Advances in Learning and Educational Studies

Issues in Teaching Practice: Perception of Students Enrolled in Distant Learning and Regular Programs of Teacher Training

2022-07-27T10:16:12+00:00

Teaching practice plays a pivotal role in a teacher training program. Without practical training, such a program would not be effective and comprehensive in its purpose. Teaching practice provides an opportunity to the prospective teachers to apply their knowledge and learned skills in real situation. Irrespective to its goodness, while teaching practice, teachers may encounter some problems. This study was intended to examine the problems encountered during the process of teaching practice as perceived by the student teachers. Data was collected from student teachers who were engaged in practice teaching. Sample consisted of 100 student teachers out of which 50 were enrolled in regular teacher training programs in the Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan and 50 students were enrolled in distance learning programs in the Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan. A questionnaire was developed about problems related to various aspects of teaching practice. The opinions of regular and distant learners were compared and some recommendations were made in the light of findings of the study.

Is There a Good Moral Objection to Private Education? A Review of Literature

2022-07-27T10:46:20+00:00

Participation of the private sector in education plays a vital role in improving service delivery and contributes to public access to education. In addition, some features of the private sector such as better service delivery and efficiency can improve the performance of education service and its quality in general. However, in the last few decades, a growing body of research debated on the implicit and underlying effects of the marketization of education and identifies elitism, inequality, and the stratification in society as by-products of the application of marketing approaches as used in education sector. This review of education literature on the marketing approaches of education overviews the moral implication of the market's involvement in education through private schools which can create individualism and limits the vision and scope of education. This paper is based on the analysis and discussion of the already available literature on education mainly related to implicit and moral consequences of market involvement in education sector. It argues that a basic narrative is required to balance commercialization and public welfare in education practices around the world. The market cannot have uncontrolled access to education because of tangible and intangible outcomes associated with education. Public expenditure on education requires a more holistic and wider perspective compared to the focused and competitive approach of private education. The argument is that education is a social good, which can have a number of impacts on society such as providing a competitive advantage for an elite class and can widen the gap between those who have and those who have not. Therefore, a cautious adaptation of the private-sector approach in public education is required to improve efficiency.

Factors Involved in School Based Vocational Curriculum Development

2022-08-07T09:59:09+00:00

This study was undertaken with an aim to discover different measures that heads and principals of secondary schools may take to develop an effective school-based vocational curriculum (SBVC) for their schools in the Swat district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The study bears significance to the field as it suggests measures that heads and principals of the secondary schools may take for the development of SBVC, which may be used by the heads and principals of secondary schools of other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to develop their own vocational curriculum. A five days training was arranged for forty-eight secondary school heads (focused group) in Swat district. An open resource questionnaire was used as a research instrument for the collection of data. The findings of this study showed SBVC as strongly encouraged by the heads and principals of for the schools. The study bears significance as it suggests measures that heads of the secondary schools may take for the development of SBVC, which may be used by the heads of secondary schools of other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in their endeavours to develop their own vocational curriculum.

A Systematic Literature Review on Teaching and Learning in Digital Age at the Higher Education Level

2022-08-07T14:06:25+00:00

The concept of digital world has been an emerging trend of e-teaching and learning in the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital age has now become a powerful and leading opportunity for education at tertiary level. In Pakistan, e-learning has become a prominent interest by substituting the traditional pedagogy with online models. It is the process that empowers the educators and students to learn digital skills. However, due to sudden outbreak of the pandemic, the entire world is shook and the education system has faced with a number of hurdles and challenges that need to be addressed. This systematic literature review is an attempt to create an understanding about the teaching and learning in digital age while highlighting different methodologies used in and findings of articles under the review in order to provide researchers with further avenues to conduct future research on different aspects of use of digital means in teaching, learning environment and while evaluating learning outcome of digital learning at the tertiary level of education. A meta-analysis method is use to collect data by using electronic database searches to find relevant articles ranges from year 2015-2020. A sample of 15 articles was taken from the period under study which were further classified into different themes.

Examining the Echelon of Job Satisfaction among Male and Female Academic Staff

2022-08-07T19:39:25+00:00

This study was undertaken with an aim to investigate the level of job satisfaction of teachers in the higher secondary schools so that appropriate policy measures can be drawn as to make them more productive in classrooms. For the purpose of this study, two hundred teachers were randomly chosen from two divisions i.e. Mirpur and Poonch of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ) as developed by Lester (1987) was employed to obtain responses from the sample of the study. Results revealed that female teachers were more satisfied than their male counterparts. Teachers seemed to be slightly satisfied with some aspects of the job like recognition, job security and working conditions. This research study can be helpful for policy makers in making decisions related to teachers’ job satisfaction and retention.