ENRICHMENT PROGRAM for TEACHERS

A workshop on Teaching in Multi - Ability Classrooms

An informative workshop for teachers of DPS Sharjah was conducted on 29^th January 2010 in the old auditorium by Dr Saroj Thapa, an Assistant Professor at Zayed University in Dubai and Patron of SAATHI.

Keeping in mind that “Every child has a right to education”, Dr Thapa stressed on Inclusion – Getting special needs children into mainstream education.

Apart from this, the Theory of Multiple Intelligences propagated by Howard Gardner was stressed upon. Focusing on the fact that every child is blessed with unique interests and aptitude - Dr Thapa highlighted that the nine types of intelligences could be used to identify a students’ strong point. Moving further, Dr Thapa explained Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive domains where a classification of learning objectives could help a teacher to decide the method of teaching that is suitable for the class, stressing on the method of differentiation. She further explained that by using the nine different methods of teaching, we can modify the content to be taught, so that every child’s needs may be catered to.

It was indeed a very fruitful morning for the 56 teachers who attended the programme. The thrust of the workshop was upon the reality that as teachers we are responsible not only for meeting the diverse needs of all students but also for ensuring improved educational outcomes.