1st Century Teaching Skills-2020
The international online Faculty Development Programme on “21st Century Teaching Skills” was organized by the Department of Home Science, KAHM Unity Women’s College, from 27th July to 29th July 2020. The Resource Person of the programme was Ms. Atiya Bansal, Director of Alef academy and CEO, ACES Ltd., Hong Kong, who is also a teacher, writer and teacher trainer. Among the 111 teachers registered, around 81 teachers from various parts of India, Malaysia, Jeddah, Dubai and Kuwait attended the programme. Mrs A.S. Anitha Begum. Head of the Department of Home Science welcomed the guests and the participants. The FDP was inaugurated by the Principal, Dr. C. Saidalavi. Mr. O. Abdul Ali, Manager and Dr. Annie Ninan, IQAC coordinator, felicitated the programme.
On Day 1, the focus of the session was on teaching tools including three domains of learning, Bloom's Taxonomy & Higher Order Thinking Skills. The session on Critical Thinking & Critical Reading & Metacognitive Skills was organized on the second day. The third day session included Creativity and story-telling techniques. Each session had a duration of 1.5 hours followed by an active interaction.