BRAIN BASED & PERSONALITY PLUS TEACHING STRATEGIES

Dear Sir/Madam,
You are cordially invited to a one day International workshop on Brain Based Teaching Techniques scheduled to be held on 14th December, 2013, at St.Joseph College of Education, Nanguneri, Tamil Nadu. The complete detail of the workshop is given below:

About the College
Our college was established in 2006 and committed itself in the field of education from the academic year 2007-2008. It is situated in the Kalakad Road, Nanguneri, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, and is run by the ‘Women and Child Development Society’. Kalakad is a small, beautiful, agriculturally fertile village, situated at the foothills of Western Ghats, away from all hustle and bustle of highways or cities. It is 70 kms. away from the famous waterfalls Courtallam, 60 kms. away from Kanyakumari, 20 kms. away from Koonthankulam bird sanctuary and 40 kms away from Papanasam.
It is a self-financing institution, an yet our college gives special privilege in admitting the socially and economically deprived rural educated poor young men and women who aspire to dedicate themselves for the cause of becoming good teachers by pursuing B.Ed. course. It is bestowed with wide greeneries, serene environment, modern well-equipped infrastructural facility, modern electronic gadgets that promotes quality teaching-learning atmosphere and above all qualified and dedicated band of staff to uphold the glory of the institution.
Our college motto is ‘Let them give light to the world’. We are committed to form leaders who are intellectually competent, emotionally intellectual, spiritually mature, morally upright, psychologically integrated, physically healthy, socially acceptable, God loving and who will champion the cause of justice, love, truth and peace and who are always open to further growth.

Focus of the Workshop
Brain-based teaching is all about smarter, more purposeful teaching that can reach a greater number of students. It’s not any one single thing you do. It’s more about the on-going, purposeful aggregate of environment, instruction and curriculum strategies that makes it all work.
The purpose of the workshop is to provide educators with knowledge about the new discoveries in brain-based teaching and learning. Specifically, it will provide new insights into how the brain influences behaviors, remembers, and performs all types of educational tasks as the first steps toward improved memory and ultimately better performance. Additionally, the workshop is designed to enable participants to get a better understanding of creative & lateral thinking.
Attending the seminar would benefit college professors, teacher educators, students, researchers, public school teachers, psychologists, curriculum development specialists, resource teachers, and individuals interested in learning and applying the principles of brain-based teaching techniques.
Our college is proud to venture and initiate this small effort of conducting a workshop on identifying the challenges and alternatives in teaching-learning process and to incorporate the brain based techniques in the classroom setting.

Objectives of the Seminar
• To facilitate and promote the participants to think differently about their professional life as well as their personal life.
• To learn the importance of creativity in education and in life.
• To learn to think creatively about the educational curriculum & learner-centered model of teaching.
• To know their Inner world of emotions and thinking and connecting with Outer world.
• To know the power of paradigm and its shift, which will help them to write their own personal mission statement.
• To utilize the concepts what they have learned at this seminar in their teaching and their personal life.

Workshop Modules
1. Thinking outside the box
2. Creativity in teaching
3. Inner world and outer world
4. The power of paradigm
5. Be proactive
6. Begin with end in mind

Resource Person
REV.FR.ANTONYSAMY SAVARIMUTHU
Counsellor @ Francis Schervier Nursing Care Center,
3250, Arlington Ave, Bronx,
New York, USA 10463.

Target Group
College Professors, Teacher Educators, Student-Teachers, Researchers, Public School Teachers, Psychologists, Curriculum Development Specialists, Resource Teachers, and Individuals interested in Brain Based Teaching.

Registration Fee
• Teaching Faculties - Rs. 300/-
• Research Scholars - Rs. 200/-
• Student Teachers - Rs. 100/-
Spot Registration is also accepted. The registration fee can be paid in the form of DD favoring ‘The Principal, St.Joseph College of Education’ payable at Kalakad.
Seminar kit, working lunch and refreshment will be provided. One-way TA and DA will provided for other state deserving participants.

Transport Facility
Transport facilities will be provided at no cost from Tirunelveli New Bus Stand (8.30 am), Nanguneri (9.15am & 9.45am) and Kalakad (9.15am & 9.45am).

Organizing Committee
Chief Patron : Thiru A. Tamilselvan,
Chairman

Patron : Tmt. M. Vijaya Gnanapoo,
Correspondent

Convener &
Organizing Secretary : Mr. A. S. Arul Lawrence,
Principal

Coordinators : Ms. A. Vimala
Asst. Prof. of Education

Mrs. T. Sheba Rani
Asst. Prof. of Mathematics

Mrs. X. Stella Mary
Asst. Prof. of Commerce

Members : Mr. A. Arul Suresh
Asst. Prof. of Tamil

Mrs. S. Kalyani
Asst. Prof. of English

Ms. T. Sathya Sangeetha
Asst. Prof. of English

Mr. R. Ruban Jebadurai
Asst. Prof. of Computer Science

Mr. J. Jeba Karunya Raj
Asst. Prof. of English

Ms. A. T. Jency Sofia
Asst. Prof. of Economics

For further details:
The Principal,
St.Joseph College of Education,
Kalakad Road, Kadamboduvalvu,
Nanguneri-627108, Tirunelveli District,
Tamil Nadu, India. Mobile: +91-9994103888,
+91-9487731426;
Office: 04635-292240;
Fax: 04635-260966;
E-mail : [email protected]