This document discusses panel discussions and workshops as methods of teaching. It provides details on how panel discussions involve a group of 4-10 people discussing a topic in front of an audience. The roles of instructor, moderator, panelists and audience are outlined. Workshops are defined as involving 10-25 people who meet to improve their skills through study, research, practice and discussion. The document describes the pre-active and active phases of workshops, including developing goals, selecting participants, preparing an agenda, and follow-up plans. Stages of workshops including presentations, group work, and presentations are also summarized. Benefits and limitations of these teaching methods are presented.

1. Mrs. Suja Santosh
Professor
RVS College of Nursing
Sulur, Coimbatore

2. Method of teaching in which 4 or 6 or 8
persons discuss the assigned
topic/issue/problem creatively among
themselves in front of a large audience

3. • Provide information & new facts
• Analyse current problem from
different angles
• Identify the values
• Organise for mental recreation
• Influence audience to an open
minded attitude & respect for
other’s opinion
• Stimulates thought & discussion
& clarifies thinking

4. • Organised for common man
problems
• To provide factual information
regarding current problems
• To determine social values
• To recreate common man
Eg: Educated unemployment,
increase in price of things

5. • Used in educational
institutions
• To provide factual
information & conceptual
knowledge
• To give awareness of
theories & principles
• To provide solution of
certain problems

6. • Instructor
• Moderator
• Panelists
• Audience

7. INSTRUCTOR
Plays an important role in
panel discussion
Plans how, where and
when discussion will be
organised
Prepare the schedule for
discussion

8. MODERATOR
• Keep discussion on theme &
encourages interaction among
members
• Summarizes & highlights points
• Should have mastery on theme or
problem on discussion
• At end of discussion, moderator
summarizes & presents his point of
view
• He express thanks to panelists &
audience

9. PANELISTS
• 4-10 panelists
• Members sits in a semi
circle shape in front of
audience
• Moderator sits in middle of
panelists
• All panelists must have
mastery of subject matter

10. AUDIENCE
• Audience are allowed to put
question & seek clarification
• They can present their view
points & experiences related
to theme
• Panelists answers
• Some situations moderator
also tries to answer

11. • Used in college level to organize
teaching at reflective level
• Develop problem solving ability
• Helps to understand nature,
problem or theme of discussion
• Develop the ability to present
theme logically
• Develop attitude and ability to
tolerate anti-ideas of others
• Helps critical thinking
• Develops putting questions &
answering them

12. • Encourage social thinking
• Develop critical attitude &
better judgement
• Develops to present quick
exchange of facts & opinion
• Respect others ideas &
feeling & ability to tolerate
• Different points of view on
subject are presented by
experts

13. • Chances to deviate from
theme
• Some members may
dominate
• Time consuming
• Vague and superficial
discussion, if Panel
members lack mastery

14. • Should have rehearsal before
panel discussion
• Moderator should be
matured person
have full understanding of
theme/problem
Have control over situation
Seating arrangement – every
members should be equal
distance & observe each
other
encourage constructive
discussion among panelists&
audience

16. Workshop is defined as
assembled group of 10-25
persons who share a common
interest or problem
They meet together to improve
their individual skill of a subject
through intensive study,
research, practice and
discussion

17. • Complete & active
involvement by participants
• Whole point of attention is
to work & learn from
practical experiences
• Participants may have to
work as reporters/leaders
• Offers each member an
opportunity to make his own
contribution

18. • Increase motivation
• Effective teaching give active
role for participants
• Improve person’s attitude
towards others
• Learn better human relations
• Every individual contributes
to common goal
• Involves Co-operation

19. • learn new innovation & practices of education
• Solve problem in teaching profession
• Provide broad understanding of topic & theme
• Provide philosophical & sociological
background for instructional & teaching
situation

20. 2. PSYCHOMOTOR OBJECTIVES
• Develop skills to perform task independently
• Determine & use teaching strategies
• Train persons for using different approach of
teaching

21. • Opening a file : (budget, arrangement, participant
selection, documentation)
• Formulation of aims & objectives
• Arrangement of funds
• Choosing date & place
• Identifying resource person
• Selection of participants
• Identifying sponsors
• Working language
• Invitation (include theme, aim, implementation of workshop)
to participants

22. PHASES OF WORKSHOP
Pre-active
Phase
Active
Phase

23. • Step-I : Define the Goal
Clear goal should be kept at
the Centre of discussion
• Step-II: Decide the Target group
Make a list of participant

24. • Step-III : Select the right Location
-think about logistics & practical details of
workshop
-make sure everyone be able to view
-make sure appropriate facilities for
breakout sessions
- ensure everyone willable to reach venue
-ensure about accommodation of
participants

25. Step-IV : Prepare an agenda
Main Points
-Create a list of points to discuss &
breakdown
-each larger points into details
Visual Aids
-list of visual aids used
-provide expert help for technical support
-make sure everyone be able to see visual aids
Discussion & Activities
-make list of exactly which group discussion &
activity will be used in workshop
-plan how much time allowed for each
exercise ensure the activity prepared to use
was appropriate to size of group
-Ensure the venue has resources

26. • Step-V : Develop a Follow-up Plan
Create a questionnaire to collect
feedback, distributed to participants at the
end of event
Through feedbacks - learn and improve,
for next time

27. FIRST STAGE:
• Presentation of theme for providing
awareness.
• Resource persons/experts are invited to
provide the awareness & understanding
of the topic
• Paper reading is done to discuss
different aspects of theme
• Theoretical background is provided to
participants

28. SECOND STAGE:
• Whole group is divided into small groups on
the basis of subject studied and language.
• Every participants work
individually/independently
• Resource person provide guidance for the
activity to be performed
• Every participant has to complete the task
within the given period
• At the end the participant meet in groups &
discuss & present about task
• Practice the method for its applicability

29. THIRD STAGE:
• At the end, a representative of each
group will be asked to present the
findings.
• Round up discussion with all workshop
participants; where the experience of
teaching methods is put into personal
(Eg: what value participants see in the
use of teaching methods; or what
elements regarding the context causes
uncertainties)

30. THIRD STAGE:
• Evaluate the material prepared by
participants as follow up.
• Participants are given opportunity to
comment & give suggestion of different
aspects of reports, at the end

32. • Widening specified knowledge
• Professional & personal growth
• Friendships, team spirit & human relations

33. • Provide cognitive &
psychomotor objectives
• Develops feeling of cooperation
& teamwork
• Introduces new practices &
innovations in education
• Develop understanding &
proficiency for approaches &
practices in education
• Develop individual capacity

34. • Teacher do not take interest to
understand & use new
practices in classroom
• Workshop cannot be organized
for large groups
• Participants do not take interest
in practical works