Teachers Perception Study on Virtual Training

Name of Author : Dr. M M Roy & Dr. Meena Sehrawat

Abstract: The outbreak of pandemic Covid-19 has affected every sphere of life; education is no exception to it. With this a sudden shift has taken place and that is the adoption of online teaching learning. Teachers are adopting and adapting various means that they have never tried before. Being in the profession of teaching and to deal with children it becomes mandatory for every teacher to refresh and apprise themselves with latest developments. To meet the growing needs of online education in the state it becomes imperative to provide sound in-service education for teachers to update their skills, knowledge for handling online teaching. SCERT, Delhi has taken a new initiative towards In-service programmes and capacity building through- Virtual training. It is a valuable way for teachers to obtain new and continuing training especially during Covid times where they have to use various platforms to reach and teach their students. This training involved a variety of multimedia elements including graphics, audio, video, and web links which could not be accessed in the normal classroom training programmes. The analysis showed that the teachers were satisfied with the topics covered in the training. They were likely to use the teaching methodology, strategies, videos and other resources given in the modules during their teaching learning process. They were very much satisfied with the academic and technical support provided by the team as and when required. Majority of the teachers recommended such trainings to their fellow teachers.

Keywords : Capacity building, In-service Education, Modules, Virtual training and Way Forward

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