Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 9: PG Department of MIER College of Education organized a guest lecture on the theme “Education and Qualitative Research” at its Campus here today.
The resource person was Prof. B. Ramesh Babu, Dean Research, Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal. while Dr Adit Gupta, Director and Principal MIER College chaired the session. Dr NR Sharma, Dean Academics and HoD PG Department, Dr. Mool Raj, Dy HoD along with the faculty and students of MA Education and M.Ed. programmes attended the lecture.
Dr. Gupta extended a warm welcome to the resource person and introduced him as an expert in the field of Educational Research and Teacher Education.
He further said that Prof. Babu is a distinguished researcher and a teacher educator, who has presented and published both at the national and international conferences. He has undertaken major responsibilities in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of centrally sponsored programs in addition to several individual and collaborative projects.
In his address, Prof Babu explained the nuances of teaching-learning process and emphasized that a teacher needs to be a reflective practitioner.
He said a reflective practitioner builds and examines knowledge about learners, the culture and curricula of schooling, and the contexts in which teaching and learning occurs to maximize the learning process. He highlighted the fact that education and teaching is intentional, but learning is not, it is uncertain in nature.
It is this gap between certainty and uncertainty that makes the teaching-learning process humane in nature by understanding individual differences, creativity and novelty of the learners.
He said teachers as reflective practitioners need to break the culture of silence in their classrooms and bring back the culture of sound.
In addition, Prof Babu discussed different types of research in social sciences such as fundamental research, utilization of cognitive resources research, policy research, research of ideas etc.
Prof NR Sharma presented a formal vote of thanks, while programme was conducted by Dr. Nishta Rana, Assistant Professor and Head CER.
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