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The Continuing Evolution Of The Research Doctorate, Bianca L. Bernstein, Barbara Evans, Jeannette Fyffe, Nelofer Halai, Fred L. Hall, Mukobe Siggaard Jensen, Kazim Papeiva, Suzanne Ortega Jan 2014

The Continuing Evolution Of The Research Doctorate, Bianca L. Bernstein, Barbara Evans, Jeannette Fyffe, Nelofer Halai, Fred L. Hall, Mukobe Siggaard Jensen, Kazim Papeiva, Suzanne Ortega

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Education Policy Borrowing In Pakistan: Public-Private Partnerships, Sajid Ali Jan 2012

Education Policy Borrowing In Pakistan: Public-Private Partnerships, Sajid Ali

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Teachers’ Professional Development Through Integrating Ict In English Language Education: A Case From Pakistan, Ayesha Bashiruddin Jan 2011

Teachers’ Professional Development Through Integrating Ict In English Language Education: A Case From Pakistan, Ayesha Bashiruddin

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How To Teach The Art Of “Doing” Research: Lessons Learnt From Teacher Education Program In Pakistan, Nilofar Vazir, Rashida Qureshi Jan 2011

How To Teach The Art Of “Doing” Research: Lessons Learnt From Teacher Education Program In Pakistan, Nilofar Vazir, Rashida Qureshi

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Educational Development Projects At Ied: Towards School Improvement, Khalid Mahmood, Nilofar Vazir Feb 2007

Educational Development Projects At Ied: Towards School Improvement, Khalid Mahmood, Nilofar Vazir

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The M.Ed. program at The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) helps to develop Course Participants (CPs) as teacher educators/educational leaders. AKU-IED always welcomes innovations in its various programmes. The Educational Development Project (EDP) was conceived as an alternative to research to develop CPs’ knowledge and skills required for developmental work. The EDP is concerned with capacity building at classroom and school level depending on the needs of the relevant stakeholders. A contextually relevant model was adapted for EDP at AKU-IED. The purpose of the study was to investigate the course developed for EDP at AKUIED. For the …


Celebrating Teachers’ Voices, Ayesha Bashiruddin Jan 2007

Celebrating Teachers’ Voices, Ayesha Bashiruddin

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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 …


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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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 …


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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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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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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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 …


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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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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Teachers' Understanding Of Word Problems, Mir Afzal Tajik Jan 1998

Teachers' Understanding Of Word Problems, Mir Afzal Tajik

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