Perception Of Postgraduate (PG) Students And Teachers On Seminar As Teaching-Learning Tool
Perception of postgraduate (PG) students and teachers on seminar
Keywords:
seminar, postgraduate students, postgraduate teachers, questionnaireAbstract
Background: The postgraduate education depends on self learning. Knowledge acquisition among postgraduate students is through seminars which form essential part of their training programme. Methodology : This study assesses the role of seminar as a teaching-learning tool amongst students & teachers by recording their perception through a questionnaire based survey. Results : The scores for most of the items in an 18 point questionnaire were above 3 indicating that learning from seminar is satisfactory. There were two items where there was significant difference among students & teachers perception. Conclusion : We found that both the postgraduate students and the postgraduate teachers feel that the technique is useful amidst lots of suggestion to improve the quality. Thus the postgraduate seminar method is a teaching-learning method that is effective and well-accepted among the postgraduate students and postgraduate teachers alike.. [ Gajbhiye S et al NJIRM 2014; 5(2) :98-102]
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