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Externalizing Tacit Knowledge For Improving Leadership Practices: Experiences From Leadership Programmes Under Esra, Muhammad Babur, Sajid Ali Feb 2006

Externalizing Tacit Knowledge For Improving Leadership Practices: Experiences From Leadership Programmes Under Esra, Muhammad Babur, Sajid Ali

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This paper draws upon the experiences gained from a leadership development course held at AKU-IED that included participants from 9 districts from Sind and Balochistan provinces. It describes the attempt, by the course planners, to conceptualize and deliver the course with a focus on externalizing participants’ tacit knowledge. The paper shares strategies used during the course, and describes successes and challenges in this respect, and the subsequent impact on participants’ learning and practices. Based on the outcome of the course, the paper suggests that the design of leadership and management development courses should focus clearly on strategies that capture and …


Teaching Quality In Self-Study Research, Ayesha Bashiruddin Feb 2006

Teaching Quality In Self-Study Research, Ayesha Bashiruddin

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This paper discusses how the Master of Education (MEd) students at AKU-IED are empowered to understand and monitor quality in self study research. The paper is based on the experience of teaching self study research over a period of three years. During this period, students in the Teacher Learning course in the MEd programme were asked to explore their journey of becoming teachers and teacher educators using self study research. As an end product the students were asked to write an autobiography. During these processes of self-exploration and the writing process, they were asked to follow guidelines identified by Bullough …


Teachers Professional Development For Quality Education, Nadeem Kirmani, Muhammad Zahid, Rehana Naz Feb 2006

Teachers Professional Development For Quality Education, Nadeem Kirmani, Muhammad Zahid, Rehana Naz

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Quality is at the heart of education and teachers play crucial role to provide quality education. This belief encourages us to state that the quality in education depends on teachers’ role, which set scenario for the students. Every teacher has his / her own impact on his / her students. But what is it that enables the teachers to have the greatest impact? In this context there are several professional development programmes offered for the teachers in different parts of the world to build capacity of teachers so they can better serve the needs of the growing population. This paper …


A Female Pdt’S Journey In The Northern Areas Of Pakistan, Safida Begum Feb 2006

A Female Pdt’S Journey In The Northern Areas Of Pakistan, Safida Begum

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This paper presents the learning journey of a female Professional Development Teacher (PDT) in the context of Northern Pakistan. This journey highlights difficulties for the female PDT in constructing her image as a leader or a change agent in a traditionally male dominated society. The paper explores the major challenges faced by the PDT in putting the theory of leadership into the realities of the context and describes the supporting factors that enabled her to establish herself as a leader. From her experiences, the author draws the processes and strategies for a female leader in a rural male dominated society, …


Learning And Modes To Ascertain Learning: Perception, Purpose And Practice, Unaeza Alvi Feb 2006

Learning And Modes To Ascertain Learning: Perception, Purpose And Practice, Unaeza Alvi

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Researching Education And Society In Central Asia, Sarfaroz Niyozov, Duishon Shamatov Feb 2006

Researching Education And Society In Central Asia, Sarfaroz Niyozov, Duishon Shamatov

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Continuous Teacher Professional Development In Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, Rahat Joldoshalieva Feb 2006

Continuous Teacher Professional Development In Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, Rahat Joldoshalieva

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Pre-Service Teacher Education In Central Asia, Jamal Papieva Feb 2006

Pre-Service Teacher Education In Central Asia, Jamal Papieva

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This paper presents the nature of pre-service teacher education in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia, a case of Kyrgyzstan; highlights the main issues and discuses the possibilities and approaches undertaken for improving pre-service teacher education. After Central Asian republics gained independence, their higher education was challenged by broad changes in political and economic life, and by the destruction of their ideological values. In general, higher education was always part of the bigger Soviet system of education. All principles of higher education structurization, its missions and goals, its strategy and main curriculum requirements were centrally developed in Moscow, and then sent …


Initiating Change In Classrooms: Pathways And Challenges For East African Schools, Anjum Halai, Ruth Otienoh, Zeenat Shariff, Naomi Swat Feb 2006

Initiating Change In Classrooms: Pathways And Challenges For East African Schools, Anjum Halai, Ruth Otienoh, Zeenat Shariff, Naomi Swat

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This paper draws upon classroom-related findings from a set of impact case studies of whole school improvement in six primary schools that have been involved as “cooperating schools” in long-term school-university partnerships with the Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (IED), and it’s Professional Development Centre in East Africa (PDC-EA). The IED approach for school improvement involves participating schools in multiple strands of professional development, including: a two-year masters degree programme that provides selected teachers with the pedagogical and leadership knowledge and skills to serve as Professional Development Teachers in their schools; Certificate in Education programmes (CEP) for teachers …


Teaching For Quality Education In Environmental Education: Challenges And Possibilities, Abid Shah, Sadaf Jehangir Feb 2006

Teaching For Quality Education In Environmental Education: Challenges And Possibilities, Abid Shah, Sadaf Jehangir

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The paper is based on critical reflection about ‘innovative’ teaching strategies and learning experiences of a facilitator and learners about the environmental education course at Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan. This 16-week elective course on environment education was offered from October 2004 to February 2005. This paper examines “what teaching strategies and learning experiences are most effective in environmental education course for bringing about positive change in knowledge skills and attitude towards environment conservation?” Our findings indicate that the course has impacted learners in terms of knowledge and personal development, through the experiences of partnership, community interaction …


