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Attributes of good teaching in engineering education in Indian subcontinent

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Engineering education in India has been facing considerable challenges in regard to good teaching and knowledge deployment. Therefore demands new teaching methods and learning approaches thus must be developed in the field. The present review explores the concept of good teaching practices affecting performance of students in higher education with special reference to engineering education in India. With the advent of new technologies and tools, it is also vital to study the effectiveness of teaching methodologies; therefore, the review is intended to demarcate the factors which can be used to evaluate the good teaching among students. This study also explains the research done on engineering education in India in the past and recognizes the major factors influencing the same.

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The authors are grateful to the Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, HOD CET - IIT, Kharagpur, for providing necessary facilities for the study and IIT Kharagpur, India for grant in aids. Thanks are also due for Dr Sudeep Tiwari, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute Lucknow, India, for his critical editorial help.

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Chaubey, A., Bhattacharya, B. & Mandal, S.K.D. Attributes of good teaching in engineering education in Indian subcontinent. Sādhanā 43, 188 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-018-0946-3

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