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Faculty Development is an integral part of our efforts at Pushpanjali College of Education. Glimpses of programmes held to date are showcased below.
2019-20
Discussion with Prof Maissa Rollnick of Maran Centre for Mathematics and Science education, University of Witerwatersand, South Africa
On 7 January 2020, Prof. Marissa Rollnick of Marang Centre for Mathematics and Science Education, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesberg, South Africa visited the college and interacted with the faculty and students. She presented her views on Essential Elements of Teaching for Meaning, emphasing on the importance of 'wait time' after asking questions, need to consider the pedagogical content knowledge and the significance of tacit knowledge of teachers. She was accompanied by Ms Linda Crawford who shared her experiences of indigenous mushroom farming and veternary pharmacy. Dr. Narendra Deshmukh of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education co ordinated the visit. The visit gave us insights into the nature of Teacher Education in Johannesberg.
On 7 January 2020, Prof. Marissa Rollnick of Marang Centre for Mathematics and Science Education, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesberg, South Africa visited the college and interacted with the faculty and students. She presented her views on Essential Elements of Teaching for Meaning, emphasing on the importance of 'wait time' after asking questions, need to consider the pedagogical content knowledge and the significance of tacit knowledge of teachers. She was accompanied by Ms Linda Crawford who shared her experiences of indigenous mushroom farming and veternary pharmacy. Dr. Narendra Deshmukh of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education co ordinated the visit. The visit gave us insights into the nature of Teacher Education in Johannesberg.
2020-21
In house Discussion on Higher Education as per NEP 2020
On 22 September 2021, the college faculty participated in an in house discussion on the National Policy of Education 2020 and discussed its implications with respect to Teacher Education and Higher Education. Dr Agnes DCosta was the resource person and she elucidated the pillars of NEP 2020.the recommendations with respect to school education and higher education were duly discussed.
2021-22
In house Discussion on Emerging Trends in Education
2021-22
Discussion on UGC guidelines about transforming HEIs to Multidisciplinary institutions
On 2 September 2022, UGC released the guidelines to transform higher education institutions into multidisciplinary institutions. The Principal and faculty studied the document and had a discussion on 8 Sept. Academic collaboration between institutions through “clusters” of HEIs, promotion of multi-disciplinary education and research in online and offline modes were some topics discussed.
2022-23
Round Table on Quality Enhancement of Teaching Learning
On 16 May 2023, the faculty had a discussion on teaching learning and evaluation. The discussion mainly centred around aspects like PLOs and CLOs, multi modal approaches to learning and constructivist approach as applied to Teacher Education. Criterion Two of NAAC SSR manual was perused through and at relevant stages reflection was induced to examine what gas need to be addressed. The newly inducted faculty members were specially oriented to the various metrics and the need for proper planning, execution and documentation were duly emphasized. These discussions were led by IQAC coordinator Dr Agnes Dcosta. The faculty also deliberated on recent documents of UGC such as National Higher Education Quality Framework and National Credit Framework. Faculty members shared some activity-based techniques that they have used in their teaching learning.
2022-23
Workshop on Creating Online Courses
On 2nd September 2023, free workshop on Creating Online Courses was organised by Pushpanjali College of Education and St. Teresa’s Institute of Education. Dr Agnes Dcosta, Associate Professor, Pushpanjali College of Education was the resource person for this two-hour workshop. She guided the participants to create their own accounts on the platform and helped them prepare a course with basic modules. Various features like adding pages, assignments, quizzes, E discussions, uploading learning material, embedding videos, links and rubrics were demonstrated. Participants had a hands-on experience and were successful in creating a course incorporating different features.
2023-24
Expert guidance on Quality Assurance: A guided discussion focusing on "Navigating Quality Assurance in Teacher Education" was conducted on 24 Jan 2024. The discussion, organized by the college IQAC, aimed to enhance the understanding of faculty on the various criteria outlined in the NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) manual. The resource person Dr. Cindrella Dmello (Associate Professor, St. Teresa’s Institute of Education, Mumbai and IQAC member) provided an in-depth overview of quality in the context of teacher education. She delved into strategies for infusing quality into different aspects of teacher education, including curriculum planning, teaching-learning methodologies, and evaluation processes.
Discussion on NAAC Binary System: The Dr K. Radhakrishnan Report January 2024, proposed transformative reforms for strengthening Assessment and Accreditation of higher education institutions in India. To understand the proposed changes, the faculty had a discussion led by IQAC coordinator Dr. Agnes Dcosta. The session highlighted the ten broad areas with focus on input, process and output aspects. Each area was examined with respect to the metrics for affiliated colleges. Extensive discussion was held on quality initiatives that can be incorporated.
Session on AI tools for research: An interactive session on AI Tools for Research was organised for the faculty on 20 Aug 2024. IQAC coordinator Dr Agnes Dcosta shared how to use free platforms like Research Rabbit, Consensus to identify related researches and also organise the same according to appropriate themes. Sr Delicia Fernandes shared how Zotero can be used to cite research and manage bibliographic data.
FDPs attended from 2018-2023
The faculty regularly participate in orientation courses, refresher courses and other FDPs organised by various institutions.
