RETRACTED: A study of the attitudes of the teacher educators towards secondary school teacher education programme in Pakistan

This article has been retracted at the request of the Author. Please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).Reason: This article was not presented at the 2010 World Conference on Educational Sciences and therefore should not have been included in this issue

A HISTORICAL REVIEW ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ART AND FEMALE EDUCATION DURING THE MUSLIM REGIMES IN INDIA

Abstract This study was conducted to analyze the developments of education in various sectors under the Muslims rulers i

An Evaluation of Teaching Practice: Practicum

Teaching practice is an important place in teacher training, it is the theoretical part of teacher training. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the teaching practice, for the purpose a 22 item questionnaire was developed and pilot tested, the internal consistency (Cronbach Alpha) value of the questionnaire was 0.73.Five research questions were made for the study. 650 student teachers throughout the country from 26 teacher training institutions were considered the sample of the study, by selecting 25 student teachers randomly from each institution. The data collected through questionnaire was coded and analyzed through SPSS XII and Stat Pac calculator in terms of frequency, percentage and chi square. The study finds that majority of the student teachers is not given demonstration lessons in all the subjects, duration of teaching practice is not appropriate to develop teaching skills, the method of evaluation in practical component is not appropriate, choice of the student teachers is not considered while assigning the lesson, proportion of theory and practice not appropriate. It is recommended that that the student teachers should be given demonstration lessons before practice teaching, the duration of the teaching practice may be increased, theory and practice should be made proportionate, the student teachers should be made responsible for what they do, this can only be achieved if their choice in the selection of lesson is also considered

A Study of the Attitudes of the Teacher Educators towards Pre Service Teacher Education Programme in Pakistan

Abstract In Pakistan, at present the education colleges and some departments of education of public sector universities are given the responsibility of providing Pre Service training, and wit

Comparison of the emotional intelligence of the university students of the Punjab province

AbstractThe study reports findings drawn from an amended version of Wong & Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLIS), university students’ of Punjab. 600 students from three universities were selected as the sample for the study. Gender wise, the male students and qualification wise the B.Sc. degree holders were found significantly better than their counterparts. There were also some significant differences in terms of the university the students were studying in. The study concludes that the emotional intelligence is positively correlated with age, gender, qualification as well as the educational institution the student is enrolled in