Society for Human Rights & Prisoner’s Aid (SHARP) Pakistan

“Interactive Teaching Methodologies & Strategies”

Seemeen GulLawyer alac iii

SHARP-PAKISTAN

3 DAYS CONSECUTIVE CAPACITY BUILDING

TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR

TEACHERS

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ContextA society cannot be recognized without Rights and Obligations. These rights and obligations determine Human Rights which make a society civilized. Realistically speaking right of education is the main pillar on which a society lays down its foundation. Since 1999 SHARP has been utilizing all the resources in order to promote education practically and constructively. SHARP along with UNHCR has introduced its rigorous educational programs and vibrant workshops which are path breaking steps aiming to nurture critical and creative intellectual capability of the students. SHARP has always equipped the society with exceptional trainings, breadth of knowledge, passion for life-long learning and awareness of larger implications of human rights. SHARP has arranged training and workshops for teachers, police personals’, teachers, students and district management administration to combat the abuses of society.

SHARP in collaboration with UNHCR arranged a Three Days Consecutive Capacity Building Training Workshop for Teachers 2nd June 2014 to 4th June 2014 which was under the EAC COMPONENT with a motive to introduce effective teaching techniques and methodologies to the teachers to enhance the output of class.

Raison D EtreThe underlying principle behind this teacher training workshop was the development of a bridge between student and teacher relationship so that the hindrance of student being vocal and the obstruction of teacher being a communicator might get resolved as in my opinion: ¼Good Teaching Is Preparation and ¾ is A Theater. The more the teacher is accessible, understandable the more the student is responding. In this way this teacher and student adsorbing and absorbing capabilities are directly proportional To Each Other. Teaching should be full of ideas instead of stuffed with facts. That’s why SHARP along with UNHCR managed such healthy innovative and versatile training workshop so that the teachers of this era may overlap with modern teaching strategies and methodologies to groom the new generation with gold plating beams.

IntroductionEvery state, every nation, every society recognizes human rights to make it to run on the lines of welfare and parallelism. Among all the human rights: the Right to Educate can’t be ignored as well. Every child has a right to get education to polish himself and for the welfare of the country. Holy Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) said,” Seek Knowledge Unless You May Go To China” which clearly depicts how much education is important for a child whether it’s stone age or an ancient time, or Elizabethan Age, or an Anglicans era or a Modern genre and to educate a child the main Protagonists a Teacher who is an Architect to build the nation. It is a

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Pathetic Fallacy that even today many of the children are deprived of their basic right of education. But SHARP is determined to enhance the factor of education door to door for every child for every boy for every girl that’s why Teacher training workshop was arranged because good teachers build a good nation.

Synopsis of workshopSHARP under the banner of UNHCR organized Three Days Consecutive Teacher Training Workshop from 2Nd June to 4th June 2014 at Kalabagh Guest house. It was an educational event comprising of three days for female and male teachers in which the first day was set for the training of female teachers of Afghan Refugees Camp kot Chandna. The second day was fixed for the male teachers of Afghan Refugee Camp Kot Chandna and the last day which was the third day was again assigned for the female teachers of various schools of Mianwali district. On first day the training was honored by the chief guest Mr. Mujahid Akbar DPO Mianwali. All participants showed a high morale for the presence of high dignitary. On second Day the workshop was accorded by the chief guest Ms. Beenish DACamp kot Chandna and on third day of workshop Mr.Bilal Feroze Joya Assistant Commissioner Mianwali, Mr.Wajih-ud-Din DFO, and Mst. Asma Hayat DO glorified the workshop as guest of honor respectively.

A few yard sticks were highlighted by the trainers in order to transform abstract learning hypothesis into concrete strategies. The Trainer underlined the rich talent of the teachers and wanted them to feel proud of it. The teachers /participants of the workshop were provided with file folders, activity work sheets and evaluation forms so that they might be engaged in different activities during the workshop.

Key Theme of Workshop What Is Teaching; How to Make Yourself a Quality Teacher; Modern Teaching Methods; Case Study; Monitoring; Cognitive Overload; Carpet Study; Adult Education.

