Seven Days Orientation Programme (Under Faculty Development Programme) on the Theme “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs Humanities? Rethinking Education and Pedagogy for a Just Society" (21-27 April, 2018).
Faculty Development Programme is significant for the educational growth of the individual participating teachers, resource persons and educational institutions in general. It provides a platform for teachers to enrich their knowledge on the diverse subjects and enhance their pedagogical skills for better learning and teaching. Though the programmes are being offered by the HRDC across different Universities in India for newly recruited teachers and beyond but there were certain challenges for the women teachers of the border region to participate for the same. It was for instance the challenge of long distance and time required in participating in the programmes. There is Thea large number of adhoc teachers working in the college who too required FDP for their educational growth. Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur took a lead in organizing the Orientation Programme for the teachers of its college and the neighbouring areas to overcome the challenges of long duration and distance.
The Department of Philosophy in collaboration with IQAC organized Orientation Programme under FDP as under: Date: 21.04.2018 to 27.04.2018: Seven Days Orientation Programme (Under Faculty Development Programme) on “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs Humanities? Rethinking Education and Pedagogy for a Just Society" at the college campus. The course provided easy opportunity for adhoc and permanent teachers working in the college and the neighbouring region to participate in a quality course designed and prepared by the Department of Philosophy, in collaboration with the IQAC of the College. Renowned faculty from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala and a Journalist from BBC Punjabi, New Delhi were requested and they delivered significant presentations on diverse subjects engaging creative dialogue among the participants.
The Course provided greater opportunity to the participants and resource persons for a better learning and it helped the teachers in more vibrant and creative pedagogy which helped students’ performance to a good position in academic results and learning. The course provided boon to women teachers of the college and region who find it hard to travel long distance to participate in a FDP because of their family responsibilities and other roles.
The course was so designed that they participate at their work place or near to their reach which provide them opportunity to learn and grow into a better teacher. Issues like ‘Society, Humanities and Democracy: Can Justice and Equality be Taught?’, ‘Idea of Citizen and Constitutional bodies in shaping of Just Societies’, New Perceptions and Subjectivities: Railways and Cinema as Carriers of Modernity, ‘Growing Up Dalit: Caste and Construction of Childhood in Contemporary Times’, ‘Each of us have an Individual Method of Learning. Learning happens when all Aspects of the Individual self are Aligned to Receiving the Knowledge’, ‘Education and educator in Search for Social justice’, ‘Role of Education in empowering India’, were discussed effectively with the participants.
The resource persons who delivered the lectures were Lallan Singh Baghel, Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Jayanti Dutta, Deputy Director, Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Vijaya Singh Assistant Professor, Regional Institute of English, Sector 32, Chandigarh, Professor Mahesh Sharma, Department of Evening Studies - Multi Disciplinary Research Centre Panjab University, Chandigarh, Professor Rajesh Sharma, Department of English Punjabi University, Patiala, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Prof. Ronki Ram Shaheed Bhagat Singh Professor Department of Political Science Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal , Assistant Professor in English University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Navpreet Kaur Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Ms. Nandini Hirianniah Entrepreneur, Journalist and Mass Media Person, Morpheusgang, Chandigarh, Dr. Jatinder Singh, Department of Political Science Punjabi University, Patiala, Prof. Bikram Rana State Liaison Officer NSS U.T., Chandigarh, Mr. Daljit Ami Writer, Film Director & Journalist Former Deputy Editor, Punjabi Tribune (Associated with Azim Premji Foundations, Bangalore) Chandigarh, Dr. Jatinder Kaur Department of Punjabi MCM, D.A.V College for Women Sec-36, Chandigarh
Seven Days Orientation Programme (Under Faculty Development Programme) on the Theme “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs Humanities? Rethinking Education and Pedagogy for a Just Society" (21-27 April, 2018).
Faculty Development Programme is significant for the educational growth of the individual participating teachers, resource persons and educational institutions in general. It provides a platform for teachers to enrich their knowledge on the diverse subjects and enhance their pedagogical skills for better learning and teaching. Though the programmes are being offered by the HRDC across different Universities in India for newly recruited teachers and beyond but there were certain challenges for the women teachers of the border region to participate for the same. It was for instance the challenge of long distance and time required in participating in the programmes. There is Thea large number of adhoc teachers working in the college who too required FDP for their educational growth. Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur took a lead in organizing the Orientation Programme for the teachers of its college and the neighbouring areas to overcome the challenges of long duration and distance.
The Department of Philosophy in collaboration with IQAC organized Orientation Programme under FDP as under: Date: 21.04.2018 to 27.04.2018: Seven Days Orientation Programme (Under Faculty Development Programme) on “Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs Humanities? Rethinking Education and Pedagogy for a Just Society" at the college campus. The course provided easy opportunity for adhoc and permanent teachers working in the college and the neighbouring region to participate in a quality course designed and prepared by the Department of Philosophy, in collaboration with the IQAC of the College. Renowned faculty from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala and a Journalist from BBC Punjabi, New Delhi were requested and they delivered significant presentations on diverse subjects engaging creative dialogue among the participants.
The Course provided greater opportunity to the participants and resource persons for a better learning and it helped the teachers in more vibrant and creative pedagogy which helped students’ performance to a good position in academic results and learning. The course provided boon to women teachers of the college and region who find it hard to travel long distance to participate in a FDP because of their family responsibilities and other roles.
The course was so designed that they participate at their work place or near to their reach which provide them opportunity to learn and grow into a better teacher. Issues like ‘Society, Humanities and Democracy: Can Justice and Equality be Taught?’, ‘Idea of Citizen and Constitutional bodies in shaping of Just Societies’, New Perceptions and Subjectivities: Railways and Cinema as Carriers of Modernity, ‘Growing Up Dalit: Caste and Construction of Childhood in Contemporary Times’, ‘Each of us have an Individual Method of Learning. Learning happens when all Aspects of the Individual self are Aligned to Receiving the Knowledge’, ‘Education and educator in Search for Social justice’, ‘Role of Education in empowering India’, were discussed effectively with the participants.
The resource persons who delivered the lectures were Lallan Singh Baghel, Chairperson, Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Jayanti Dutta, Deputy Director, Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Vijaya Singh Assistant Professor, Regional Institute of English, Sector 32, Chandigarh, Professor Mahesh Sharma, Department of Evening Studies - Multi Disciplinary Research Centre Panjab University, Chandigarh, Professor Rajesh Sharma, Department of English Punjabi University, Patiala, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Prof. Ronki Ram Shaheed Bhagat Singh Professor Department of Political Science Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal , Assistant Professor in English University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dr. Navpreet Kaur Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Ms. Nandini Hirianniah Entrepreneur, Journalist and Mass Media Person, Morpheusgang, Chandigarh, Dr. Jatinder Singh, Department of Political Science Punjabi University, Patiala, Prof. Bikram Rana State Liaison Officer NSS U.T., Chandigarh, Mr. Daljit Ami Writer, Film Director & Journalist Former Deputy Editor, Punjabi Tribune (Associated with Azim Premji Foundations, Bangalore) Chandigarh, Dr. Jatinder Kaur Department of Punjabi MCM, D.A.V College for Women Sec-36, Chandigarh
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