Forman Christian College (a chartered university) held its 6th International Teachers’ Conference with the theme ‘From Teaching to Learning’ on Saturday.
The conference was coordinated by Dr C J Dubash, Executive vice rector and dean, Faculty of Education, who was also the keynote speaker. Welcoming the participants, the FCC Rector Dr Peter H Armacost spoke of the impact that teachers have on the lives of students. He said by making the subject matter clear, by being role models and by caring about their students, teachers affect the lives of many people. This impact can be experienced in the years to come.
Dr Dubash’s keynote address topic was “Connect” in which he emphasised the need for teachers to connect to their students’ learning and produce successful knowledge workers and a successful learning environment. He also described the five dimensions of teaching and learning such as curriculum intent, feedback, assessment, sequencing and making judgements. The participants then dispersed to one of seven sessions conducted in parallel in each of three breakout sessions. The 21 sessions were conducted on a range of topics related to the main theme and presented by Pakistani and foreign faculty members of FCC. Over 165 participants came from a large number of educational institutions in Lahore, Pattoki, Muridke, Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh, Bahawalpur and Swat.
