International Journal of Education & Applied Sciences Research
Print ISSN : 2349 –4808
Online ISSN : 2349 –2899
Frequency : Continuous
Current Issue : Volume 2 , Issue 1
2015
*Raghavendran V, **Dr J Gajendra Naidu,
*Research scholar, Department of Management Studies, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, India, **Professor & Research Guide, Department of Management Studies, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, India & Head of the Department in Finance, Botho University: Botswana, Africa
Published Online : 2015-01-30
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Abstract:
Quality has become a grave concern in higher education today. Many colleges and universities still follow the traditional teacher-centered pedagogy, which has failed t o enhance quality of student learning. The paper proposes an extreme Teaching-Learning Paradigm (XTLP) framework to improve quality in higher education. XTLP derives its philosophy from Extreme Programming, an agile software methodology intended to improve software quality in response to the changing requirements of customers. XTLP aims at continuous improvement of student learning, keeping student satisfaction as its focus. Through its many practices, it intends to overcome many of the limitations of the traditional teaching-learning paradigm. This paper describes the XTLP, a conceptual framework with its practices and discusses its usability in higher education.
Keywords: Extreme Programming; higher education; pedagogy; teaching and learning; XTLP.
