Department of Natural Sciences
Roles
The Department of Natural Sciences is one of the 6 departments of FED, NUOL, which has a role in organizing teaching-learning for 5 majors – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Computer to produce specialists and researchers with the sense of needs to protect and promote Lao culture.
Responsibilities of Department of Natural Sciences
1) Organize teaching-learning and training
- Implement and disseminate the strategic plan of the FED, NUOL, and related policies;
- Educate political ideology, manners, legislations and laws for teachers and students within the department in accordance with 3 characteristics and 5 principles of education;
- Implement, monitor, and evaluate teaching-learning management in accordance with the assigned curriculums;
- Encourage teachers to produce teaching materials;
- Organize class observation and give feedback;
- Organize training on teaching-learning management for teachers;
- Plan the programs, projects for academic and related activities;
- Evaluate and improve the curriculum consistently with the development plan of FED; and
- Develop the curriculum consistently with the social demand.
2) Research
- Encourage teachers to conduct action research (classroom research);
- Conduct research, develop innovation, teaching techniques and methodology; and
- Disseminate and utilize the research findings and innovation in the improvement of educational quality.
3) Social services
- Encourage teachers to provide academic services
4) Protection and promotion of Lao culture
- Encourage teachers and students of the department to actively participate in promotion of traditional art and culture of ethnic groups as well as the nation;
- Organize the activities to widely promote traditional art and culture of ethnic groups as well as the nation; and
- Adopt and promote cultures of the world properly.