Teaching Skills for Higher Education

By Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh | Banaras Hindu University

Learners enrolled: 2348

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Teaching skills help a teacher in keeping their students engaged and motivated for learning. The hard and soft ways of handling the contents and the raw learners may be referred to as teaching skills. These skills draw the attention of diverse group of students simultaneously. Some of these teaching abilities may come naturally to a few people only, while all others may acquire it through practice and make themselves more successful. This course will enable all learners in higher education irrespective of their discipline to engage and learn the basic communication skills essentially needed for effective teaching in classroom. These skills will be helpful for learners and teachers for teaching at all levels of education irrespective of the medium of instruction. The medium of communication in all the Videos of lectures in this course is bilingual (English and Hindi) for the convenience of the learners.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students of UG/B.Ed., PG/M.Ed., Ph.D. level and Teachers at all levels

PRE-REQUISITES: Intermediate (XII)

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary Teacher Education
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	18 Aug 2025
End Date :	10 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends :	18 Aug 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	29 Aug 2025
Exam Date :	24 Oct 2025 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Teaching Skills for Effective Teaching and Skill of Writing Instructional Objectives

Week 2: Skill of Introducing a Lesson / Set Induction

Week 3: Skill of Stimulus Variation

Week 4: Skill of Reinforcement

Week 5: Skill of Explaining and Using the Writing Board

Week 6: Skill of Questioning and Probing Questioning

Week 7: Skill of Illustrating with Examples and Demonstrations

Week 8: Skill of Closure of the Lesson and Integration of Teaching Skills

Books and references

Anderson, L. & Krathwohl, D. & Airasian, P. & Samuel, B. (2001). A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Edition: 1^st. Publisher: New York: Longman. ISBN: ISBN-10: 080131903X, ISBN‐13: 978‐0801319037
Bloom, B. S., Englehart, M. D., Furst, E. J., Hill, W. H., & Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). The Taxonomy of educational objectives, handbook I: The Cognitive domain. New York: David McKay Co., Inc. https://eclass.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/PPP242/Benjamin%20S.%20Bloom%20-%20Taxonomy%20of%20Educational%20Objectives%2C%20Handbook%201_%20Cognitive%20Domain-Addison%20Wesley%20Publishing%20Company%20%281956%29.pdf
Bloom’s Taxonomy. Centre for Teaching Excellence. University of Waterloo. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2025, from https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/catalogs/tip-sheets/blooms-taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives - The Center for Teaching and Learning. (2025, March 20). The Center for Teaching and Learning. Retrieved May 6, 2025, from https://teaching.charlotte.edu/services-programs/teaching-guides/course-design/blooms-educational-objectives/
Gogus, A. (2012). Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives. In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_141
Gronlund, N., Brookhart, S. M., Huba, M. E., Freed, J., & Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC. (2013). Developing instructional objectives. https://samples.jbpub.com/9781449687670/9781449687670_ch03_v1xx.pdf
Jangira, N.K., & Singh, A. (1982). Core Teaching Skills, NCERT, New Delhi
Kenneth, D.M. (2001). Classroom teaching skills (3rd ed.). McGraw-hill, New York. https://archive.org/details/classroomteachin00moor_0/page/326/mode/2up
Krathwohl, D.R., Bloom, B.S., & Masia, B.B. (1964). Taxonomy of educational objectives, the classification of educational goals, handbook II: Affective domain. New York: David McKay Co., Inc. https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/43808/11217_2004_Article_BF00373956.pdf;sequence=1
Krathwohl, D. R. (2002). A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview. Theory Into Practice, 41(4), 212–218. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15430421TIP4104_2
Passi, B.K., (1976). Becoming Better Teacher, Centre of Advanced Study in Education, M.S. University of Baroda
Singh, S.K. (2024). Module on Teaching Skills for Professional Enhancement of Teachers in Higher Education, Self-instructional e-module, digital download and online, Self-Published: Varanasi, Pp. 56, ISBN:978-93-340-2278-0 https://www.academia.edu/115724388/MODULE_ON_TEACHING_SKILLS_FOR_PROFESSIONAL_ENHANCEMENT_OF_TEACHERS_IN_HIGHER_EDUCATION and https://bhu.ac.in/Images/files/Teaching%20Skills%20Module%20Book%20-Sunil%20Singh.pdf
Singh, S.K. (2024). उच्च शिक्षा में शिक्षकों के व्यावसायिक विकास हेतु शिक्षण कौशल मॉडयूल, Self-instructional e-module, digital download and online, Self-Published: Varanasi, Pp.79, ISBN: 978-93-341-4997-5 https://www.academia.edu/125092657/Teaching_Skills_for_Teachers_Hindi_Medium_Final_upload_Sunil_BHU and https://bhu.ac.in/Images/files/Teaching%20Skills%20for%20Teachers%20Hindi%20Medium%20Final%20upload%20Sunil%20BHU.pdf
Singh, S.K. (2024). Module for Methods of Teaching Science, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Languages in Higher Education. Self-instructional e-module, digital download and online, Self-Published: Varanasi, Pp. 82. ISBN : 9789334050233 https://www.bhu.ac.in/Images/files/Final%20Module%20on%20%20Teaching%20Methods%2026%20April%20Sunil-2.pdf and https://www.academia.edu/118479878/Module_for_Methods_of_Teaching_Final_upload_Sunil_BHU
Singh, S.K. (2024). उच्च शिक्षा में विज्ञान , गणित , मानविकी एवं सामाजिक विज्ञान तथा भाषा हेतु शिक्षण-विधि मोड्यूल Self-instructional e-module, digital download and online, Self-Published: Varanasi, Pp. 116. ISBN: 978-93-341-4659-2 https://www.bhu.ac.in/Images/files/Methods%20of%20Teaching%20%20Module%20in%20Hindi-Sunil%20BHU%20Oct_%202024.pdf and https://www.academia.edu/124898701/Methods_of_Teaching_Module_in_Hindi_Sunil_BHU_Oct_2024

Instructor bio

Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh

Banaras Hindu University

The principal instructor is Senior Professor in Faculty of education, BHU. He has teaching and research experience of more than twenty-seven years. He has developed soft modules in Hindi and English medium on teaching skills for professionals in higher education. He is proficient in delivery of various skills since more than two decades.The teaching assistant has experience in facilitation and development of reading materials and training in teaching skills as a research scholar in Faculty of Education, BHU.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 24 October 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of INI and BHU.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- INI team

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