LESSON PLAN ON

Workshop

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITED BY:

Mrs. Aparna Sankhe,
Head of Department,
Department Of Obg & Gyn Nursing,
Institute Of Nursing Education,
Mumbai – 08.
Mr. Pradip Chougale,
First Year M.Sc. Nursing,
Institute Of Nursing Education
Mumbai- 08.
Name of the student teacher : Mr. Pradip Vishnu Chougale

Subject : Nursing Education

Unit : Teaching Learning Process

Topic : Workshop

Previous knowledge about the topic : Students have some knowledge about topic.

A.V AIDS : LCD

Methods of teaching : Lecture, Discussion

Class : First year M.Sc. Nursing

Number of students : 24

Date :

Time : TO .

Duration : 35 min

Venue : First year M.Sc. Nursing Classroom.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE:-

At the end of the class student will able to have an in-depth knowledge about workshop and its application in their
professional practice.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:-

At the end of the class students will be able to:

 Define Workshop.
 List the objectives of Workshop.
 Enumerate purposes of Workshop.
 Explain principles of Workshop.
 Discus the scope of Workshop.
 Describe the planning for a Workshop.
 Explain the stages of Workshop.
 Discus the advantages and limitations of Workshop.

TIME SPECIFIC CONTENT TEACHING LEARNING A.V. EVALUATION

OBJECTIVE ACTIVITY ACTIVITY AIDS
1 min To introduce INTRODUCTION: Teacher Listening LCD
the topic introduces
The workshop is the name given a novel the topic
(Refreshing, new) experiment in education. Close group
type of discussion will be held in the form of workshop.
It consist of series of meetings, usually four or more, with
emphasis of individual work within the group with the
help of consultants and resource personnel. The
educational process has two aspects- theoretical and
practical. Learning takes place in a friendly, happy and
democratic under expert guidance. The workshops are
organized to develop the psychomotor aspects of the
learner regarding the practices of new innovations in the
area of education.

2 min To define Teacher Listening LCD Student can

Workshop. DEFINITION: defines the define the
topic workshop
According to L Ramachandran:
The workshop is a meeting of people to work
together in a small upon problems which are of
concern to them and relevant to them in their own
sphere of activity and to find suitable solutions.

According to Lorreta:
Workshop refers to a group individuals who
work together toward the solution of problems in
a given subject matter field during a specific period
of time.
According to Basavantappa:
Workshop is defined as group of 10 to 25
persons who share a Common interest or
problem. They meet together to improve their
individual skills of a subject through
intensive study, research, and discussion.

According to Neeraja:
A systematic approach to deal in detail about
educational problems by means of a short
meeting.
TIME SPECIFIC CONTENT TEACHING LEARNING A.V. EVALUATION
OBJECTIVE ACTIVITY ACTIVITY AIDS

2 min List the  OBJECTIVES: Teacher Listening LCD Group will

objectives of lists the list the
Workshop a. Cognitive activities objectives objectives of
of workshop.
 Solve the problems of teaching profession. Workshop
 Provide the philosophical and sociological
background for instructional and teaching
situation.
 Develop an understanding regarding the use of
a theme and problem.
 Identify the educational objectives in the
present context.

b. Psychomotor objectives (skill development):

 To develop the proficiency for planning and

organizing teaching and instructional
activities.
 To develop skills to perform a task
independently.
 To determine the use of teaching strategies
effectively.
 To train the person for using different
approaches of teaching.

c. Affective objectives (Attitude Development):

 To develop professional relationship between

 participants and resource person.

 To permit the extensive study of a situation its

background and its social and philosophical
implication.

 To take necessary steps to solve the problem

of
education.
2 min Enumerate the Listening LCD
purposes of Teacher
workshop PURPOSES: enumerate
the
 To put teachers in situations that will break purposes of
down the barriers between them to facilitate workshop
communication.
 To give opportunity for personal growth
through accepting and working towards a goal
held in common with others.
 To give teachers an opportunity to work on
the
problems those are direct, current, concern to
them.
 Teachers will learn new methods and
techniques which they can use in their own
classrooms.
 To place teachers in a position of
responsibility for their own learning.
 To put the teacher in a situation where they
will
evaluate their own efforts.
 To give the teachers an opportunity to
 improve their own morale.

