“Teaching is more than imparting knowledge; it is inspiring change.
Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.”
A CBSE workshop, Learning Outcomes and Pedagogies was held at Vydehi School of Excellence, on 25th November, 2023.
Resource person, Mrs. Vanita Chengappa, the Principal of Mother Theresa School, and Mrs. Parvathy Seshadri, the Principal of HDFC School commenced the session with an ice breaking activity which helped us shed our inhibitions and communicate with other participants.
The workshop focused on Competency- based Education, thereby motivating students to become lifelong learners, equipped with knowledge, competence, and skills. Mrs.Vanita Chengappa emphasized that lesson plans developed by faculty members must have clarity in general and specific objectives, along with the various methodologies, teaching aids and learning styles, to enable students to learn successfully and fruitfully. She also stressed on the teaching-learning cycle.
On the other hand Mrs. Parvathy Seshadri discussed the salient features of Bloom’s Taxonomy in education, its objectives and outcomes. This was followed with an activity-based learning experience for all the participants. She motivated the participants to actively participate and share their views and experiences.
She stressed upon identifying the domain and cognitive levels of educational outcomes. She conducted an activity where she asked participants to rate the domain and cognitive levels of educational outcomes.
The objective of the workshop was to enhance the skill of preparing a lesson plan, make rubrics for assessments including all its essential elements.
Pedagogy plays an important role to help teachers understand the best ways to conduct a classroom. It gives them insights into how students learn differently in different topics so that they can conduct lessons to suit these needs. It aims to improve the quality of education for students.
Overall, the workshop was extremely interactive, informative, and interesting.
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
It was a great learning for all the teachers and the workshop ended with an assessment for all the participants and vote of thanks.
