THRIVE: 14 Being a part of the SUCSESS Project has richly enhanced my teaching capabilities and has also allowed me to explore various kinds of teaching styles that I can make use of in my teaching. For instance, in one of my second-year modules (Food and Beverage Studies, Practical) – we employed a Design Sprint which is a teaching method used in product development. It enhances students’ ability to conceive and improve on their skills in product development, problem solving creativity and critical thinking. I further found immense value in replicating and sharing what I had learnt from the project with fellow colleagues. In August, I facilitated an internal SUCSESS trainingon theuseof the Design Sprint method in teaching and learning. This was a fun and practical experiment where we used a small bakery setting as a scenario. The task required participants to decorate a cupcake, set a price and a target market, and finally unpack how they would sell it. In the tourism context, this teaching method could well apply to scenario set in a virtual tour experience. This interactive manner of applying the Design Sprint method allowed me to share insights and best practices on how colleagues could employ this method in their own teaching. The Gallery Walk is another teaching method worth mentioning. This method allows students to explore multiple texts and images that placed around the classroom. This is followed by a peerto-peer about these texts and images. This provides a space for students to engage amongst their peers, respond to comments and questions, as well as receive constructive critique. The Gallery Walk method fosters a deeper and more meaningful teaching and learning environment. This is because as it enables students to apply the theory discussed during conventional lectures and express this content in a manner that they understand individually. Overall, the student feedback from the application of this method was positive. Students found it to be an interesting form of learning that could be most beneficial in creating an open space for interaction. Notably, others expressed that they preferred this method of teaching to the “traditional” method of a lecturer delivering a presentation. It is clear to me that peer-to-peer learning may be one of the most effective ways to create an interactive learning environment that enables students to apply the theory and themes from module content in a fun and practical manner - Akhona Melani, Hospitality Lecturer . Adding value through new teaching methods The Gallery Walk method fosters a deeper and more meaningful teaching and learning environment. This is because as it enables students to apply the theory discussed during conventional lectures and express this content in a manner that they understand individually. Follow the project online: www.sucsessproject.co.za Facebook/SUCSESSproject Twitter: @SUCSESSProject S U C S E S S P r o j e c t image source: pexels.com
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