ASSET session titled “Thinking Critically About Social Issues” on May 9, 2015

Dear Member,

This month ASSET is organizing an interactive session on “Thinking Critically About Social Issues”. The details are as follows:

About the Session:

In this interactive workshop, participants will review the concepts of citizenship, human rights and social dilemmas. They will examine some rights and responsibilities of citizens and the controversies that arise when people have different opinions about social issues.

The workshop will employ group discussion and activities that can be taken back to classrooms.

Date:                           Saturday, May 9, 2015

Time:                          9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Facilitator:           Ms. Anika Khan, Senior Lecturer, Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC), SIUT

Facilitator’s Profile

Anika Khan works as Senior Lecturer at the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC), SIUT. She has a Master in Bioethics and is involved in promoting ethics education and critical thinking skills in schools in Karachi. She also holds a diploma in remedial teaching and assessment of children with specific learning disabilities. Her background since 1996 has been in education and before joining CBEC in 2012, she was a faculty member at READ, Karachi. Currently, she is visiting faculty at READ and Ziauddin College of Speech Language Therapy (ZCSLT) where she conducts courses on learning disabilities for teachers. Anika conducts workshops and sessions on ethics education and mainstream as well as remedial teaching methodologies for schools as well as the general public.

In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Kindly confirm your participation latest by Thursday, May 7, 2015 (by 4:00 p.m.) at registration@ptan.org or call 021-36826991-94/36347611-14 Ext. 8554/8556, as this will facilitate us in organising the workshop effectively.

SAP Session titled "Create Interest in Science Classroom through Interactive Teaching Strategies" on May 9, 2015

Dear Member,

On behalf of SAP Executive Committee, we would like to invite school teachers for the academic session to be held on Saturday, May 9, 2015.

Topic:      Create Interest in Science Classroom through Interactive Teaching Strategies

Objectives:

By the end of the workshop participants will be able to:

·         Discuss the traditional Science teaching Vs the Global Science education approach

·         Explore few interactive teaching strategies for Science classrooms (e.g. story-telling, discussion,         concept mapping)

·         Share the key considerations while planning & implementing the strategies

·         Link different strategies with the Bloom’s Cognitive Levels
Time:              9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  

Date:               Saturday, May 9, 2015

Venue:            Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development

Facilitators:    Ms. Shairose Irfan Jessani, Vice Principal-Academics, Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karachi.

Facilitator’s Profile

Ms. Shairose Irfan Jessani is currently working as a Vice Principal-Academics at Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karachi. She has done Masters in Science (Chemistry) from Karachi University and Masters in Education (Teacher Education) from AKU-IED with distinction in course work. She has contributed both at school and community level as well as worked with organizations like PTAN, Edlinks, Ministry of Education and AKU-IED as a resource person. Her major interest areas are assessment, educational management, teacher leadership, environment, Science education and ICT integration.

Kindly confirm your participation latest by Thursday, May 7, 2015 (by 4:00 p.m.) at registration@ptan.org or call 36826991-4 / 36347611-4 Ext. 8554 / 8556, as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your participation!

ASSET session on Developing Resource Material on April 18, 2015

Dear Member,

This month ASSET is organizing an interactive session on Developing Resource Material. The details are as follows:

Session Objectives:

By the end of the session the participants will be able to:

·      Realize the importance of interactive teaching especially in case of Social Studies

·      Integrate resource material for making teaching and learning process more interactive and based on self-learning.

·      Explore the essentials of making interactive resources for class room teaching.

·      Develop some resources for the teaching of the different concepts of Social Studies.