List of faculty participation in such programmes from 2018-19 onwards ( programmes of duration four days and above are included below. the faculty has attended many one/two day workshops which are not included in the list below)
Dr Mabel Pimenta
Certificate Course ‘Capacity Building Program on enabling for Inclusion’ from Feb-April 2019
Six day webinar series on ‘Knowledge Generation in Education during Covid Pandemic’ organised by BTTC College from 1 to 6 June 2020
Dr Sheetal Chaudhari
series of webinars conducted by Bombay Teachers Training College from 5 to 8 May 2020
Five day workshop on Interactive E Content Development conducted by St Teresa’s Institute of Education and Universal Teachers Academy from 8 to 12 May 2020
Five day FDP on Evolution from Offline to Online Teaching conducted by Satish Pradhan Dnyansadhana College from 30 May to 3 June 2020
Five day FDP on Creating Tech Savvy Teachers for Future Classrooms organised by St Teresa’s Institute of Education and EdFly from 6 to 10 June 2020
Ms Angelina Nunes
Five day workshop on Interactive E Content Development conducted by St Teresa’s Institute of Education and Universal Teachers Academy from 8 to 12 May 2020
Five day workshop on Empowering Teachers for Online Teaching organised by St Teresa’s Institute of Education from 26 to 30 May 2020
Five day FDP on Creating Tech Savvy Teachers for Future Classrooms organised by St Teresa’s Institute of Education and EdFly from 6 to 10 June 2020
FDP organised by St Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur from 3 to 5 July 2020
Dr Helen Jadhav
Five day workshop on Interactive E Content Development conducted by St Teresa’s Institute of Education and Universal Teachers Academy from 8 to 12 May 2020
Dr Agnes Dcosta
five week long MOOC on Introduction to Technology Enabled Learning conducted by Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University in Oct- Nov 2019
series of webinars conducted by Bombay Teachers Training College from 3 to 6 May 2020
Five day workshop on Interactive E Content Development conducted by St Teresa’s Institute of Education and Universal Teachers Academy from 8 to 12 May 2020
FDP on Online College Management and Online Content Development Tools conducted by University of Mumbai, North Star academy and Lala Lajpatrai College from 30 April to 2 May 2020
3 week long MOOC on Flipped Classroom Approach conducted by Open Education for a Better world and Thakur College of Education from 22 April to 15 May 2020
Four week long MOOC on Co-operative Learning Pedagogy conducted by Khalsa College of Education, Punjab from 22 May to 18 June 2020
4 week long MOOC on Development of 21st Century skills through education (Information Literacy, Media Literacy & ICT Literacy skills) conducted by Open Education for a Better world and SNDT Women's University from 18 May to 14 June 2020
Five day workshop on Empowering Teachers for Online Teaching organised by St Teresa’s Institute of Education from 26 to 30 May 2020
Five day FDP on Creating Tech Savvy Teachers for Future Classrooms organised by St Teresa’s Institute of Education and EdFly from 6 to 10 June 2020
Five day workshop on Tech Tools for Teachers organised by St Teresa’s Institute of Education from 27 to 31 July 2020
Four week long MOOC on Blended Learning Practice conducted by Commonwealth of Learning and Athabasca University from 12 July to 8 August 2020
five days training on Artificial Intelligence For Education organised by CIET NCERT from 20-24 Sept 2021 five days training on Stay Safe in the Cyber World organised by CIET NCERT from 25-29 Oct 2021
4 days training on Innovative Pedagogies for Digital education organised by CIET NCERT from 23 to 26 Nov 2021
five days training on Virtual Labs for Teaching and Learning organised by CIET NCERT from 27 to 31 Dec 2021
five days training on Social Media for Education organised by CIET NCERT from 21 to 25 Feb 2022
five days training on DIKSHA organised by CIET NCERT from 21 to 25 March 2022
five days training on OER and Licenses organised by CIET NCERT from 25 to 29 April 2022
five days training on Game Based Learning organised by CIET NCERT from 20 to 24 June 2022
five days training on Digital Pedagogy organised by CIET NCERT from 25 to 29 July 2022
five days training on Multimedia Resoures for Teaching, Learning and Assessment organised by CIET NCERT from 22 to 26 Aug 2022 five days training on Virtual Labs for Teaching, Learning and Assessment organised by CIET NCERT from 26 to 30 Sept 2022
four days training on Lets be a Cyber Warrior organised by CIET NCERT in collaboration with Cyberpeace Foundation from 25 to 28 Oct 2022
five days training on Accessible Digital Resources and Assistive Technologies organised by CIET NCERT from 21 to 25 Nov 2022
five days training on Learning Management System (LMS) to enhance Teaching-Learning Process organised by CIET NCERT from 23 to 27 Jan 2023
five days training on Media Literacy organised by CIET NCERT in collaboration with Indian Institute of Mass Communication from 20 to 24 Feb 2023
3 week long MOOC on Alternative Assessment Strategies in 21st century conducted by Open Education for a Better world and University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia from 15 May to 5 June 2023
five days training on Emerging Trends in Educational Technology organised by CIET NCERT from 12 to 16 June2023
Sr Delicia Fernandes
One week long FDP on Making Online and Blended learning effective in the light of NEP 2020 organised by SNDT University’s Teaching Learning Centre from 3 to 9 Sept 2020
Pre PhD course organised by Chembur Sarvankash Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya from Dec 2021 to May 2022
Faculty Induction Programme conducted by UGC HRDC University of Mumbai from 16 May to 16 June 2022
Ms Steffi Dcosta
Ten days ICSSR WRC sponsored Research Methodology Course conducted by MES Pillai College of Education and Research , Chembur from 13 to 24 March 2023
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