OPEN HOUSE

Department Open House: Concept note

Teacher-Student Interaction has an impact on career management and affects learning and growth. According to developmental perspective, the establishment of a positive teacher-student relationship aids a student’s cognitive, social and emotional growth and enhances their mental well-being. Informal interaction between students and faculty has been identified as a primary agent of college culture, and has an important influence on the attitudes, interests, and values of college students. Interactions between students and faculty members are inevitable and personal connections that emerge through advisement and mentoring are highly valued. In this regard, Essenzia, the Economics Society of Ramanujan College, brings to you- Open House, an initiative to overcome academic boredom among students and faculties.

AIM

We aim to stimulate a positive interaction between teachers and students in a responsive and respectful manner and to help students reflect on their critical thinking and learning skills. We also aim to facilitate understanding and demonstration of knowledge about individual student’s background, interest, emotional strengths and academic levels.

OBJECTIVES

● To promote positive social interaction and active engagement in self-motivation.

● To develop students’ abilities to think, communicate and collaborate with others.

● To demonstrate skills for meaningful interaction between racial ethnic, gender and culturally diverse individuals.

● To develop strategies to enhance personal areas of strengths and weaknesses identified and seek opportunities for growth and development.

ABOUT OPEN HOUSE

The Open House initiative consists of casual-fun meetings with the objective to build the spirit of solidarity and inclusiveness, a sense of togetherness and belongingness. The meetings are open to discussion on any issue, clarification of queries and confusions, and sharing suggestions, ideas, experiences, and wisdom gained,

Each meeting is based on a broad theme to spark the discussion and taken forward to acknowledge the routine challenges of life and bring easy go and comfortable perspective towards different situations of life.

The meetings are concluded with a collective realization of the responsibilities and seriousness of the issues discussed. In this regard, “Virtual Open House” has been especially relevant in Covid-19 times to gather information about student members, deal with real elements of problems, and establish long-term bonds.

Details of Open House initiative-

Meetings to be held: once in every 2-3 months

Meeting Platform: Zoom/ Google Meet/ Microsoft Teams

Duration: 1 hour

Parties Involved: Open to all the students and faculty members of the department

Topics of discussion: Varies from meeting to meeting

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Virtual Open House will be managed by-

● Janvi Arora

● Jahnvi Sangal

● Mallika Mukim

● Priyanka

● Manan

● Nityanshee