Topic:                         Developing Resource Material

Date:                           Saturday, April 18, 2015

Time:                          9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Facilitator:          Mr. Ali Usman (Deputy Director Learning Support Unit, Sindh Education Foundation

Facilitator’s Profile

Mr. Ali Usman is working with Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) as Deputy Director, Learning Support Unit. Earlier, he worked with Aga Khan Education Service Pakistan as Program Associate, Arts and Aesthetics. He has conducted several sessions on different teaching and learning resources and also developed resource kits for different organizations i.e. Aman Foundation, Teacher Resource Centre (TRC) etc. Also, in collaboration with Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, he has developed teaching resource kit for grades 1, 2, and 3 according to the syllabus of Ministry of Education, Kabul. Mr. Usman has been representing SEF on different fora.

In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Kindly confirm your participation latest by Thursday, April 16, 2015 (by 4:00 p.m.) at registration@ptan.org or call 021-36826991-94/36347611-14 Ext. 8554/8556, as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

EYLA session on Make Trash Talk – Ideas for Earth Day Celebration on April 11, 2015

Dear Member,

On behalf of EYLA Executive Committee, we would like to invite you for the ECE workshop to be held on. The details of the session are as follows:

Topic: Make Trash Talk – Ideas for Earth Day Celebration

Objectives: By the end of this workshop the participants will be able to discuss:

§  Hazards of too much garbage!

§  Significance of creating an attitude and mind-set of Reuse, Reduce and Recycle

§  Importance of inculcating the awareness of Earth Day in children

§  Activities on Earth Day thorough integrated planning

§  Effective role of  low-cost no-cost learning material

     

Day/Date:       Saturday April 11^th, 2015

Time:              9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Venue:            AKU-IED, Karimabad

Facilitator:     Ms Aatika Agha

Facilitator’s Profile

Ms Aatika Agha has done Masters in Economics, Montessori Diploma and certification course in Early Child Development. She has been conducting training sessions for NGOs and miscellaneous community arrangements. She has worked collaboratively with numerous educational institutes and has been called upon as a key presenter in numerous educational training programs in the under privileged areas to create awareness about modern methodologies and techniques of interactive classroom skills and child’s holistic development. Furthermore, she has managed the internal and external flow of communication within the organizations for increased productivity.        

Pollution levels are as high as they are due to human consumption and their interaction with the world causing destruction to the earth and all species living on earth.

Registration will start from Friday, April 10, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. Since seating at the workshop is limited, aspiring participants must confirm their participation at registration@ptan.org or phone # 36826991-4/36347611-4 Ext. 8554/8556. Available seating will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, and the registration will be closed once the workshop has been fully subscribed.

(Please note that the request for confirmation, for attending the workshop, sent through e-mails or phone calls received before Friday, April 10, 2015 will not be accepted. Members sending their confirmations through e-mails should send their e-mails from 8:30 a.m. (PST) on Friday, April 10, 2015. Any e-mail received on Friday, April 10, 2015 before 8:30 a.m. (PST) will not be accepted)

PAIE session on “Inclusion: Why and How” on April 18, 2015

Dear Member,

On behalf of PAIE Executive Committee, we would like to invite you for the PAIE workshop to be held on Saturday, April 18, 2015. Details of the session are as follows:

Title:                                “Inclusion: Why and How”

Seminar Objective:

By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

Ø  Understand Inclusion and Exclusion

Ø  Understand Disability and Special need issues

Ø  Understand Inclusive Education

Ø  Understand Role of Therapist in Inclusion

Details of workshop are as follows:-

Day/Date:                       Saturday, April 18, 2015

Time:                               9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Venue:                            AKU-IED, Karimabad

Target audience:            Practitioners, Parents and Special Education Teachers

Facilitators:                    Ms Yasmeen Muhammad (Special Educator)

                                         Ms Shafaq Safdar (Special Educator)

                                         Ms Saba Naqi (Special Educator and Speech Therapist).

                                                 

In view of limited seats available, prior registration for this workshop is mandatory. Kindly confirm your participation latest by Thursday, April 16, 2015 (by 04:00 p.m.) at registration@ptan.org or (36826991-94/36347611-14 Ext. 8554/8556), as this will facilitate us in organizing the workshop effectively.

We look forward to your participation!