There are no bad students, only bad teachers.

“There are no bad students, only bad teachers; the staff and lecturers are the key to determining the quality of training” are the heartfelt words that Dr. Le Dac Son - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dai Nam University always wants to tell each staff, lecturer and employee on the journey of building and developing the school. With the desire to improve capacity; continue to inspire and motivate all staff and lecturers; further promote achievements, Dai Nam University continuously organizes training courses to improve capacity and seminars on developing university teaching skills.

The Workshop on Developing University Teaching Skills held on May 29 is one of the regular professional activities of Dai Nam University. This is one of the important goals in the Development Strategy of Dai Nam University to 2025, with a vision to 2030.

Along with training courses to improve the capacity of staff and lecturers, the University Teaching Skills Development Workshop is a practical activity that contributes to building a team of professional staff and lecturers who are good at their profession, enthusiastic about their work and want to stay with the school for a long time.

Dr. Le Dac Son - Chairman of the Board of Directors especially values developing the quality of staff and lecturers to improve the training quality of the school.

In his opening speech at the Workshop, Dr. Le Dac Son especially emphasized the role and significance of the staff and lecturers in gradually improving the training quality and development strategy of Dai Nam University.

“Teachers are the ones who have the most opportunities to sow good karma in life. If teachers themselves are not aware of their roles and responsibilities, they cannot sow good karma. Teachers themselves must realize their mission. The work we are doing, we must truly love and cherish, then we can do it with all our heart, all our strength and dedication…” said Dr. Le Dac Son.

Dr. Luong Cao Dong - Principal of Dai Nam University said: " All presentations with correct theoretical and practical values, serving the teaching and learning of teachers and students will be considered for application by the school..."

According to Dr. Le Dac Son, in the digital age, teachers are no longer the center of knowledge. Nowadays, students have many “tools” to seek knowledge. If teachers do not change, they will not be able to accompany their students and will not be able to survive in the industry.

“The mission of teachers is to educate, but their mission goes beyond education to leave behind values and marks of happiness. Teaching and grading papers is a way to survive, but to make students love and respect them is to create blessings… ” Dr. Le Dac Son emphasized.

Dr. Can Thi Cuc - Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, the oldest lecturer to participate in the discussion at the Workshop.

Previously, to prepare for the University Teaching Skills Development Workshop at the school level, 16 specialized faculties in the school held a Faculty-level University Teaching Skills Development Workshop with the participation of representatives of the school's Board of Directors and Board of Management.

“The Board of Directors has received hundreds of theoretical and practical papers from lecturers. However, due to limited time, the Board of Directors can only select 07 papers to participate in reporting and discussing at the University Teaching Skills Development Workshop at the school level. All papers with correct theoretical and practical values, serving the teaching and learning of teachers and students will be considered for application by the school…” said Dr. Luong Cao Dong - President of Dai Nam University.

Mr. Vu Van Dien, representing the lecturers of the Faculty of Pharmacy, participated in the discussion at the Workshop.

MSc. Pham Thi Dung – Lecturer of Faculty of Tourism, the youngest lecturer to present at the Conference.

MSc. Nguyen Quynh Anh - lecturer of Faculty of Foreign Languages shared project-based teaching method at the Workshop.

The papers presented and discussed at this school-level Teaching Skills Development Workshop include: Applying and developing application-oriented teaching methods at the university level at the Faculty of Tourism, Dai Nam University (Faculty of Tourism); Some opinions exchanged on active teaching methods at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Dai Nam University (Faculty of Pharmacy); Innovation in teaching methods for mathematics at Dai Nam University (Faculty of Information Technology); Skills in searching and citing reference materials (Faculty of Nursing); Applying project-based teaching methods in theoretical and practical university teaching (Faculty of Foreign Languages); Innovation in teaching methods for financial accounting in the context of IT application (Faculty of Accounting); Papers on university teaching methods/skills (Center for Continuing Education in Pharmacy).

The special thing about participating in the University Teaching Skills Development Workshop this year is that the oldest lecturer this year is 68 years old, the youngest lecturer is 32 years old. The enthusiasm and dedication of Dai Nam teachers for their students has been, is and will always follow the motto "No matter how small the harm to students is done, we will absolutely not do it; whatever is best for students, we will do it with all our heart" of the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The University Teaching Skills Development Workshop is an annual professional activity that attracts the attention and response of all lecturers in the school.

In his closing remarks at the conference, Dr. Le Dac Son highly appreciated the papers presented. The papers not only presented the most modern university teaching methods and skills today, but also provided in-depth and multi-dimensional analyses of the practical application of teaching methods at Dai Nam University.

Teachers took souvenir photos at the Workshop.

In addition to appreciating and acknowledging the contributions of teachers, Dr. Le Dac Son especially directed and assigned tasks to the faculties: Prioritizing the standardization and improvement of pedagogical skills for all lecturers in the school.

Some pictures at the Workshop:

Dr. Pham Van Nguyen - Vice Principal, Head of Pharmacy Faculty, who is always concerned with the output quality of the health sector of Dai Nam University.

Dr. Le Thi Thanh Huong - Vice Principal at the Workshop.

The spirit of enthusiasm and dedication of Dai Nam teachers for their students has been, is and will always follow the motto "Anything that harms students, no matter how small, will be resolutely not done; anything that is best for students, will be done with all our heart and soul".

The University Teaching Skills Development Workshop is an opportunity for young lecturers to learn and improve their knowledge and skills to increasingly improve the quality of their lectures.

Thu Hoe