Background

The overall objective of the project is to enhance the capacity of faculty members at the Paro College of Education and the Samtse College of Education of the Royal University of Bhutan, as well as faculty members at other colleges of the University, in using future-oriented teaching, learning, and assessment practices that align with global trends and respond to diverse needs of 21st century learners.

This objective will be achieved through a series of activities, including the development of five professional development modules by experts from the consortium. These modules will be made available on the Royal University of Bhutan’s Moodle platform as MOOCs, and will be used in offering hybrid professional development to the two colleges of education and the faculty members from other colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan and teachers across Bhutanese schools. Two of the modules will also be integrated into the B.Ed programme of the two colleges of education and offered to pre-service student teachers annually.

The project is expected to benefit over 115 faculty members of the two colleges of education, over 600 academic staff of other colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan, and over 200 school teachers through professional development. The project will also benefit over 400 pre-service student teachers annually because of its two modules that will be offered as part of the B.Ed programme.

The project will result in enhancing the capacity of its beneficiaries in meeting the diverse needs of 21st century learners by implementing student-centred teaching strategies, innovative assessment practices, assessment data-based instructional activities, qualitative feedback models, and MOOCs. The project will also foster a culture of using student-centred teaching and innovative assessment practices in Bhutanese schools.

The outputs of the project include five modules, MOOCs, professional development, and the integration of two modules into B.Ed programme offered by the two colleges of education of the Royal University of Bhutan.