Minutes of Meeting

 Multiple meetings regarding implementation of newer teaching methodologies in all faculties of SGT University were conducted in the Dental Committee room from 12:00noon-1:00pm as per the schedule:

7^th July 2017– Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Physical sciences and Faculty of Law.

8^th July 2017– Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Commerce and Management

10^th July 2017- Faculty of Engineering

11^th July 2017– Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Nursing

12^th July 2017– Faculty of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Indian Medical System and Faculty of Allied Health Sciences

13^th July 2017– Faculty of Mass Communication, Faculty of Fashion Technology and Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

14^th July 2017– Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and Faculty of Dental Sciences (in T.V Studio, from 2:00pm-3:00pm)

The meetings were attended by all the deans along with all the faculty members (the signatures list attached) and chaired by Dr T.D Dogra, Director IQAC. The members of IQAC that were present include:

• Dr H.S Grover, Dean education and examinations
• Dr S.C Mohapatra, Dean Academic affairs
• Dr Astha Chaudhry- Sub dean, IQAC
• Dr Amit Bhardwaj, Sub-Dean, IQAC
• Dr Akshay Munjal

The agenda was to discuss each newer teaching methodology and its implementation.

The list of newer teaching methods were distributed to each member and each methodology was discussed one by one.

Cognitive skills

1. Student’s Interactive Session(SIS)
2. Student’s Seminar(SS)
3. Teacher’s Seminar(Multispecialty)
4. Project Based Learning(PBL)
5. Problem Based Learning(PBL)
6. Case Studies
7. Integrated Teaching

• Intra-faculty (Within one faculty)
• Interfaculty( More than one faculty)

8. Focus Group Discussion
9. Spot Group Discussion
10. Presentation cum Panel discussion( By Teachers)
11. Presentation cum Panel discussion ( By Students)
12. Fish Bowl Technique
13. Role Play
14. Simulation Technique
15. Tutorials

Psychomotor Skills

1. Unconventional Clinical Examination
2. Unconventional Practical Examination
3. Hands- on

Assessment Techniques

1. Objective type questions
2. Objective Structured Clinical Examination(OSCE)
3. Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE)

It was stressed by the chairman that all didactic lectures should be replaced by SIS.

All the teaching methods are student centric and the role of teacher will mainly be a facilitator in increasing the learning of students. The presentation skills, communication and leadership skills of the students can be improved by these methods and will help in increasing the confidence of the students. The idea is to break the monotony of the lectures and to increase the participation of the students in the learning.

The chairman emphasized that atleast 40% of all classes should be taken by newer methods.

The chairman also briefed about the constitution of feedback forms and that IQAC will be confidentially taking the feedback of the students regarding the faculty in general and about the teaching methods and requested that all Deans and faculty members should cooperate with this initiative of IQAC. It was also insisted by the chairman that each faculty can develop their own feedback proformas for improved results and that this activity is not to discourage or discriminate any faculty. It is just an exercise to know about the shortcomings and their improvisation.

The Chairman Dr Dogra also suggested that extra credits should be given to students participating in student seminars, role play and other student centric activities and it should be included as part of formative assessment to increase the student participation.

It was stressed upon that faculty should not restrict themselves to only these methods. The faculty should be creative and innovative to design and implement their own methods of teaching.