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Effective Head Teachers Of Early Years In Pakistan: An Exploratory Study, Qamar Safdar
Effective Head Teachers Of Early Years In Pakistan: An Exploratory Study, Qamar Safdar
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
Effective head teachers of Early Years play an important role in the overall development of children (2+ to 8 years) and lead towards sustainable changes in school organizations. The present paper is based on a study on effective leadership. What emerged from this study was the discovery of ‘moral leadership’ as appropriate for Early Years and the importance of ‘networking’ among schools. The study suggests that shared vision, trust, commitment and collaboration play a crucial part in making the head teachers’ role effective in the Early Years.
Improving Practices In Early Childhood Classroom In Pakistan: Issues And Challenges From Field, Audrey Juma
Improving Practices In Early Childhood Classroom In Pakistan: Issues And Challenges From Field, Audrey Juma
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
This article focuses on an early childhood programme that has been initiated by the Institute for Educational Development at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. The programme is a Certificate in Education and involves training teachers so as to enable them to understand early childhood education and development, and to become effective practitioners in their classrooms. The early childhood education and development programme is a field-based programme of six months’ duration, where the emphasis is on supporting and mentoring course participants as they implement the High/Scope approach in their classrooms and engage children in active learning. The article outlines …