Browsing by Author "Farah Naz"

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    The current context teachers and teaching in Pakistan
    (Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 2011) Farah Naz; Abida Khalid; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah
    Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to throw light on the current context of teachers and teaching in Pakistan and to suggest further line of research on teaching and teachers in the country. Design: This paper is based on the review of different papers and articles available in different journals; and downloaded from internet and also on the daily experiences of mine which I face as a teacher and a teacher trainer. Findings: The review shows that teaching is a profession by default or an additional source of income. Male members only opt this profession because they could find any other job or adopt it for surplus income. Mostly the teachers are with low qualifications. Teaching is only the transmission of knowledge. Practical Implications: Future directions for the future exploration in this area of study are suggested. Originality: This paper is an attempt to know about the life of the teachers in developing countries, like Pakistan.
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    Effect of mentoring on the teaching skills of b.ed level students during teaching practice
    (Common Ground, 2010) Abida Khalid; Farah Naz; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah; Farhat Munir
    Teachers development is considered very important for the teaching- learning process in education. To enhance the learning opportunities mentoring is considered an effective tool now days. It is one of the most important ways to improve the quality of teaching. This research was conducted to see the perspective of prospective teachers (mentees) and mentors about the effect of mentoring on classroom practices. The study was conducted in one of the campus of University of Education at Pakistan. An experimental study was designed, implemented and evaluated in a year. Fifty prospective teachers and 12 senior faculty mentors were involved in the program. Fifty prospective teachers were taken in the control group and 50 prospective teachers were taken in the experimental group. This study was basically conducted to determine the improvement in teaching skills of mentees after providing a complete session of training and the research supported that mentoring contributes a lot in enhancing the teaching skills of teachers and indicated clearly that mentoring has a positive effect on classroom practices.
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    Entrepreneurial skills enhance the achievement level of school leaders
    (Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research, 2011) Farah Naz; Farhat Munir; Abida Khalid; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah
    Educational systems of almost every country of the world are facing the challenges of new dimensions. To manage with such fast growing challenges it has to coordinate with the global demands. Education being an industry has to work under the same patterns as any business organizations do. It is widely agreed that the intention of Conservative education policies is that the schools are to become business with a primary focus on profit and loss account (Ball, 1990, p68). In business sector business entrepreneurs are going to be encouraged. So it is the high time to realize the worth of educational entrepreneurs to make it successful as business and strengthen the country s economy. The objective of this article is to analyze the results of a survey carried out among school leaders at different schools in Lahore. The aim of this study was to investigate entrepreneurial skills in school leaders.The research involves analysis of data gathered from school leaders serving in different schools at Lahore Pakistan.Education has become the back bone of every country s economy. So it has become very necessary to develop the educational on the same patterns as any business organizations do. For this the role of school leaders should become significant and functional. They should become forward to lead the educational systems as business. They should be more focused to quality and profit to up lift the country s economy. The research has the implications for the school leaders and policy makers in term of identifying the importance of entrepreneurial skills for school heads in order to refine and up lift the educational system to strengthen the country s economy. The research will be valuable in terms of training of school heads. It will also provide the policy makers an insight about its importance in global perspectives.
