Modern society demands high quality teaching and learning from teachers

Modern society demands high quality teaching and learning from teachers
BAHAWALPUR (PR): Modern society demands high quality teaching and learning from teachers. Teachers have to possess a great deal of knowledge and skills with regard to both teaching and assessment practices in order to meet those demands and standards of quality education. Teacher learning is a continuous process that promote teachers’ teaching skills, master new knowledge, develop new proficiency, which in turn, help to improve students’ learning. This was stated by international and national scholars during inaugural session of first International Conference on Teaching and Learning (ICOT&L) at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Faculty of Education, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur on direction of Prof. Dr. Qaiser Mushtaq, Vice Chancellor organized the two day international event, participated by 300 delegates from Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Qaiser Mushtaq having a proven and a marvelous record of organizing mega academia events in the past three years and establishing collaborative linkages with reputed institutions, international academic bodies and with well-known organizations for achieving excellence. On this occasion, Dean Faculty of Education, Prof. Dr. Akhtar Ali said that this is a fact that teachers with high quality teaching tend to do and find out more about their own craft, pushing out the boundaries of their learning and teaching, looking for the new topics and ways to teach. However, in order to achieve their maximum potential, ongoing professional development should be implemented in their schedules. Teachers provided with proper training on up-to-date information and new research on classroom management, on emerging technology tools for the classroom, new curriculum resources, and more, could become a successful factor to their schools. The best professional development is ongoing, collaborative, and connected to and derived from working with students and understanding their culture. Principal Conference Organizer Dr. Abid Shahzad thanked participants who travelled from abroad and also from far flung areas of Pakistan. He was optimistic that ICTOL will fetch researchers; academicians, curriculum developers, teachers, educational philosophers as well as professionals from all academic fields to collaborate for better learning. It would also urge them to revisit the current practices in teaching and learning and provide some solutions to keep pace with the changing world.