Faridabad News, 30 jan 2019 : School of Education, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad conducted a Workshop-cum-Interactive session on “Developing Thinking Skills”. Engineer Amardev Singh, Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship Development and Industrial Coordination (EDIC) department at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR) Chandigarh was the key-note speaker of the interactive workshop session. He has over 10 years of experience in teaching, training, research and entrepreneurship development skill.
The programme was started with inaugural session by lamp lightening and Maa Saraswati Vandana. While addressing the students, Honorable Vice- Chancellor Dr. D.N. Rao told that thinking skills have been identified and characterized in a variety of ways by academics as well as by professional bodies. While the importance of thinking skills has been well-established, its teaching and learning is complex. Learners do not automatically develop thinking skills while learning content. Hence it is important to address the teaching and learning of thinking skills explicitly, in addition to content.
The workshop included two sessions – In the first workshop session, power-point presentation and practical aspects of knowledge about various types of thinking skills was shared among students which gave deep insights and have enriched their understanding on the developing thinking skills. Whereas, in the second interactive session included group-discussions, critical reflective thinking and about analyzing Edward De Bono’s six thinking hat skills. The session was very interactive and was appreciated by everyone.
The aim of workshop is to develop critical thinking skills among students, which is the pinnacle of the accumulation of knowledge and experience. How can we start developing critical thinking skills rather than teaching to the test? What strategies will bring out the critical thinkers inside all our learners?
The workshop was also attended by Dr. Saurabh Dhaiya, HOD, School of Pharmacy along with the Faculty members of School of Education including Ms. Swati Naithani, Ms. Upasana Chaudhary, Ms. Annu Rathi and Ms. Deepa Rani.
The vote of thanks was extended by Dr. Sushma Rani, HOD, School of Education, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth. The programe concluded with the National Anthem.
