How teachers can use their questioning
skill to motivate learners and develop
better understanding
Introduction to effective questioning
techniques
Understand the different types of questions
and their purposes in classroom teaching
Asking better question seeking better
answer
Creating an inquiring classroom and
promote genuine learning
Cooperative
Learning
Date
: February 26 & 27, 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Rakshanda Ovais
Highlights :
Describe cooperative learning strategy
and its benefits to maximize learning
Identify elements of cooperative learning
Learn and apply classroom activities
that facilitate cooperative learning in
any lesson
Improving
Parent-Teacher Interaction
Date
: February 21, 2009
Time
: 9:30am to 1:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Salman Asif Siddiqui
Highlights :
Importance of parent-teacher relationship
Guidelines for conducting successful
parent-teacher meetings
Tips to improve the quality of parent-teacher
interaction
Coping with difficult parents or parents
with difficulties
Better ways for teachers to communicate
their expectations to parents
Project
Work in Science
Date
: February 19, 20 & 23, 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Kanwal Laiq
Highlights :
Aims & objectives of Project Based
Learning
Importance of integrating project work
in science lessons
Guidelines for planning science projects
for different grades
Characteristics of an effective project
work
Learning the art of using commonly available
resources in uncommon ways
Role of a science teacher as project
manager
Guidelines
for Making a Good Test Paper
Date
: February 13 & 14, 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Kanwal Laiq
Highlights :
Identifying the characteristics of good
and bad test papers
What every teacher must consider while
making a test paper
Basic steps of making a valid and reliable
test paper
Introduction of the tools for qualitative
analysis of test papers
Preparing Test Items Banks for different
subjects
Imtihani
parchay ki tayyari aur janch
Date
: February 9, 11 & 12 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Mr. Zubair Husain Shaikh
Into
the Realms of Reading
Date
: February 5 -7, 2009
Time
: Thu & Fri: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Sat: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Arwa Khuzaima
Highlights :
For children to enjoy literature
For students to develop an innate love
for reading
To open a window to the world in the
child's heart
Intensive reading & extensive reading
Enhancing co-operative learning through
reading
Understanding
Children With Special Needs
Date
: February 2 & 4, 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Amina Saeed
Highlights :
What are special needs?
How to understand what special needs
are
How to identify children with special
needs at home/in school
Help parents and teachers guide children
with special needs
Facilities available for children with
special needs
How to make long term programs work
for children with special needs
How to help children with special needs
interact socially
A dialogue with caregivers/teachers/parents
of children with special needs
January
2009
Workshop:
Every Child is Creative
Date
: January 31, 2009
Time
: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Larysa Gul
Highlights :
Let's define creativity
Help children express creativity
I want to be creative!
Keys of creativity
Mind mapping
Droodles
Half of anything or mini-maxi
Compare things!
What if technique
Workshop:
Play and the Young Child
Date
: January 29 & 30, 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Rasheeda Murtaza
Highlights :
The definition and the importance of
play at the early childhood level
Why do children play?
Characteristics and types of play
Why and when must a teacher intervene
in the children's play?
What are the teacher's roles and responsibilities
in the particular scenario?
Workshop:
Work Smart! Organize Your Workplace
Date
: January 24 & 26, 2009
Time
: 10:00am to 1:00pm(Sat) , 2:30pm
to 5:30pm(Mon)
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Ishrat Mateen
Highlights :
What is an organized office?
Being organized is a process.
How to avoid clutter in your office.
Discover how to get organized and stay
organized.?
Tips on how to work smart.
Some ultimate solutions to attaining
a proficient, organized office.
The concepts of use it or lose it.
Workshop:
Darsi Sabaq Ki Tayyari: Zindagi say bharpoor
sabaq ka lutf uthaain
Date
: January 21 - 23, 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm(Fri)
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Zubair Sheikh
Workshop:
Teach Speech
Date
: January 17 & 19, 2009
Time
: 9:30am to 1:30pm(Sat) , 2:30pm
to 5:30pm(Mon)
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Saulat Majid
Highlights :
How to break natural reluctance in speaking
a second language
Teacher's role when students speak
A range of speaking activities for primary
and secondary classes
Ideas to use as prompts to make students
speak
Separate activities with focus on fluency
/ accuracy
Using AV aids to generate whole class
discussions
Workshop:
Creative Drama
Date
: January 14 & 15, 2009
Time
: 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue
: ERDC - Karachi
Resource
Person : Rumana Hussain
Highlights :
Creative drama is a powerful teaching
tool that can be used to develop children's
written, visual and oral literacy leading
to better academic results right across
the curriculum.
Creative drama can include dramatic
play, story enactment, imagination journeys,
theatre games, music, and dance.
Creative drama's process is more important
rather than the product.
The Creative drama workshop will provide
ideas for developing / finding simple
plots, dynamic characters, and a straightforward
message.
Ideas for a prop bag will be shared.
Performances enacted.