Program objectives
The overall objective of
the Short Course in Educational
Methodology is to provide the healthcare system with qualified educators. The program focuses on the acquisition of knowledge
and skills that are relevant to professional performance and career development
in AYUSH education.
Who should attend this course?
Teachers
in AYUSH Colleges affiliated to RGUHS, who wish to understand the principles of
Educational Methodology and apply them in their teaching and evaluation
practices.
Aim
To
enable the teachers of AYUSH Colleges so as to apply the principles of
Educational Methodology in their teaching and evaluation practices
At the end of
the course, the participants will –
·
identify the learning needs of their students
·
demonstrate evidence of teaching skills
·
plan and design appropriate teaching – learning aids
·
design, plan and implement appropriate student assessment
strategy
·
demonstrate evidence of the ability to provide evidence based
advice to teachers, University committees or management of an AYUSH educational
institution, the regulations of respective apex bodies
- act with integrity, fairness, and in an
ethical manner.
Nature of Course Delivery
The
three month course is envisaged on the Open and Distance Learning Mode. This
model is increasingly preferred as strategy for Continuing Professional
Development by various professional communities.
The
course will be delivered on multiple platforms –
- distance learning through self-learning text
- embedded self assessment activities which will be
tutor marked
- induction program to introduce the course and its
implementation
- mentoring through e-mail from the academic hub
- contact programs to practice the relevant skills.
The
course will be of three months duration with one Induction Program at the
beginning of the course and tow Contact Programs, one at the end of six weeks
each at the Academic Hub. The course will be delivered in a modular design.
Assessment
Assessment
of the learners is done in three phases –
- Portfolio comprising of Self Assessment Activity, which is
embedded as Assignments into the Self Learning Material,
- Individual and Group Tasks at the Contact Programs
- Microteaching presentation and Peer Review during
the second Contact Program
On
successful completion of the course, a Certificate will be awarded.
Course Details
Modules
Module 1: Basics of education
This
module prepares you to understand the underlying principles that influence
learning, thereby improving the teaching performance.
Specific objectives
At the end of this module, you will be
able to –
o
Summarise adult
learning principles
o
Describe stages
of learning
o
Acknowledge
differences in learning styles and their implication on educational practice
o
Discuss the basic teaching model
o
Explain Miller’s
Spiral of Education
o
Distinguish the
characteristics of a ‘good teacher’
o
Justify the need
for a formal course in educational methodology for better teacher performance
Contents
- Educational psychology
with special reference to adult learning theories
- Stages and phases of
learning
- Education as a system
- Basic teaching model
- Miller’s Educational
Spiral
- Overview of teacher
competencies
- Importance of training
teachers in health professions
Module
2: Curriculum Management
Specific objectives
At the end of this module, you will be
able to –
o
Describe the
domains of educational taxonomy
o
Design course
plan for Unit, Term and Year
o
Prepare a lesson
plan
o
Present a micro
teaching session
o
Peer review a
micro teaching session
Contents
- n
- Bloom’s Taxonomy of
Educational Objectives
- Hierarchy of
objectives
- Levels of objectives
- Course planning at
annual, term and unit levels
- Lesson Planning
- Microteaching –
principles of presentation and review
Module
3: Learning environment
Specific objectives
At the end of this module, you will be
able to –
o
Demonstrate the
effectively use, advantages and disadvantages of various TL methods
o
Relate TL Methods
to various domains
o
Validate the
importance of communication in TL context
o
Match TL Media to
TL Methods
o
Identify domain
specific TL Media
Contents
- Teaching – Learning
Methods
- Educational
Communication
- Teaching – Learning
Media
- Preparing handouts,
charts, PPT
- Advanced Teaching -
Learning Resources
Module
4: Evaluation
Specific objectives
At the end of this module, you will be
able to –
o
Discuss
principles of evaluation
o
Choose assessment
methods based on domains
o
Construct a
Question Paper blueprint
o
Prepare questions
for three categories of theory test – long essay, short essay and short answer
o
Recall principles
of OSCE / OSPE
o
Conduct ‘good’
viva
Contents
- Principles of
evaluation
- Forms of evaluation
- Characteristics of a
test
- Matrix of evaluation
and domains of learning
- Blue print for a
question paper
- Improving Essay Type
Questions
- Introduction to OSCE /
OSPE
- Objective Structured
Viva Voce / Viva Cards
- Question Banking and
Answer Key
