Workshop on pedagogy at GNDU

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 18

A seven-day workshop on Emerging Teaching Pedagogy was inaugurated at the UGC- Human Resource Development Centre of Guru Nanak Dev University here on Monday.

As many as 46 teachers and research scholars from Punjab and other neighbouring states are participating.

The workshop is being conducted under the aegis of faculty development centre (FDC), been allocated to the centre of the university under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching Scheme by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Prof Hardeep Singh, dean, academic affairs, presided over the inaugural session. Prof Singh in his inaugural address emphasised the urgent need of making the pedagogical skills more relevant, more authentic in the light of the present fast changing scenario. Students of today are flooded with the glut of information on any topic with a click of a mouse, which has made the task of teacher more challenging, he said.

Dr Vikram Sandhu from University Business School and coordinator of the workshop appraised the thrust area of the workshop, which he said is focused on emerging teaching pedagogical approaches, use of ICT in the classroom and so on.