Training of Trainers in Modern Classroom Teaching

BEC After the successful grant execution titled 'Capacity Building and Promoting Entrepreneurship Education in Balochistan Universities' under the University Partnerships Grants Program 2020-22, funded by the U.S. Mission in Pakistan and administered by the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) from January-June, 2022, the Department of Management Sciences, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) won a second grant titled 'Balochistan Entrepreneurship Bootcamp & Training of Trainers in Modern Classroom Teaching' with Dr. Bilal Sarwar, leading the grant.

The thematic area, 'Training of Trainers in Modern Classroom Teaching' will train faculty of the selected public sector Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) from Balochistan. The Grant will be executed in two Phases; in Phase I, Master Trainers from Partner Universities will be trained at BUITEMS, Quetta, in a week-long extensive training program. In Phase II, Master Trainers from Partner Universities will cascade the training sessions for their remaining faculty members at their respective universities with the BUITEMS grant team to reflect on their learning.

Programs under this initiative will enhance the teaching capacity of staff members as partner HEIs in imparting required skills and knowledge to students.The participating HEIs are the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water & Marine Sciences, University of Turbat, and the University of Gwadar.

The program will cover the following themes:
  • Evolution of Classroom
  • Learner's Psychology
  • Curriculum Development and Enrichment
  • Classroom Assessment
  • Modern Classroom Assessment
  • Classroom Management
  • Enhancing Classroom Learning
  • Active Student Involvement
  • Fund Raising & Development
Sessions:
  • Traditional and Modern Classrooms
  • Reimagining the Modern Classroom
  • Teacher & Student Roles in a Modern Classroom
  • High-Quality Blended Instruction
  • Effective Self-Paced Structures
  • Mastery-Based Grading
  • Introduction to Learner's Psychology and Learning Theories
  • Behaviorist Orientation and Cognitive Orientation in Learning
  • Humanistic Orientation & Social Orientation to Learning
  • Conscious Competence Learning Model
  • From Good to Greatness
  • Understanding Personality Differences and Factors that Enhance Classroom Management
  • Higher Education Commission’s Undergraduate Education Policy
  • Curriculum Development and Enrichment
  • Classroom Environment
  • Classroom Assessment
  • Bloom's Taxonomy: Applied Scenarios
  • Game-Based Assessments
  • Use of Technology in Improving Academic Assignments
  • Interactive Classrooms
  • Collaborative Learning Techniques
  • Assertion Evidence
  • Academic Leadership
  • Game-Based Learning
  • Fostering Group Work
  • Grant Writing
  • Grant Funding Sources
  • Grant Budgeting
  • Community Action Projects
  • Writing Personal Statements