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January 2008
   
Thoughts on the Philosophy of Maths Curriculum
Date : June 29, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Ahmad Shariq Mukri
Highlights : To understand the philosophy of maths curriculum.
   
June 2007
   
Thoughts on the Philosophy of Maths Curriculum
Date : June 29, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Ahmad Shariq Mukri
Highlights : To understand the philosophy of maths curriculum.
   
May 2007
   
Reunion of PTCC'ians
Date : May 4, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Salman Asif Siddiqui
Highlights : A get together of all the Ptcc'ians was arranged. Graduates of all batches attended this informal gathering, it was a moment of pride for the ERDC management and all Graduates to share mutual success and ongoing progress.
   
April 2007
   
Rumi for the 21st Century
Date : April 21, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Khurram Ali Shafique
Highlights :This 2 hour session explores Rumi's system of mysteries for discovering some everyday solutions for classrooms, board rooms and life in general.
   
   
Perspectives on Sufism
Date : April 8, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Suheyl Umar
Highlights :Intelects from different backgrounds attended the session. The speaker shared his deep views about sufism its need, and impact on individuals and society. The speaker also disscussed Iqbal as sufi poet.
   
   
Perspective of Love in Sufism
Date : April 7, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Ahmed Javaid
Highlights :Intelects from different backgrounds attended the session. The speaker shared his deep views regarding perspectives of love in sufism. The common man views about sufism and sufism in reality was the focus. The need and impact of sufism on individuals was disscussed.
   
February 2007
   
Talk on Republic of Rumi
Date : February 23, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Khurram Ali Shafique
Highlights : Mr. Khurram shared his concept of a society as disscussed by Iqbal. He also shared his thoughts which he later compiled in his book "The Republic of Rumi"
   
January 2007
   
Talk on Sufism
Date : January 13, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Rizwanullah Khan
Highlights : Mr. Rizwan being a practicing sufi explained the path of sufism. He discussed the spirit of sufies, and the required elements to follow the path of sufism.
   
   
Understanding Sufism part 2
Date : January 5, 2007
Resource Persons : Mr. Abbas Husain
Highlights : It was a very interesting session in which the speaker disscussed the true values of sufism and Mr. Abbas Hussain shared some of the classical stories and intelects from different backgrounds attended the session.
   
December 2006
   
Understanding Sufism Part 1
Date : December 29, 2006
Resource Persons : Mr. Abbas Husain
Highlights : The session focused on understanding different silsilas of Sufiis. Resource Person presented an introduction of what Sufism is, shed the light on histroical background and also explained the current state of Sufism.
   
   
The Separation of East Pakistan
Date : December 16, 2006
Resource Persons : Cdr. (Rtd). Najeeb Anjum
Highlights : A very interesting session was held in the ERDC primises in which people from different walks of life reflected on the great setback of separation of East Pakistan. The speaker shared the inside story and introduced many books written on this topic.
   

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November 2006
   
Tulu-e-Islam & Khizr-e-Rah
Date : November 24, 2006
Resource Persons : Mr. Sohail Jamali
Highlights : The session was organised to encourage the understanding of Iqbal's poetry among common man. The poems selected for this purpose were, "Tulu-e-Islam" and "Khizr-e-Rah" that addresses all our environmental, cultural, political, social, and psychological behaviours. The participants were asked to study them. The study group disscussed the vision of Iqbal and its interpretations into the current world.
   
   
Modernity and its Menifestation
Date : November 22, 2006
Resource Persons : Ahmed Jawaid
Highlights :

An informal sitting was arranged and small group of intellecuals disscussed their views about Tasawwuf and Sufism, Mr. Ahmad Jawaid, Deputy Director Iqbal Academy facilitated the group by answering their questions. The topics covers under disscussion were:

  • Tasawwf and its need
  • Sufism and misconceptions
  • Selfawareness
  • Self accountability
   
   
Iqbal Day
Date : November 9, 2006
Resource Persons : Mr. Salman Asif Siddiqui
Highlights : An informal sitting was arranged on this very important day. People from different walks of life shared their views about the content and impact of Iqbal's Poetry. The speaker for the session Mr. Salman disscussed about the hidden features of Allama Iqbal.
   
August 2006
   
Teaching from effectiveness to greatness
Date : August 25, 2006
Resource Persons : Mr. Salman Asif Siddiqui
Highlights : This session focused on the elements that distinguish great teaching from effective teaching. Discussion on the importance and relationship of different qualities of effective and great teaching was held.
   
July 2006
   
Middle East Crisis
Date : July 28, 2006
Resource Persons : Mr. Shameer Prasla, Ms. Shumaila Amani
Highlights : The session was arranged to understand the current crisis of Middle East in the light of histoical facts and figures. Geographical importance of this part along with background of current crisis were studied in detail. The audience participated actively in the discussion and shared its personal views on the whole situation.
   
June 2006
   
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Date : June 30, 2006
Venue : ERDC - Karachi
Resource Person : Mr. Salman Asif Siddiqui
  Highlights : It was an interactive session based on Bloom's taxonomy. Three domains of education were introduced in the session. Teachers shared their classroom teaching experiences. They also shared their views regarding the objectives and their application in our educational system.

 

April 2006
   
Impact of Media on Young Minds
Date : April 28, 2006
Time : 3:00pm. to 5:00pm.
Venue : ERDC - Karachi
Resource Person : Mr. Salman Asif Siddiqui
  Highlights : The session was arranged to discuss the role of media on our society, culture and generation. Different television programs and their impact on the development and concentration span of children was discussed. Some practical examples and suggestions to avoid the negative impacts of media were also shared with the particapants.
March 2006
   
Understanding Holy Quran
Date : March 31, 2006
Time : 3:00pm. to 5:00pm.
Venue : ERDC - Karachi
Resource Person : Mr. Nazim Ali Khan Matalvi
  Highlights : It was an interactive session arranged to understand the Quranic text with the help of root words. Different suras were discussed in the session. The idea behind was not to translate the words but to understand the arabic meaning of these words in their true sense. A thought provoking session that really helped the participants to see the Quranic Words in a new way.
February 2006
   
Khutoot e Ghalib
Date : February 24, 06
Resource Person : Mr. Zubair Husain Shaikh
Highlights : The main objective of the session was to nurture the aesthetic sense of teachers by sharing and increasing their interaction with the classical literature. In this session background knowledge about Ghalib’s life was shared.. The participants enjoyed listening Ghalib’s letters in Zia Mohiuddin’s voice which was the most prominent feature of the session. Extract of his letters were also shared from his famous book ‘Khutoot-e-Ghalib’. At the end the participants discussed the prominent features of his writing and how it reveals history, use of language and the culture of that time.
   
January 2006
   
Readers Club
Date : January 27, 06
Resource Person : Mr. Zubair Husain Shaikh
Highlights : The purpose of this session was to inculcate reading habits and to develop an urge in the participants by introducing some of the most valuable books to them. In this session an extract from the book ‘Shabash Tum Kar Saktey Ho’ was shared with the audience.