1 min Listening LCD Group able to

explain the
Explain the Teacher principles of
principles of explain the workshop
Workshop. principles
PRINCIPLES of
workshop
 Workshop should focus on the current issues
in the profession to be discussed.
 Workshop should be conducted with full co-
operation within organizers.
 Giving the participants an active role will Group will be
make participate in
1 min teaching more effective. discussion LCD the
 Every individual has worth, and has a discussion on
Discus the contribution to make to the common goal. scope of the
scope of the Teacher workshop
workshop discus the
scope of the
SCOPE workshop

The workshop technique is used mainly in the

following areas of education:
 Action research project for classroom
problems.
 New format of lesson plan.
 Preparing instructional material or teaching
model.
 Workshop on preparing research synopsis and
proposals.
  Workshop for non formal education.
 Workshop for designing programme for
teacher Group able to
10 min education at any level. Lecture LCD describe the
planning for
Describe the a workshop
planning for Teacher
workshop describe the
planning for
a workshop

PLANNING FOR A WORKSHOP

Selection of a Theme

I. Select the theme on workshop has to be

organized:

 The theme must be based on preexisting

problem for which we should identify the
solution.
 Theme must be useful for the in-service
workers for giving awareness and training of
new practices in their working situation and
which has a solution.
 Theme must be directed towards the
participants because to motivate their interest.
After selecting a theme for the workshop, following
have to be planned.

II. Open a file

 Correspondence relating to the planning,
running
and evaluation of the workshop will soon reach
proportions that call for proper filing. A suitable
system
might be a loose leaf file with the following
subdivisions:
-Budget
-Workshop site
-Selection of participants
-Documentation
-Equipment checklist
-Publicity, press, etc.
-Evaluation.

III. Selection of resource person

 In organizing a workshop resource person

plays following important roles:
 They should provide theoretical and practical
aspects of the theme.
 Resource person must have much more
practical and theoretical exposure in their work
field.
 Resource person should able to provide
guidance to participants at every stage of and
train them to perform the task effectively.
 Resource person should be able to supervise
and also control the trainees.

IV. Selection of the participants:

Criteria for selecting the participants:

 Type of Participants: Homogeneity:

Participants
should be homogeneous (same group).
 Select the participants who will benefit by the
theme of workshop and objectives,
 Number of participants: It can be found from
experience that as many as 35 participants
(seven groups of five) can be handled by one
organizer.
- Select the participants 60 days before the
workshop.
-Forth five days before confirm the participants,
who are going to participate in the workshop.
-Voluntary participation and willingness to
innovate. Select the participants those who
attend the workshop voluntarily.
- Each participant should already have
demonstrated his desire for change by having
adopted new methods of his own.

V. Selection of the dates for the workshop:

 Date of workshop should not coincide with

public or religious holidays, sports events.
 At least one working day will preside the
opening of the workshop.
 It should be planned prior to prevent
inconvenience in conducting workshop.

VI. Selection of the place for workshop:

  Select the place where the participants can
stay
and attend total activities of workshop on a
full
time basis.
 The place should be far away from where the
participants live to enable them to participate
in
activities without interruption.
 The place should be pleasurable one (Quite
adequate seating, well ventilated, good
lighting
etc.)
 Booking a meeting room and hotel
accommodation.
 Book the room for conduction workshop and
accommodation 6 months prior to the day
 Take it in writing and insist in writing
confirmation detailing the conditions you nave
specified, particularly as regards to the
meeting
room.

VII. Selection of language:

In workshop national language must be the working
language. It must be known by all participants.

VIII. Selection of committees:

For organizing a workshop, various committee
committee must be formulated such as:
 -Organizing Committee
-Assistant Organizing Committee
-Sponsors Committee
-Volunteers Committee

IX. Budget for workshop:

Organizers should plan the budget, according to
their plan of conducting workshop.
Following the estimate the expenditure:
E-(T+ S) N x 1.25
E- Estimate
T-Cost of return travel
stage,
simple formula is suggested to
S-Living expenses (accommodation, food)
N- Number of participant

X. Invitation of the participants:

The main points to be covered in the invitation are:
- Aim of the workshop
- Theme of the workshop
- Working method of the workshop
- Get a deadline for application

XI. Preparing workshop pamphlet/booklet:

- Print pamphlets/booklets-chart specifying the:
- Aim of the workshop Group will be
5 min - Registration fees for the workshop Lecture LCD explain
- Activities of programme in workshop stages of
Explains the - Facilities arranged for the workshop workshop
stages of Teacher
workshop explains the
 Immediate preparation for workshop stages of
workshop.
i. Review of the list of participants and resource
person
ii. Room arrangement
iii. Arrangement of staff and equipment
iv. Arrangement of press relation
v. Timetable of work
vi. Expert or Resourse person
vii. Role of participants or trainees

STAGES IN CONDUCTING WORKSHOP

Generally workshops are organized for 3 to 10 days

duration. The period of workshop may be 40 days. It
depends on the nature of task assigned to the workshop
It is organized in four stages:

