Day 2 Recap: Building Strong Foundations for Effective Teaching and Learning
Tuesday’s session, “The Craft of Teaching (Foundation),” focused on staff who were new to the teaching profession. From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the AJ Centre, novice teachers and those with less than a year of experience worked with Tina Hameed and Omer Mubbasher on curriculum expectations, lesson planning, classroom routines, and active learning strategies.
In the afternoon, speaker sessions were conducted separately for each school. Ms Sana Zulqarnain, Director Schools, NSCoE, addressed Junior School teachers on how young learners think, learn, and develop curiosity. Dr Shazia Humayun, Assistant Professor and Head of SE-EDx at BNU, spoke to Prep School staff about supporting students in moving from dependence towards independent learning. Syeda Khadija Burhan, Assistant Professor of Education at the Department of Education, Forman Christian College University, led the Senior School session, focusing on preparing students for academic rigour and life beyond school, without narrowing the curriculum to examination content alone.
