning engineering concepts is a challenging task. Many of the problems
are faced by students during earning in class rooms. These problems are mainly associated with the typical
engineering concepts which are very essential for making the foundation of a sound technocrat. Some of the
usual problems faced by the students are as follows:
Previous years papers are not discussed in the classes.
Question sheets for practice of same type of problems are not given in classes.
Weekly revision classes are not conducted.
Teaching speed of teachers remain high which prevents better understanding of topic to the students
Practical knowledge is not emphasized.
Teaching methodology doesn't involve audio video learning material related to the topics.
Availability of teachers is not there when students practice problems at home.
3. LITERATURE REVIEW:
Mohammad A.Ashraf et al(2009) In this paper author conducted a survey to analyse the student's feedback
on a very explosive issue of stability of private institutes at Dhaka in Bangladesh. In this work author tried to
compare the quality of education with respect to different private universities and concluded that at different
aspects of competitive milieu, the education system became highly enforcing but the institutional fee
structure is quite high and incapable of effort to the deserving student.
Anil R.Sahu et al(2008) In this paper author tried to find out the factors effecting technical education and
prepared a mathematical model to analyse the affect of these factors and concluded that these factors
rigorously affected the performance level.
Abhishek Soni et al (2014) In this paper author collected the various factors for improvement in technical
education by students in the form of feedback and developed a house of quality and developed a matrix
through which he concluded that QFD played a vital role in achievement of excellence.
Harpreet Singh et al (2015) In this paper author analyzed the condition of quality education in India and
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concluded that by applying TQM practices quality of technical education can be drastically improved.
Abhishek Soni et al (2015) In this paper author collected feedback of students for quality improvement and
applied quality circle method for improvement and concluded that customer feedback plays important role in
quality improvement.
Dr P.Nagarajan et al (2010) In this paper author tried to find out the response of e learning. He prepared a
model and analyzed that e learning make the learning easy and interesting.
Miller Abassah (2011) In this paper author highlighted some basic problems of technical teachers of Nigeria
and concluded that teachers can give their best if job satisfaction is there.
Tami McCrone et al (2015) In this paper author collected various information, and tried to find out the
essential requirement for effective learning. Author concluded that teaching learning relationship as well as
learning environment play important role in making learning process interesting.
4. METHODOLOGY: There are several methods of research analysis of studies in which descriptive type
research is applied in this work. This approach is made by synthesis of students’ perspective through the
effective utilization of available resources. In this work First step of inquiry is processed through SWOT
Analysis.
SWOT ANALYSIS-: The word SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of any
system. This methodology is adopted for finding out the essential qualities in the concern area. The results of
SWOT analysis for this work are presented in tabulated form:
TABLE-1 SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT ANALYSIS
THIS DATA IS BASED
ON STUDENTS
RECORD
STRENGTHS
1
2
3
TENACITY OF
STUDENT
INVOLVEMENT IN
CLASS
PARTICIPATION
OF STUDENTS IN
LEARNING
PROCESS
RESPONSE TO
DAILY LIFE
ASSIGNMENTS
GIVEN
TOTAL STUDENTS 200 (50 STUDENTS IN EACH CLASS) AS
RESPONDENTS
SECTION A
SECTION B
SECTION C
SECTION D
15
17
15
35
20
25
35
40
20
20
30
35
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STUDENT
PRESENTATION
TOWARDS
ASSIGNED TASK
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15
17
25
32
25
25
20
15
22
25
20
20
15
15
20
25
20
20
35
40
15
15
30
40
15
15
35
45
17
20
30
35
15
15
30
35
WEAKNESSES
1
2
3
RESPONSE IN
GRASPING
CONCEPTS
WITHIN
BOUNDED TIME
APPROACH
TOWARDS
TEACHER FOR
CLEARING
DOUBTS
APPROACH
TOWARDS THEIR
COUNSELLOR
OPPORTUNITIES
1
2
3
4
5
USE OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY &
TOOLS FOR
EFFECTIVE
LEARNING(PROJE
CTORS ETC.)