1. First Stage

Registration: Participants will pay their fees and they

will register their names in registration counter. After that
they will be given an identity card and workshop content
handwork.
Inauguration: It is starting function of the workshop. In
this all committee members, participants, resource
persons will be gathered along with the chief the function
with lighting the lamp and his guest speech regarding the
theme. After to him organizer delivers his speech.
Preliminary introductory session: Organizer will give
a brief introduction about the workshop, which they are
going to conduct. He will give an orientation towards the
theme of the workshop and objectives.
Pretest: Pretest will be given to the participants, which
will be based on the theme of the workshop, And it will
be evaluated.
Break: Tea break and lunch break in between the
sessions.
Presentation of the theme: The resource person or
experts are invited to provide the awareness and
understanding of
the topic.

2 Second Stage

Formation of the groups: In the second stage, the total

group is divided into small groups.
Assignment sessions and practical exercise:
Groups will be given assignment related to the
theme. Practical exercise also will be given.
Guidance and supervision: A resource person is
assigned to provide guidance to the work to perform.
Along with guidance the expert
also supervises each participants work. Every participant
has to work individually and independently and has to
complete the task within a given time limit.
Clarifying session: The participant while doing his work
if finds any difficulty or doubt can be clarified with the
help of an expert.
Group discussion: If group members have completed
their assignment at the end they meet together and
discuss their task within their group.
Preview of the next day: At the end of the each day all
group members will join together and discuss the
programmes of the next day.

3. Third Stage

There are four phases:

Presentation: At this phase all groups meet at one place
and present their report of work done at the second stage.
Evaluation: Posttest: It will be given to the Participants
based on the content which was given by the experts
during the presentation phase. That will be evaluated.
Open suggestions: The participants are given the
opportunity to comment and give suggestions for further
improvement.
Expert suggestions: The experts also provide suggestion
on different aspects of the reports.
Validation: It is the end phase of the workshop.
In this organizer will conclude the workshop after
providing certificates to the experts and
Participants and also distribute the prizes to those
perform well.

4 Fourth Stage

In fourth stage means after the actual programme,

organizers as well as participants have to do their part of
work
Organizers Part
 -Letter of thanks: Within 15 days after the programme it
is time to thank everybody who has helped, the
organizers including those who have provided funds for
the workshop, the members of the committee for
sponsors and the assistant organizers. Inform theme in the
letter that they will shortly be sent the report on the
workshop
-Report on the workshop: Report regarding the
workshop must be printed and sent to the assistant
organizers and other persons who helped to the
successful conduct of the
workshop. The report will contain the following:
An introduction giving a brief description of the focal
context which led to the organization of the workshop
-The general aims of the workshop
-A description of the progress of the workshop
3 min -Selected samples of the work done in groups lecture LCD Group will
-List of documents used during the workshop discuss the
Discuss the -The evaluation advantages of
advantages of List of participants Teacher workshop.
workshop -Part of Participants: They should get ready for the discusses
follow-up programme that will be conducted as a long- the
term evaluation process at least one year after the day. advantages
of
workshop.
Follow-up
- The trainer has to go back to their institution. They
asked to continue their task and examine the workability
and usability in their institution
- The participants are invited to meet again and present
their experience regarding applicability of the topic or
new practice.
 - During follow-up meeting participants will also be
assessed to which level they reached their objectives
by using a questionnaire and individual interview.

2 min lecture LCD Group will

ADVANTAGES OF WORKSHOP discuss the
Discuss the limitations of
limitations of  Workshop is used to realize the higher cognitive Teacher workshop.
workshop and psychomotor objectives. discusses
 It is a technique which can be effectively used for the
developing understanding and proficiency for the limitations
approaches and practices in education. of
 It is used for developing and improving workshop.
professional
efficiency, e.g. nursing, medical, and dental, etc.
 Teaching proficiencies can be developed by the
workshop technique for nursing in-service
teachers.
 It provides the opportunity and situations to
develop the individual capacities of a teacher.
 It develops the feeling of cooperation and group
work.
 It provides the situation to study the vocational
problems.
 The new practices and innovation are introduced
to
in-service teachers.

LIMITATIONS OF WORKSHOP

 The in-service teacher may not take interest to

understand and use the new practices in their
 classroom.
 The workshop cannot be organized to large
number
of groups, so the large number of persons can be
trained
 The teacher may not take interest in practical
work
or to do something in productive form.
 The effectiveness of the workshop technique
depends on the follow-up programme. Generally
follow-up programmes are not organized in
workshop technique.

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