Learning beyond text

IIM Faculty set to follow 3 Idiots
Sureshbala


The 3 Idiots has touched the people of IIM-A. Inspired by the movie, the faculty members at IIM-A are teaching students to learn about life from beyond the textbooks and curriculum in an elective course called ‘Learning What is Not Taught (LWNT)’. The course took off on Saturday.

Executive director of Tata Sons Ltd R Gopalakrishnan who is the lead instructor of LWNT said, “What the students learn in the classrooms is only the beginning of learning. The rest of the lessons are to be learnt from what life teaches them.”

He said that the early success in terms of earnings by young professionals creates a illusion that they have achieved a lot and better than their predecessors. It also results in over confidence. But life is not just being successful in terms job and money. It’s more than that. Using the clips from the movie, the students will be shown how the act of running after success brings failure.

The elective course will witness video recordings of lectures by personalities like Narayan Murthy, Arun Maira, Vijay Mallya and Rahul Bajaj who will speak about their life experiences through the videos and interactive sessions of various other visiting faculties.

The step taken by the leading Management Institute will definitely inspire the academic industry to follow the same suit.


Source: http://cat.learnhub.com/news/799-iim-faculty-set-to-follow-3-idiots