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Portfolio: A Professional Development And Learning Tool For Teachers, Babar Khan, Salima Begum 2012 Aga Khan University

Portfolio: A Professional Development And Learning Tool For Teachers, Babar Khan, Salima Begum

Professional Development Centre, Gilgit

Professional development of teachers is considered a source to enhance teachers’ content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge. To meet this purpose teacher education institutions use a variety of ways for teachers’ development programs. Mostly these ways and strategies are used in short and long programs where teachers are provided opportunities to learn knowledge and skills outside classroom and schools. The purpose of these courses is to enhance the teachers’ capacity and improve students’ learning outcomes. However, most of these learning and strategies are limited to the training centers and teachers face challenges while implementing the learning in their respective schools. Teachers …


The Moral Dimension Of Teaching, Affectionate Schools And The Student Drop Out: The Case Study Of A Mountainous Community In Pakistan, Zeenat Shah, Sultan Alam, Sharifullah Baig 2012 Aga Khan University

The Moral Dimension Of Teaching, Affectionate Schools And The Student Drop Out: The Case Study Of A Mountainous Community In Pakistan, Zeenat Shah, Sultan Alam, Sharifullah Baig

Professional Development Centre, Gilgit

This study explored the perceptions, perspectives and viewpoints of the students about the reasons for turning the schools into uninteresting and unaffectionate places for the students eventually leading to the increased drop out ratio. This qualitative study was conducted in four secondary schools, which provide education to the children in four different educational systems of Gilgit- Baltistan, Pakistan. A number of six students from each school and altogether twenty four students were selected as the primary participants of this research. Semi structured interviews were the main tools of data collection. The findings highlighted the ethical, moral and behavioral aspect of …


Transition From Lecture Based To Activity Based Teaching Through Whole School Improvement In Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan, Salima Begum 2012 Aga Khan University

Transition From Lecture Based To Activity Based Teaching Through Whole School Improvement In Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan, Salima Begum

Professional Development Centre, Gilgit

The study sets out to answer the question, “How and to what extent has Whole School Improvement Program influenced the teachers to shift from lecture to activity based teaching and learning processes in the project schools in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan? The study was conducted in two Whole School Improvement Programme (WSIP) project schools in district Gilgit from public and private education sector of Pakistan. A case study approach was used in qualitative paradigm and Context, Input, Process and Product model was used in data collection and analysis to evaluate the input given by Professional Development Teachers (PDTs) and outcomes of …


Professional Development For Geographically Dispersed Faculty, Emily Donnelli-Sallee, Amber Dailey-Hebert, B. Jean Mandernach 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Professional Development For Geographically Dispersed Faculty, Emily Donnelli-Sallee, Amber Dailey-Hebert, B. Jean Mandernach

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Tough-Love Consulting, Allison P. Boye, Suzanne Tapp 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tough-Love Consulting, Allison P. Boye, Suzanne Tapp

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Collaborating With Faculty To Design Active Learning With Flexible Technology, Beth A. Fisher, Kathryn G. Miller, William E. Buhro, Deborah J. Frank, Regina F. Frey 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Collaborating With Faculty To Design Active Learning With Flexible Technology, Beth A. Fisher, Kathryn G. Miller, William E. Buhro, Deborah J. Frank, Regina F. Frey

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

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About The Authors, Volume 31 (2012), 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

About The Authors, Volume 31 (2012)

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

About the editors and authors of volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development.


Preface, Volume 31 (2012), James E. Groccia 2012 Auburn University

Preface, Volume 31 (2012), James E. Groccia

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Preface to volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by James E. Groccia of Auburn University.


What Educational Developers Need To Know About Faculty-Artists In The Academy, Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, Martin Springborg 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

What Educational Developers Need To Know About Faculty-Artists In The Academy, Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, Martin Springborg

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

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An Exploration Of The Spiritual Roots Of The Midcareer Faculty Experience, Virginia S. Lee, Dorothe J. Bach, Richard N. Muthiah 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

An Exploration Of The Spiritual Roots Of The Midcareer Faculty Experience, Virginia S. Lee, Dorothe J. Bach, Richard N. Muthiah

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

The Donors Next Door; Raising Funds From Faculty For Faculty Development Centers, Genevieve G. Shaker, Megan M. Palmer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Researching The Impact Of Educational Development, Nancy Van Note Chism, Matthew Holley, Cameron J. Harris 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Researching The Impact Of Educational Development, Nancy Van Note Chism, Matthew Holley, Cameron J. Harris

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Examining Effective Faculty Practice, Allison BrckaLorenz, Tony Ribera, Jillian Kinzie, Eddie R. Cole 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Examining Effective Faculty Practice, Allison Brckalorenz, Tony Ribera, Jillian Kinzie, Eddie R. Cole

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Faculty And Student Perspectives On Course Evaluation Terminology, Carol Lauer 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

A Comparison Of Faculty And Student Perspectives On Course Evaluation Terminology, Carol Lauer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Supporting International Faculty, Cutting Li, Sterling K. Wall, Marty Loy, Kelly Schoonaert 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Supporting International Faculty, Cutting Li, Sterling K. Wall, Marty Loy, Kelly Schoonaert

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Please Read While Texting And Driving, C. Edward Watson, Krista P. Terry, Peter E. Doolittle 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Please Read While Texting And Driving, C. Edward Watson, Krista P. Terry, Peter E. Doolittle

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Tweeting #Podhbcu, Mary C. Wright, Rachel K. Niemer, Derek Bruff, Katherine Valle 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tweeting #Podhbcu, Mary C. Wright, Rachel K. Niemer, Derek Bruff, Katherine Valle

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Using Small Group Individual Diagnosis To Improve Online Instruction, Jennifer H. Herman, Melissa Langridge 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Using Small Group Individual Diagnosis To Improve Online Instruction, Jennifer H. Herman, Melissa Langridge

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Millennial Students, Michele DiPietro 2012 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Millennial Students, Michele Dipietro

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.


Acknowledgments, Volume (20), James E. Groccia 2012 Auburn University

Acknowledgments, Volume (20), James E. Groccia

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Acknowledgments for volume 31 (2012) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by James E. Groccia of Auburn University.


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