TEACHERS’ EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
On 27 th January 2021, am empowerment programme was organised at Vaikunta Baliga College of Law for the teachers on ‘EQUIPMENTS OF A PEDAGOGUE’. The resource person of the occasion, Prof. (Dr.) C. S. Patil, Dean and Director, Karnataka State Law University, Hubballi, during his address, explained about the actual purposes of a pedagogue. Sir explained that, Pedagogy which is most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. The pedagogy adopted by teacher shapes their actions, judgments, and other teaching strategies by taking into consideration theories of learning, understandings of students and their needs, and the backgrounds and interests of individual students. Its aims may range from furthering liberal education (the general development of human potential) to the narrower specifics of vocational education (the imparting and acquisition of specific skills).
He also tried to analyse the various essential features a pedagogue has to imbibe in his personality for the potential development in his field. The principal of the institution Prof. (Dr.) Nirmala Kumari K presided over the session and teaching staffs of the institution attended the programme.