The whole session of workshop was based on demonstration, oral activity, viva, group task, question/answers. The trainer explained the Difference Between What A Teacher Knows And What She Doesn’t Know Yet About Her Student And His Psyche, The Beyond And Unexplored And Un-Experienced. A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

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On day first of workshop the Female Teachers of Afghan refugee Camp Kot Chandna Were the Participants. Day first was opened by the recitation of Holy Quran which was followed by a brief presentation of SHARP and its achievements. After that trainer conducted the training session with his special concern to the participants and their active response, the trainer explained that teachers’ training is a vital area of education life. For long the size of the syllabus of students has been weight bearing and huge but the output has been declined perpetually so a good teacher should be consumed to light the way for the students. Trainer Mohammad Safdar explained the definition of teaching and related it to the Art of Imparting Knowledge Skills to the Students with Competition, Discussion, Audio Video and Sharing Methods. Then different modes of teachings were introduced which are;

Multi-conceptual teaching; Activity based Teaching; Problem solving teaching; Recitation teaching; Kinesthetic teaching; Lecture based teaching; Demonstration Role play method teaching; Heuristic method/scientific method teaching; Thumb meter teaching

Then the trainer demonstrated the monitoring of the students which is the main key in effective teaching methodologies with the help of Venn diagram Method which is based on observation, competition and contrast. The trainer threw light on Adult learners as well that that adult learning is a self directed method and goal oriented which leads to the practical approach of the learner. After this demonstration the trainer engaged all the female teachers in group task activity. The teachers were given different captions on which the prepared different charts and break down work which were displayed on the walls in order to facilitate the technique more enhancive.

Then evaluation forms were filled up by the teachers with their authentic remarks about the training workshop. In the end DPO Mianwali addressed the participants and boosted them up to take revolutionary steps in order to promote education and learning at its best. He added that Education is the only Avenue for opening the new vista of progress and intellectualism. He further added that the Teachers play a key role to revolutionize the society that’s why the teachers should be well equipped with modern teaching methodologies and strategies in order to raise the nations to the unlimited heights of conventional wisdom and impressionable sensibility.

Lastly Mr. Mujahid DPO Mianwali appreciated the sheer attempts of SHARP for its practical steps to Educate A Child.

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Day second of workshop was assigned for the male teachers of Afghan refugee Camp Kot Chandna. They were cordially invited to attend the Workshop as participants. Beenish Fatima DA Afghan refugee Camp kot Chandna was the Chief Guest. The training session was conducted by Mohammad Safdar from AFAQ who progressively catalyzed the training effectively. He explained that only the scientific method should be adopted to improve the teaching techniques because the scientific method is based on:

Observations. Hypothesis Experimentation Conclusion

The trainer instructed the teachers to adopt quick and easy ways to deliver and to get the output of the class so that the understanding capacity of whole class is measured. Then teachers complained that in refugee Camp kot Chandna Afghan students don’t take interest in curricular and extra- curricular activities which is quite discouraging from the part of the students. At this time the instructor asked them to make a monthly and a daily graph in order to monitor the activity and participation of the students.

Afterwards teachers were asked to come on the stage to participate group activity of the training. All the teachers participated with great spark and managed to steal the show. The teachers were appreciated by the trainer for their good work and interest.

In the end Mst. Beenish Fatima DA Afghan Refugee Camp addressed the workshop that Government is arranging all practical measures to educate Afghan children on Priority basis and affirmed that this training workshop will play an architectural role in building the future of Afghan Children who although don’t have a home but they will have a future.

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On third Day of training workshop female teachers from different schools of tehsil Essakhel were invited which were Afghan populated schools. Mr.Bilal Joyia was the Chief Guest of the event. Third day training workshop accompanied by our prestigious guest’s Mr. wajih-ud-din DFO, Mr. Akbar EDO and Asma Hayat DO. The training Session was based on effective training challenges. The trainer gave an account of the main problem. The content of our education which children are discouraged from questioning as a result we have a nation of unthinking citizens who do not challenge what is believed to be conventional wisdom. Then different activities with glass of water, sweets and other miscellaneous things were performed in order to adopt Give And Take Policy for best output. This Mode of spread of education in workshop makes the teaching techniques less obscure and least vague. Then the instructor introduced various linguistic methods so that words and lines get more distinguishable and comprehensible. The teachers followed that mode quickly and started implementing practically in the assigned task by the trainer. The Activity continued for 45 minutes which was a mind opening chore.

In the end Certificates were awarded to the participants to acknowledge their interest and healthy participation. The certificates were awarded by our Chief Guest Mr. Bilal feroze joyia who concluded the Third day of training with his kind words of applause for SHARP and UNHCR. He addressed the workshop that if we want to rise in this global world and first world countries then our teachers should be at par excellence with scientific and demonstrative teaching methodologies because education is a tool to sculpture the society with a form and structure.

In this way the three day consecutive teacher training workshop ended with a great provocation:

“Education Is the Most Powerful Weapon with Which You Can Change the World”

(Nelson Mandela)

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Press Release

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