FDP Program

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (FDP) ON CURRICULUM & TECHNOLOGY

(Seven Days, 05/01/2017 to 11/01/2017)

Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) are especially important for enhancing the academic and intellectual environment in the Institutions by providing faculty members with enough opportunities to pursue research and teaching. Participation in such programmes would enable faculty members to update their research and pedagogical skills. Overall, the aim of all these training programs is to support higher educators in adapting to changing missions of teaching and to enhance the efficiency and performance of their teaching skills while improving work satisfaction and teaching confidence by developing good teachers.

The key features of this programme is the technological integration of the curriculum design and development strategies with high priority to experiential learning, provision of feedback, effective peer and colleague relationships, well-designed interventions in accordance with the principles of adult learning theory, and the use of diverse teaching and learning methods. The programme also intends to promote confidence in the situational management & decision making skills of the teachers by giving professional management training. The FDP programme can be a powerful tool to constitute a positive institutional climate and collegiality among teachers working in higher education. 

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

The main objective of the FDP in “Curriculum & Technology” is to upgrade the teaching, training and content development skills of teachers in higher education. The programme enables the participants to develop competence to understand recent advancement in teaching methodology, research, pedagogies, effective presentation techniques, and behavioural skills to be an effective faculty. The programme equips the faculty with the latest tools and techniques for effective teaching and training through discussions, group work, lectures, workshop exercises, assignments, projects. The programme creates value orientation among teachers while adopting technology in classrooms.

OBJECTIVES

The specific objectives of this programme is to

•  Develop an appreciation for the professional development of teachers in view of changing roles and responsibilities of higher education in the 21^st century
• Understand the significance of alignment amongst the fundamental elements of effective teaching and learning
•  Integrate the latest technological advancement in curriculum design and learning
• Comprehend easier ways to integrate the latest technological tools in one’s classroom teaching
• Get motivated to publish in top-notch journals by understanding the expectations and basics of indexing and citations

ELIGIBILITY/ TARGET GROUP

The teachers working in various university departments, autonomous colleges, affiliated colleges of the country are eligible to apply. Preferences will be given to those teachers working in universities or colleges under Sections 2(f) and 12 B of the UGC Act, 1956.

PROGRAMME DATES

The Faculty Development Programme (FDP) is scheduled from 5^th January 2017 to 11^th January 2017. The sessions will start at 9.30 am every day and will end at 4.30 pm.

SESSIONS

There will be four sessions in every day. So altogether there are 28 sessions which include Introductory, Valedictory, Examination, Local Sightseeing, Curriculum Development, Feedback and Reflections other than the Regular training sessions by the Resource persons