Review of literature on impact of faculty development programs (FDPs) on teachers’ performance

No doubt, Faculty Development Programs (FDPs) are vital for any educational institution, be it from primary, secondary or higher education. FDPs help to meet the ever changing demand in the educational field. They are also aimed at continual learning process required by the faculty whose responsibility is to transform the society. Lack of FDP exposure results in educational failures and lack of proper coverage of different dimensions of FDP activities results in poor target achievements as education and learning is a holistic approach. For any educational institution, it is not only quality teaching but also better organizational and learning environment which paves the way for its effectiveness and eventual success. The present study is an attempt to review the studies conducted in these areas. For the purpose of study secondary sources of data and information were collected. It is observed that many studies on the effectiveness of FDPs were from medicine field. Other than medicine field, there were good number of studies from liberal education which also stressed the importance of FDPs for better learning and better future.