PHILOSOPHY OF THE CENTER

Free of expression, open inquiry and respect for difference arc fundamental to a comprehensive and dynamic education. The Green University Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CETL) is committed to upholding these ideals by encouraging the exploration, engagement and expression of divergent perspectives and diverse identities. Therefore, three major themes are playing significant role to create the philological background of the center.

CETL supports teachers across rank and discipline, building an imaginative, resourceful and connected campus-wide teaching and learning culture. We create occasions for faculty to develop and refresh their pedagogy and andragogy in dialogue with one another, and to engage with campus, national and scholarly conversations about excellence in higher education. CETL promotes research leading teaching that activates students’ commitment to inquiry and brings faculty expertise to life. CETL helps in integrating technology into the classroom, establishing online classrooms and mentoring dynamics and developing innovative arenas in upcoming teaching and learning platforms.  CETL also promotes teachers’, students’ and staff’s well-being for ensuring better learning and skills acquisition and implementation.

CETL CORE VALUES:

Excellence – Excellence in all innovative, technological and implementation services contributing to the faculty members’, students’ and staff’s capacity development and healthy well-being.

Integrity – Valuing honesty, fairness and broadmindedness create dependable, and conducive avenues of innovation in education.

Inquiry – Encourage and explore lifelong pursuit of new learning and technologies, and instructional designs for better support services for solutions.

Inclusiveness – Promote incorporation of democracy through recognizing identities, perspectives, and backgrounds that can strengthen, expand, and widen technological and innovative possibilities in e-learning as well as face to face learning.

Teamwork- Practice, celebrate and capitalize on the strengths and contributions of every individuals in the team to be accommodative, facilitative   and homogeneous in addressing teaching and learning issues.

Creativity and Critical thinking – Stimulate the spirit of discovery and foster innovations   leading to more effective learning for our students through recognizing, analyzing, evaluating, foraying and perfecting and creating talents, skills and expertise.

Community – Stimulate social capital, connections, and communication for sharing, collaboration and outsourcing of resources, technologies, and transformation including e-learning opportunities.

Sustainability – Visit, and revisit the implementation for improving contributions to uphold current stability and carry on.

Innovation – Further e-learning and face to face teaching and learning innovation, implementation and application across all the disciplines.