Mentoring As An Alternative Approach To In-Service Teacher Education In Balochistan: Some Successes And Challenges, Muhammad Memon, Firdousali Lalwani, Rakhshinda Meher Jan 2006

Mentoring As An Alternative Approach To In-Service Teacher Education In Balochistan: Some Successes And Challenges, Muhammad Memon, Firdousali Lalwani, Rakhshinda Meher

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Developing Professional Development Teacher, Fauzia Shamim, Anjum Halai Jan 2006

Developing Professional Development Teacher, Fauzia Shamim, Anjum Halai

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Developing Leadership And Management Capacity For School Improvement, Muhammad Memon, Tim Simkins, Charles Sisum, Zubeda Bana Jan 2006

Developing Leadership And Management Capacity For School Improvement, Muhammad Memon, Tim Simkins, Charles Sisum, Zubeda Bana

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Challenges To Education In Tajikistan: The Need For Research-Based Solutions, Sarfaroz Niyozov, Stephen Bahry Jan 2006

Challenges To Education In Tajikistan: The Need For Research-Based Solutions, Sarfaroz Niyozov, Stephen Bahry

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Education in Tajikistan today is acknowledged by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Tajikistan and by international agencies as facing many challenges. Infrastructure and materials need replacement or repair; curriculum needs to be adapted to changing conditions; professional development for teachers is required, while means to retain experienced teachers and attract new ones need to be found. At the same time, children's' meaningful access to education has been threatened by various factors that reduce their attendance and participation in education, keeping some youth out of school altogether. This chapter argues that research in education in Tajikistan and the …


Creating A Critical Mass: The Visiting Teacher Programme, Bernadett L. Dean Jan 2006

Creating A Critical Mass: The Visiting Teacher Programme, Bernadett L. Dean

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Professional Development And School Improvement In Central Asia, Gulgunchamo Naimova Jan 2006

Professional Development And School Improvement In Central Asia, Gulgunchamo Naimova

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Continuing Professional Development And The Relevance Of The Ied Model In East Africa, Jane Rarieya, Fred Tukahirwa Jan 2006

Continuing Professional Development And The Relevance Of The Ied Model In East Africa, Jane Rarieya, Fred Tukahirwa

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Subject Studies In Teacher Education, Barbara Jaworski, Bernadette L. Dean, Rana Hussain Jan 2006

Subject Studies In Teacher Education, Barbara Jaworski, Bernadette L. Dean, Rana Hussain

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Education In Tajikistan: A Window To Understanding Change Through Continuity., Sarfaroz Niyozov Jan 2006

Education In Tajikistan: A Window To Understanding Change Through Continuity., Sarfaroz Niyozov

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School Improvement: A Case From Bangladesh, Yasmeen Bano, Sultan M. Bhuiyan Jan 2006

School Improvement: A Case From Bangladesh, Yasmeen Bano, Sultan M. Bhuiyan

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Reconceptualising The Professional Development Of In-Service Science Teachers In Pakistan, Nelofer Halai Jan 2006

Reconceptualising The Professional Development Of In-Service Science Teachers In Pakistan, Nelofer Halai

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Pakistan is a society in transition in more ways than one: politically it is still trying to find its place in the democratic nations of the world; economically it is taking steps to move closer to a market-based economy; and socially it is nurturing a more liberal and just society by reining in the religious extremists. In the aftermath of 9/11 stress has been on educational reform in a number of areas including – updating curriculum, improving access to schooling and developing teacher education. Teacher as the agent of reform is slowly gaining currency in Pakistan. The Institute for Educational …


School Improvement: A Case From The Northern Areas In Pakistan, Gulzar Kanji, Takbir Ali Jan 2006

School Improvement: A Case From The Northern Areas In Pakistan, Gulzar Kanji, Takbir Ali

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Teacher Education And School Improvement: A Case Study From Pakistan, Anil Khamis, Shahida Jawed Jan 2006

Teacher Education And School Improvement: A Case Study From Pakistan, Anil Khamis, Shahida Jawed

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Ied And The University Partnership: The Oxford Experience, Richard Pring Jan 2006

Ied And The University Partnership: The Oxford Experience, Richard Pring

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Key Themes And Issues In Educational Development: A Critical Perspective On The Ied Model, Iffat Farah, Barbara Jaworski Jan 2006

Key Themes And Issues In Educational Development: A Critical Perspective On The Ied Model, Iffat Farah, Barbara Jaworski

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The Teaching Of Research In A Teacher Education Programme, Iffat Farah, Nelofer Halai Jan 2006

The Teaching Of Research In A Teacher Education Programme, Iffat Farah, Nelofer Halai

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Problems Of Teachers' Re-Entry In Schools After In-Service Education, Razia Fakir Mohammad Jan 2006

Problems Of Teachers' Re-Entry In Schools After In-Service Education, Razia Fakir Mohammad

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The Establishment Of Aga Khan University-Institute For Educational Development, Sadrudin Pardhan, Dennish Thiessen Jan 2006

The Establishment Of Aga Khan University-Institute For Educational Development, Sadrudin Pardhan, Dennish Thiessen

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Affecting Schools Through A Health Education Initiative, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Sadia Muzzafar Bhutta Jan 2006

Affecting Schools Through A Health Education Initiative, Tashmin Kassam-Khamis, Sadia Muzzafar Bhutta

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The Future At Risk: Child Labour, Bernadette L. Dean Jan 2004

The Future At Risk: Child Labour, Bernadette L. Dean

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