Background
With increased recognition that skilled teachers are perhaps the most fundamental resource for improving student learning, there is growing interest in figuring out how to recruit and retain competent teachers, especially in private universities of Bangladesh. Evidence shows that high quality teachers play an important role in facilitating interactive teaching and learning. So attracting the best people to teach in the higher education is a great challenge. Moreover, getting them to stay in teaching profession is even more important. But ensuring both of these are really a challenge for private universities in Bangladesh.
Ensuring quality teaching and learning has become an issue of importance as the landscape of higher education in Bangladesh has been facing continued changes: increased competition, increasing social and geographical diversity of the student body, increasing demands for value of money, introduction of Information, Communication and Technologies (ICT), etc. Modern educational technologies have entered the classroom and demand the appropriate interactions between students and teachers. Effective teachers have empathy for students, they are organized and expressive. They have passions for learning, for their field, for teaching and for their students. But research also demonstrates that effective teaching depends on what is being taught and on other situational factors.
The Foundation for Learning, Teaching and Research (fLTR), which has been recently created by nine Vice Chancellors of private universities, has taken an initiative to offer a certificate course on Teaching and Learning designed especially for the new instructors of private/public universities of Bangladesh. The course will be facilitated on workshop mode and will run for three full working days (3 days X 8 hours=24 hours) which deals with fundamental requirements for teaching and learning at the university level. However, the fLTR is also planning to offer a long duration Diploma course both on teaching, learning and research.
It is commonly observed that while the new instructors are comfortable with their subject matter, but to be successful teachers for effective classroom teaching, they need more support for ensuring quality teaching and learning. The new instructors ( through a survey conducted earlier) expressed that they believed there was a “generation gap” between them and their students, and they wanted to have a better understanding of the students and the way they think, act and express themselves.
The founders of fLTR strongly felt that the newly recruited faculty members must be oriented about the teaching philosophy, organizational culture, values and academic teaching and non-academic management practices of the university. So the agenda for the program was developed based on the new instructors’ needs.
Contents
- Social Capital: Ground Rules for Effective Classroom Teaching and Learning
- Teaching in Higher Education: Bigger Picture of Education
- Pedagogy and Andragogy
- Principles of interactive teaching and learning
- Teaching styles Vs Learning styles (Multiple Intelligences)
- The Art of Questioning
- Course Objectives and Students Learning Outcomes
- The Art of Receiving and Giving Constructive Feedback
- ICT in Teaching
- Effective Habits and Behaviors of High Performing Teachers
- The Art of Preparing Quality course Syllabus
- Preparing Effective Lesson Plan
- Behavioral Ethics in Teaching and Learning
- Grading Students’ Performance
- Teaching Portfolio
- Management of Disruptive Behavior of the Students
Program Schedule with venue
Teaching for Active Learning 1 (TAL-1): An Initiative of fLTR
5-7 January, 2017
Venue: Seminar Room of Green University of Bangladesh (GUB)
List of Participants
| Serial | Name | Designation | University |
| 1. | Mr. Muksit Ahmed Chowdhury | Asst. Professor | Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology |
| 2. | Mr. Shafayat Al Imam | Asst. Professor | Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology |
| 3. | Md. Al Amin | Lecturer | Bangladesh Army International |
| 4. | Mr. A S M Monjurul Hasan | Lecturer | Bangladesh Army International |
| 5. | Mrs. Arobia Khanam | Lecturer | Bangladesh Open University |
| 6. | Md. Mahfuzur Rahman | Lecturer | Bangladesh Open University |
| 7. | Ms. Merine Sultana | Lecturer | Bangladesh Open University |
| 8. | Mr. Adnan | Lecturer | BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT) |
| 9. | Mr. Arafat Hossain | Asst. Professor | BGMEA University of Fashion & Technology (BUFT |
| 10. | Ms. Farrah Jabeen | Sr. Lecturer | BRAC University |
| 11. | Manal Anis | Lecturer | BRAC University |
| 12. | Mr. Pankaj Paul | Lecturer | BRAC University |
| 13. | Ms. Sher Shormin Azmiri khan | Asst. Professor | Central Women’s University |
| 14. | Ms. Asif-Un-Nahar | Sr. Lecturer | Central Women’s University |
| 15. | Md. Humayun Kabir Khan | Sr. Lecturer | City University Bangladesh |
| 16. | Mrs. Fatema Tuz Zohora | Lecturer | City University Bangladesh |
| 17. | Mr. Mohammad Masum Iqbal | Associate Professor | Daffodil International University |
| 18. | Dr. Tauhid Bhuiyan | Associate Professor | Daffodil International University |
| 19. | Ms. Nafisa Huq | Lecturer | Eastern University of Bangladesh |
| 20. | Md. Abdul Awal Khan | Asst. Professor | Eastern University of Bangladesh |
| 21. | Mr. Humayan Kabir Rana | Lercturer | Green University of Bangladesh |
| 22. | Mr. Md. Fakhrudoza Bari | Lecturer | Green University of Bangladesh |
| 23. | Mr. Obaidullah Al Marjuk | Sr. Lecturer | Independent University Bangladesh |
| 24. | Mr. Shafiqul Alam | Lecturer | Independent University Bangladesh |
| 25. | Ms. Karin Pavlina Rozario | Lecturer | Notre Dame University Bangladesh |
| 26. | Ms. Marufa Montaha | Lecturer | Notre Dame University Bangladesh |
| 27. | Mr. Rashed Mahmud | Lecturer | Pabna University of Science and Technology |
| 28. | Mr. Niaz Imtiaz | Lecturer | Pabna University of Science and Technology |
| 29. | Md. Asaduzzaman | Asst. Professor | Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) |
| 30. | Md. Mostafizur Rahman | Lecturer | Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) |
| 31. | Plaban Chandra Saha | Lecturer | Shahjalal University of Science and Technology |
| 32. | Md. Mostofa Hossain | Asst. Professor | Sonargaon University |
| 33. | Mr. Saifuddin Ahmed | Lecturer | Sonargaon University |
| 34. | Md. Al-Amin Molla | Asst. Professor | Sonargaon University |
| 35. | Mr. Hanif Bhuiyan | Lecturer | University of Asia Pacific |
| 36. | Md. Hamiduzzaman | Lecturer | University of Asia Pacific |
| 37. | Ms. Afia Alam | Lecturer | University of Liberal Arts |
| 38. | Mr. Asif Uddin Ahmed | Asst. Professor | University of Liberal Arts |
| 39. | Mr. Muntasir Mamun | Asst. Professor | University of Liberal Arts |
| 40. | Dr. Kawsar Ahmed | Associate Professor | United International University |
| 41. | Mr. B.K.M Mizanur Rahman | Asst. Professor | United International University |
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