Faculty Development Program Model: A Strategic Insight
Keywords:
Faculty Development Program, Social science, Qualitative approach, the model frameworkAbstract
Faculty Development Program for social science domain is very limited. There is no proper framework for FDP on how it should be conducted and in which domain it should be conducted for the skill enhancement of the faculties. Medical science and engineering have a prescribed set of areas, which can be used for FDP but for social science much more exposure are needed and hence this gap has motivated the researchers to bring out various new model frameworks for FDP with regard to social science domain.
The focus of the research is not to deal with statistical analysis and restrict the discussion based on the output. However, usage of good qualitative approaches to understand the need so that exact solution can be provided.
The research has made use of qualitative techniques to collect the data from various respondents such as educationalist, faculties of various domains belonging to social science, experts from industries etc. All the experiences shared by various respondents have been properly cleaned, and appropriately discussed.
The researchers have framed four various model frameworks for this research. The first level model clearly states the importance of FDP at various levels, which has to be strictly followed by the educational institutions. The second level makes it clear on the various sub-core themes, which has to be considered for FDP, which will have a fruitful outcome. The third level is the most important one as it deals with the various resources, which are needed for a successful organisation of FDP, and the fourth model is a combination of all the first three models providing a holistic picture of FDP.
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