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BASHIRUL MUGHNI (04308010) ADRITA ANWAR (04108014) GAZI MD. FAZLE RAHIM (04108017) VASTU SHILPA Consultants "Sangath", Thaltej Road, Ahmedabad-380058, Gujrat, India. WOHA 29, Hong Kong street Singapore-059668 Architect Uttam Kumar Shaha Nanda Architects 10-21, Priyoprangan Tower, Banani, Dhaka Architect Mohammad Foyes Ullah Vistara Architects D-1, SE(H) 6, Road 143, Gushan- 1, Dhaka-112 Tel: +880-2-9894909 ANGAN Travel Sketch Huraera Jabeen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture discussed her experience in ANGAN, the forum for co curricular activities after rejoining the department after the exchange visit in Development Planning Unit (DPU) of University College London. It was about her research 'Adaptation to Climate Change in Cities' funded under the British Council Higher Education Link Program. The lecture held on 16th of September titled as ITCHY FEET in the banner of ANGAN Travel Sketch. She also shared her visit and observation to different institutes in UK and USA including King's College London, IIED, MIT and Columbia University. BRAC Development Institute Update Citizenship During the month of September 2008, the Citizenship research team held 4 field workshops with Proshika in Madaripur, Bangladesh Sromojibi Kendra in Gopalganj, Samata in Pabna and BRAC in Bagerhat. Presentations were made in Bangla for each of these organizations. The purpose of these workshops was to take back the research findings from the recent survey to the areas where the project conducted the research and share findings with the relevant field staff and members of these organizations in order to get their feedback and validate our findings. Additionally participatory videos that were made by the members of these organizations during the participatory video workshops were shown in the workshops. A draft of our communication strategy for the next phase of the research project (April 2009 to September 2010) has also been prepared in September 2008. Career Services Job Placement Report September 2008 Muntakim Bin Sayef Prime Bank Ltd Kazi Fayzur Rahman BRAC-IED Rezwanul Hoque Ascent Rupam Dev Ascent Dipankar Saha Beximco Textile Mahjabeen Razzaque Wings Electronics Centre for Languages Update CfL Arranges Workshops on Writing-across-the-Curriculum and Critical Thinking Pedagogy CfL immensely prioritises faculty development and with this view, CfL arranged three workshops in September, 2008. The workshops were facilitated Dr. John C. Bean, Consulting Professor of Writing and Assessment of English at Seattle University and Rosalie (Kit) Bean, Composition and Reading in the English Department at South Seattle Community College where she coordinated the Writing Center. The workshops were designed to promote learning through in-depth discussion of essential aspects of language teaching such as - Writing-across-the-Curriculum (WAC), Implement critical thinking pedagogy in language teaching
instruction and Extending Critical Thinking pedagogies into the Centre for Languages (CfL). The 1st workshop held on 7th-8th September focused on "How Writing-across-the-Curriculum Pedagogy in the United States Might Be Adapted to a Bangladeshi Context." The participants were the department leaders from different public and private universities. Pro-Vice Chancellor of BRAC University Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, the Director of CfL Mrs Sarwat Abed and lecturers from CfL, Governance Studies and Department of English of BRAC University were also present. The second workshop held on the 9th - 10th was on a contemporary issue "How a Critical Thinking Pedagogy Might be Integrated into English Language Instruction in Bangladesh." It was centered towards the English Language teachers of different universities of the country. Both of the workshops were held at BRAC Centre. Professor Bean, through an open discussion with all the participants of the workshop, highlighted the fact that writing should not only be limited in English language classes, rather an interdisciplinary emphasis on writing would lead students to proper success. The usage of exploratory writing and problem-based task for the students in the American Context were discussed in the workshop. The participants shared their views regarding the constraints they face or might face while introducing the writing-across-the-curriculum method in Bangladeshi context; the following possible constraints were discussed: � Conventional education system in the pre-university (school and collage) level that does not encourage critical thinking. � Students' inability to think critically as a result of the prevailing curriculum � Large number of students in a class. The last workshop was on "Extending Critical Thinking Pedagogies into the Centre for Languages' English Curriculum." This workshop was held at BCDM, Rajendrapur, Gazipur for two days (12th -13th September). The participants were the English language teachers of Centre for Languages (CfL). As CfL has already been practicing Critical Thinking in its curriculum, this intensive workshop became an excellent opportunity for the teachers to reinforce their knowledge about using pragmatic approaches in the classroom. Through interaction, sharing different ideas and experiences, the participants focused on different issues of promoting critical thinking. The success of promoting critical thinking and the problems of introducing this new approach in the traditional environment of language teaching in Bangladesh were the focal points of the discussion. Dr. Bean and Rosalie Kit Bean shared their ideas regarding some constraints CfL teachers commonly faced, such as how to make students read critically, what is legitimate class time to devote to critical thinking, how to prevent plagiarism and continue critical thinking even outside the classroom. Dr. Bean successfully came up with some realistic solutions such as putting profound emphasis on selecting and designing authentic materials and tasks according to the needs of the students, promoting interaction by making the students work in a group, encouraging students to start from a common context and exploring different perspectives for better learning. In the workshops, CfL teachers took part in the real-classroom tasks designed by Dr. Bean and got some practical idea about the outcome of using those materials in the classroom. CfL teachers are enthusiastic, love to take challenges and introduce new methods in classroom teaching. The workshops on Critical Thinking rejuvenated their existed knowledge and definitely encourage them to strive for further refinement. In a nutshell, the participants of all workshops earned how to integrate a critical thinking approach into their language learning pedagogy; thus the workshops were nothing but a success. Computer Science and Engineering Update CSE Faculty attended CIICT2008 conference C. M Iftekhar Hussain attended a three day long China Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies (CIICT2008) on September 26th - 28th in Beijing. He was invited to present his paper "Performance of PID controller both in Soft and Hard RTOS" at the conference site in Beijing. China Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies (CIICT2008) organized by Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication (BUPT), one of the leading Universities in China specialized in telecommunication. The conference was held in Beijing this year from September 26th to 28th. System and Control Research Group (SCRG) of BRAC University had submitted one of our research
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