Workshop

The word, “workshop” has been derived from

engineering. There are usually workshops in the
engineering. In these workshops persons have to
do some task with their hands to produce
something. Similarly workshops are organized in
education to prepare questions on the subjects in
the question bank workshops. The participants of
the workshop prepare questions of his subject
 WORKSHOP TECHNIQUE
Workshop is one of the techniques which are used for
higher learning. The purpose of higher learning is to develop
abilities of criticism, appreciation, to respect the ideas and
feelings of other, to present own ideas and seek
clarification. These potentialities can only be developed by
employing higher techniques of teaching and instruction at
college and university level. The workshops are organized to
develop the psychomotor aspects of the learner regarding
practices of new innovations
in the area of education.
 DEFINITIONS
Workshop is defined as assembled
group of 10 to 25 persons who share a
common interest or problem. They
meet together to improve their
knowledge and skill of a subject
through intensive study, research,
practice and discussion.
Conti…
• A group of individuals who work
together towards the solution of
problems in a given subject matter
field during a specific period of time
• A systematic approach to deal in
detail about educational problems by
means of a short meeting.
 OBJECTIVES OF
WORKSHOP
The workshops are organized to
realized the following objective:

• Cognitive objectives

• Psychomotor objectives
 COGINITIVE OBJECTIVES

• To solve the problem of teaching

profession.
• To identify the educational
objectives in the present context.
• To develop understanding regarding
the use of a theme and problem
 PSYCHOMOTOR OBJECTIVES

• To develop the skills to perform a task

independently.
• To determine and use of teaching strategies
effectively.
• To train the persons for using different
approaches of teaching.
• To develop the proficiency for planning and
organizing teaching and instructional
activities.
PRINCIPLES OF WORKSHOP
• Allowing the participants to prepare and select
the objective to be reached will increase the
participant’s motivation.
• Providing the participant with regular
opportunities to see the progress he is making will
increase his learning speed and improve the
quality of the knowledge and skills he acquire.
• Giving the participant an active role will make
teaching, more effective.
• To learn better human relations.
Conti…..
• Every individual has worth, and has a
contribution to make to the common good.
• The most crucial learning at any given time
has to do with the individual’s current
problems.
• Cooperation is a technique and is primary
factor to be followed.
METHODS ADOPTING TO
CONDUCT WORKSHOP
GROUP DISCUSSION: Gives participants
the chance to discuss and solve the
problems of the greatest interest to them.
Each member can find something in the
experience of others that has a bearing on
the questions of most interest to him will
make his work more meaningful.
 Conti….
• PLENARY SESSIONS: Organizers and
participants responsible for helping to
find solutions to the problems selected.
Participants may act as group leader
• A MINI WORKSHOP: It is a short
workshop lasting for 3 or 4 days.
 METHODOLOGY OF
ARRANGING WORKSHOP
• Select the theme on which the workshop
has to be organized. Resource personnel’s
consent should be obtained.
• Budget plan has to be prepared.
• Confirm the date of workshop, it should
coincide public holidays, professional
commitments of political meeting.
• Print phemplet/hand-chart specifying the
aims, registration fee, activities
programme specified.
 Conti….
• Choose the place, where the participants can stay
comfortably and attend total activities.
• Select participitants, 2 months before day of workshop, and
confirmation should be needed 45 days before its conduction.
• Committee of sponsors, assistance organizers, volunteers has
to be formulated.
• National language is working language.
• Documentation, equipments, checklist, publicity, press has to
be planned.
• Coordination of activities.
 PROCEDURE OF
WORKSHOP TECHNIQUE
 FIRST STAGE
 SECOND STAGE
 THIRD STAGE
 FOLLOW UP
 FIRST STAGE
The source persons or experts are invited to provide
awareness and understanding of the topic. This stage
is like a seminar type. The paper reading is also done
to discuss the different aspects of the theme. In this
stage theoretical background is provided to the
participants. The participants are given opportunities
to see clarification. The experts provide suitable
examples for clarification of doubts. This stage
continues first two days of the schedule.
 SECOND STAGE
In the second stage the group is divided into small
groups. The groups are formed on the basis of
subjects. A source personal expert is assigned to
provide the guidance and supervises their work of each
trainee of his group. Every trainee has to complete his
task with in the given period.
At the end they meet in their
groups and discuss and present
their task to be completed.
 THIRD STAGE
At this stage all groups meet at one place
and present their reports of work done at
second stage. The participants are given
opportunities to comment and give
suggestions for further improvement. The
experts also provide suggestions on
different aspects of the reports and
formalities are observed at the end of
the workshop.
 FOLLOW UP
A follow up program is an important part of good
workshop. The trainees have to go back their
institutions. They are asked to continue their task
and examine the workability and usability in their
institutions. The effectiveness of a workshop is
ascertained by a follow-up program. The
participants are invited to meet again and present
their experiences regarding the applicability of the
topic or new practices. They may give some
practical suggestions in the context. A report is
also prepared of workshop.
 ROLE IN WORKSHOP
TECHNIQUE

 Organizer of the workshop

 Convener in first stage
 Experts and resource person
 Participants or trainees
 ADVANTAGES OF
WORKSHOP TECHNIQUE
• It is used to realize the higher cognitive and
psychomotor objectives.
• It is used for developing and improving
professional efficiency. E.g. nursing, medical,
dental, etc.
• The teaching proficiencies can be developed by
using the workshop technique for in- service
teachers.
 CONTI…..
• It provides the opportunities and
situations to develop 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 innovations are
introduced to in-service teachers
 LIMITATIONS OF
WORKSHOP TECHNIQUE
 The in-service teachers do not take interest to
understand and use the new practices in their
classroom.
 The workshop can not be organized for large group
so that large numbers of persons are trained.
 The teachers do not take interest in the practical
work or to something in productive form.
 Mostly, the follow up programs are not organized
in workshop technique.
 SCOPE OF WORKSHOP
TECHNIQUE
 New format of lesson planning.
 Preparing object type tests.
 Preparing instructional material or teaching
model.
 Workshop for task construction.
 Workshop for non-formal education
 Workshop for designing program for teacher
education or any level.
 Workshop for micro teaching.
 CONCLUCION
A workshop is a meeting during which
experienced people in response positions
come together with experts and consultant
to find solution to problems that have
cropped up in the course of their work and
that they have had difficulty in dealing with
on their own. Participants themselves select
the objectives they wish to reach.