USE OF SOCIAL
SITES TO SOLVE
QUERRIES
COLLECTION OF
E-NOTES OF
PARTICULAR
SUBJECT
PROVIDED BY
TEACHER
UTILIZATION OF
LABS FOR
BETTER
UNDERSTANDING
OF CONCEPTS
USE OF
INTERNET FOR
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EFFECTIVE
LEARNING
THREATS
1
2
3
UNEFFECTIVENE
SS OF STUDENTS
IN CLASSROOMS
DISTRUCTION OF
STUDENTS
THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA
IRRESPONSIVE
TOWARDS
E-NOTES
PROVIDED
35
35
25
15
30
30
20
15
30
30
20
20
Next approach the problem statement was collected by the students about the difficulties facing in the
learning of subjects. Then they were asked to give solutions of the related issues which were collected by the
faculties. On the basis of those solutions a questionnaire (as shown in appendix) was prepared and students
were asked to rate the solutions on priority basis on a three pointer scale. Then this data was interpreted in
form of graphs. And result was analysed. Then efforts were incorporated in the significance of concerned
field which were as follows:
1. Discussion on previous years papers in the class rooms
2. Practice sheets with same types of questions were provided to the students.
3. Weekly revision classes were conducted.
4. Teaching speed was reduced for the better understanding of subject.
5. Practical was made interesting by showing related videos and by incorporating quiz in lab.
6. Teaching methodology involved audio video techniques for better understanding of topics.
7. Availability of teacher was ensured on social networking sites and wattsapp group was formed where
students could ask their problems anytime.
5. RESULT AND OUTCOME:A set of twelve questions was prepared and students were asked to rate them
according to priority of solving on a three pointer scale.Scale 1 represented the less priority,scale 2
represented moderate priority and scale 3 represented the highest priority to be solved.The results are
tabulated as below:
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Table:2 (Data analysis of questionnaire)
Number of
QUESTIONS
respondent for
scale 1
16
Q1
16
Q2
12
Q3
40
Q4
32
Q5
36
Q6
28
Q7
76
Q8
24
Q9
64
Q10
24
Q11
20
Q12
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Total Respondent 200
Number of
Number of
respondent for
respondent for
scale 2
scale 3
72
112
68
116
44
104
40
120
48
120
48
116
56
116
76
48
80
96
68
68
36
140
68
112
Graph 1:Graph representing view point of respondents on different points of questionnaire.
Interpretation Of Graph : The graph interprets that most prioritized questions from learner's view point
wereQ1,Q2,Q4,Q5,Q7,Q11,Q12 (questions are shown in appendix) which were to be used as tools for the
solutions of their problems.
6. CONCLUSION: In this work an attempt is made to extract the problems in learning of technical
education and how to make teaching learning interesting and effective so that every learner can understand
and apply the learnt concepts in practical engineering problems.
The work concludes that use of audio visual techniques, availability of teachers on social sites, use of
internet, revision class each week, discussion on previous year papers and correlation of theoretical concepts
With lab experiments can be the best solutions for students facing problems in learning. Use of these tools
can make the teaching learning process most interesting an understandable to each level of students which
can help in the cultivation of good technocrats.
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APPENDIX: Given questionnaire is used for the collection of data from students:
Question
No.
Statement of Question
Respondents
SCALE1
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q6
Q7
SCALE2
SCALE3
Teaching methodology should involve use of
projectors and visual clips.
Teaching speed should be slow for better
understanding of the topic.
Weak students should be given more attention.
Practice sheet should be given for each topic
Every week there should be one revision class.
College timing should be reduced.
Practical knowledge & experiments should be more
emphasized.
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Q8
Q9
Q10
Q11
Q12
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Checking of class notebooks should be on regular
basis
Regular questioning on previous and ongoing topics
should be there.
One class test in a week should be there
Previous year papers should be discussed on regular
basis.
Availability of teacher on social sites for queries on a
specific time should be there.
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