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INTRODUCTION TO WORKSHOP Presentation Transcript
1. INTRODUCTION:
Educational process has two aspect: Theoretical & practical. The instructional techniques are used to develop the theoretical aspect of the students. The workshops are organized to develop the practical & psycho motor aspect of the learner regarding new innovations in area of education.
2.MEANING & SOURCE:
The word “workshop” has been borrowed from engineering and technology. There are usually workshop persons have to do some task with their hands to produce something, e.g. railway workshop etc.
3. DEFINITION:
Workshop is defined as assembled group of 10 to 25 persons who share a common interest or problems. They meet together to improve their intellectual & and skill of a subject through intensive study, research, practice and discussion.
4.OBJECTIVES OF WORKSHOP:
The workshop are organized to realize two objectives :
- Cognitive
- Psycho motor
- The principles of workshop are as follows:
- Living the participant an active role will make teaching, more effective.
- Providing the participants with regular opportunities to see the progress he is making will increase his learning speed and improve the quality of knowledge and skills he acquires.
- Provide atmosphere to learn better human’s relations.
- Every individual has worth and has contribution to make to common good.
- The most crucial learning at any given time has worth, has to do with the individual’s current problems.
- Cooperation is a technique and as a way of life which is superior to competition, is primary factor to be allowed.
Some purposes of the workshop which are as follows:
- To put teachers in situation that will breakdown the barrier between them, so that they can more readily communicate.
- To give teachers an opportunity for personal growth through accepting and working towards a goal held in common with others.
- To give teachers an opportunity to work on the problems that are direct, current concern to them.
- To place teachers in a position of responsibility for their own learning.
- To give teachers experience in a cooperative understanding.
- Teachers’ will learn new methods and techniques which they can use in their own classrooms.
- Teachers will have the opportunity in collaboration with others, to produce materials that will be useful in their teaching.
- Teacher will be put in a situation where they will evaluate their own efforts.
- To give the teachers an opportunity to improve their own morale.
- Select the theme on which the workshop has to be organized. Resource personnel’s consent should be obtained.
- Budget plan has to be prepared.
- Confirm the date of workshop, it should not coincide public holidays, professional commitments of political meetings. At least one working day will precede the opening of the workshop.
- Print pamphlet / hand chart specifying the aims, registration fees, activities program specify.
- Choose the place, where participants can stay comfortably attend total activities.Select homogenous participants 2 month before day of workshop, 45 days before confirmation of participants is needed.
- Written confirmation detailing the specified conditions.
- Committees of sponsors, assistant organizers, volunteers has to be formulated.
- National language is working language.
- Documentation, equipments, checklist, publicity, press has to be planned.
- Coordination of activities.
8. ROLES IN WORKSHOP:
In organizing a workshop the following roles are performed:
In organizing a workshop the following roles are performed:
- Organizer of the workshop.
- Convener of chairman in first stage.
- Experts & resources persons.
- Participants & trainees.
First stage: Presentation of the theme of providing awareness.
Second stage: Practice the approach for its applicability.
Third stage: Evaluate the material prepared by the participants & follow-up program.
10. SCOPE OF WORKSHOP TECHNIQUE:
- The workshop technique is used mainly in the following areas of education:
- New format of lesson planning.
- Writing objectives in behavioral terms.
- Preparing objectives type tests which are objective centered.
- Action research projects for classroom problems.
- Preparing instructional material or teaching model.
- Workshop for micro teaching.
- Workshop for interactional analysis technique.
- Workshop for task instruction.
- Workshop for preparing research synopsis.
- Workshop for non formal education.
- Workshop for designing program for teaching education or any level.
- A workshop is an instructional situations which is used for the following purposes:
- It is used to realize the higher cognitive and psycho motor objectives.
- It is a technique which can be effectively used for developing understanding and proficiency for the approaches and practices in education.
- It is used for developing and improving professional efficiency, e.g. nursing, medical, dental, Etc.
- The teaching proficiencies can be developed by using the workshop technique for in service teachers.
- It provides the opportunities and situations to develop the individual capacities of a teacher.
- It develops the feeling of cooperation and group work.
- It provides the situation to study the vocational problems.
- The new practices and innovations are introduced to in service teachers.
- Workshop suffers following limitations:
- The in service teachers do not take interest to understand and use the practices in their classrooms.
- The teachers do not take interest in practical work or to do something in productive form.
- The effectiveness of a workshop depends on the follow up program. Generally, follow-up programs are not organized in workshop.
- It requires a lot of time participant and staff.
- A large numbers of staff members are needed to handle participation.
- It demands special facilities or materials.
- Participants must be willing to work independently & cooperatively.
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