About the FDP

Growth in career of teachers largely depends on the professional development practices that improve knowledge in teaching and research. This demands specialized training in teaching and research. Therefore, it is important for teachers to strike a balance between teaching and research for a well-balanced professional growth. This requires a collaborative effort between major stakeholders of education such as curriculum developers, materials designers, teachers, learners and administerial personnel. In this collaborative effort, the teacher has to assume multiple roles and should take up the responsibility of translating professional and practical knowledge into research. In this context, this faculty development programme aims to address the issues that every teacher, researcher and language trainer encounters in the professional environment. The programme will also enable teachers and researchers to develop competence that would help them face challenges in their career. The FDP is being conducted in two phases: Pedagogical Practices (Phase-I) and Researching and Publishing (Phase-II).

Objectives

  • To facilitate understanding of teaching pedagogy and effective implementation of every aspect of pedagogy

  • To develop a framework to continue with professional development practices that establish an equilibrium with teaching

  • To enable effective self-assessment in teaching and research

  • To help integrate research and pedagogy for problem solving and publishing

Target Participants

  • English Teachers

  • English Language Trainers

  • Research Scholars in English

Programme Conveners

  • Dr. V.K. Karthika

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Email: vkkarthika@nitt.edu , Mobile: 80782 38829

  • Dr. R. Joseph Ponniah

Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Email: joseph@nitt.edu , Mobile: 94873 68155

PATRON

Prof. Mini Shaji ThomasDirector, NIT Tiruchirapalli


NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 015

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