We believe the most important aspect to guarantee effective and efficient teaching and learning is a safe and positive learning environment is the rapport between a teacher and his or her students. When the students understand that their teacher cares about them and wants them to do well, students feel comfortable asking questions, making mistakes and taking risks in order to learn something new. To build these kinds of relationships, our faculty take interest in each student’s strengths and interests, as well as their struggles and frustrations. They act as a positive model for learning and celebrating achievements. When the students see that our staff can learn from his or her mistakes, and laugh even in times when he or she feels frustrated, the students will feel much more comfortable to do the same.
PAC-LAB HITMS creation of a classroom community and culture remain another necessary aspect when fostering a safe learning environment. Our students need to understand what they have in common with their fellow learners in the classroom. Our faculty creates this community so all students will get along and celebrate one another's differences. Strong classroom communities are formed in a variety of ways.
Our teaching approach is developed with the understanding that, the Higher National Diploma (HND) is a vocational focused academic qualification with emphasis on hands-on, practical learning and application of work-place skills. Thus, our learning stresses application of knowledge in solving real-world problems. Emphasis is placed on both“WHAT”you study and“HOW” you study as this makes all the difference. Students are exposed to the following Teaching-learning approaches:
Students learn through direct interaction with an environment that reflects taught concepts rather than learning through indirect presentations of the setting such as textbooks or lectures.
Practice-based education involves learning from experience 'in the real world', which means that students spend time in a genuine professional environment as opposed to a traditional classroom.
Problem-Based Learning is a teaching method in which complex real-world problems are used as the vehicle to promote student learning of concepts and principles as opposed to direct presentation of facts and concepts.
Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.
Our classrooms are structured and equipped to be an ideal learning environment with respect to the physical and pedagogic components.
At PAC-LAB HITMS, students learn in well -furnished, well-ventilated, lit and spacious classrooms which gives room for movement, collaborative activities and demonstrations. They are equipped with very comfortable chairs and tables for our students and faculty. More so, they are all equipped with overhead projectors to better illustrate and demonstrate lessons, concepts, phenomena and seemingly abstract ideas.
Pedagogically, our classroom philosophy or concept is that which motivates students to go beyond lectures, rote memorization and reproduction of ideas, to get you involved with real life and on the job, scenarios thereby fostering mastery of skills and a deeper understanding and application of notions learned. A typical PAC-LAB HITMS classroom is a workshop, promoting and engaging all our students via hand-on activities, presentation, teamwork and discussions.
PAC-LAB Higher Institute of Technology and Management Science has five laboratory facilities. We have
These laboratories are to inform classroom lessons and enable students to integrate skills learned in practical, problem solving and on the job situations. Working, collaborating and learning from our lab scientists are really professionally enriching experiences.
Our petroleum laboratory is available for faculty and especially students from our schools of petroleum and mining engineering, engineering and technology and the Department of Chemical engineering. They will be able to carry out the following
Our chemical and water laboratory is available for faculty and especially students from our schools engineering and technology, environmental sciences, water engineering and management and those from the department of chemical engineering. They will be able to carry out the following
Our environmental laboratory is available for faculty and especially students from our school environmental sciences. The Laboratory provides these testing services for programs in Environmental Health. They will be able to carry out the following
Our electrical, maintenance and calibration laboratory is available for faculty and especially students from our school of electrical and electronic engineering. This is to enable students learn via the following activities
Our medical and biomedical laboratory is available for faculty and especially student from our school of water management and engineering and our school of medical and biomedical sciences for the following activities and experiences