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    Implementation of curricula at secondary level
    (UMT, Lahore, 2003) Farah Naz
    A curriculum plan is as good as its implementation since it is its actual achievement and not merely the objectives set and organizational mechanism provided that determine the impact of a plan. Without effective implantation the decisions of the curriculum planner are not to be carried out successfully. Since the people who plan the curriculum are not the same people who carried out it, there is a considerable room of distortion of the curriculum planner's intentions if the steps and action appropriate to the plan are not taken. Curriculum is construction and implementation involve an intricate set of positive actions on the part of many people such as educational planners, administrators, supervisors, teacher educators and persons serving in supporting services. It demands concentrated efforts by those who are responsible for planning and implementing at departmental and institutional levels. If a curriculum is inappropriate or if it cannot realize the goals for which it was designed, it will be a failure no matter how well it is implemented. A brilliantly conceived and prepared curriculum but poorly implemented is bound to fall to achieve the intentions of the curriculum planner. Many studies reveal a variety of elements affecting diffusion and implementation. Hence this area — the problem of curriculum implementation and the factors, which may affect it — becomes one of the major aspects requiring a thorough probe and investigation. In this process, there may be many factors which may come into the way and may either facilitate or hinder its implementation. Inappropriate implementation can scuttle the best-indented and handsomely designed curriculum. The purpose of study was to identify the factors which influence curriculum implementation at the secondary school stage as perceived by teachers, and principals. The study was based on the assumption that the curricula introduced were not fully implemented
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    The implementation of curricula at secondary level: role of head teacher
    (Common Ground, 2011) Farah Naz; Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah; Abida Khalid
    A curriculum plan is as good as its implementation since it is the actual achievement and not merely the objectives set and organizational mechanism provided that determine the impact of a plan. Without effective implementation the decision of the curriculum planner are not to be carried out successfully. Since the people who plan the curriculum are not the same who carried out it, there is a considerable room of distortion of the curriculum planner’s intentions if the steps and actions appropriate to the plan are not taken. Construction and implementation of curriculum involves an intricate set of actions on the part of many people. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors which influence the implementation of curricula at secondary school stage as perceived by teachers, and principals. The study was based on the assumption that the curricula introduced were not fully implemented. Data was collected and tabulated for the purpose. Statistical techniques were applied to analyze the data. Analysis of major hypotheses and items shows that supervisory function had not performed in a manner that could ensure the effective implementation of curricula at school level. There are many factors that impede or facilitate the process of implementation of the curriculum as perceived.
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    Role of human capital and education in economic growth
    (2011) Ijaz Ahmad Tatlah; Farah Naz; Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
    The purpose of this paper is to explore the association between general education and economic growth of the human beings. The associations were investigated through content analysis of different researches published in a wide range of journals, proceedings and books. Findings suggest strong evidence supporting the relationship between levels of general education and several pecuniary success measures. The findings linking level of education to the well beings of human in all aspects of life are found strong. Given the significant investments by both private organizations and governments aimed at increasing rates of economic growth success through education, it is important to understand that while the evidence supporting the links between education and economic outcomes is promising it is not yet definitive. This very much relation is also become stronger, while locating the reasons of brain drain. In addition to endow with a review of existing research this paper suggests an integrative framework for future research.
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    The Role of University in Transforming Self-Understanding and Meaning of Life in Students – A Critical Study of the University of Management and Technology (UMT)
    (UMT, Lahore, 2015) Farah Naz
    Currently, there is a shift towards intangible outputs of the connection of university to the meanings and life of students and faculty. However, it needs to be investigated how far a university is successful in its additional role. The present study is an attempt in the same direction where the University of Management & Technology Lahore (UMT), is critically analyzed in terms of outcomes of its role and its capacity for developing self- understanding, exploring meanings of life, and unfolding the evolving self to newer meanings by virtue of self- directed renewal and reference process.
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    Western corporate practices or jahiliyya? A dilemma for Pakistani organizations
    (Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research, 2011) Naveed Yazdani; Farah Naz
    Islam goes much beyond a religion because of being regarded as “Din” a complete code and way of life. It happens to be the revealed solution of all ills, problems and recurrent and issues to emerge. It is meant for whole of the humanity. It embraces the cannons of justice, equity, equality and modernity as well but in the limited periphery. It routed out the ordains of the past which had been the practice of the masses though it be the rounds of holy Kaba, the enactments of business, the marriage contracts, the inheritance laws. It has a philosophy of its own which believes in the subservience of God, and living of masses on the earth as vicegerent of God to elevate and implement her will. Pakistan inherited its systems from the colonial era explicitly believing and implementing the western philosophies though wrong. The practices that crept into and polluted the pious rituals of Islam still persist and has given rise to the dented personalities partially believing in westernize and practicising Islam at the same time. This duality is the mother of all ills we could inherit. There is a need to rethink; Sole Proprietorship, General Partnership, Joint Venture, Limited Partnership, Limited Liability Partnership (LLP),Limited Liability Company (LLC), Corporations, S-Corporations, the different forms of corporate business in the light of Islamic teachings. Similarly the cannons of justice are to be reviewed family laws, laws of inheritance, laws of evidence, civil and criminal procedures in the light of established and referenced Islamic jurisprudence. There is also a need to peep into the practicality and implications of prevailing or pleaded to philosophies like rationalism, empiricism, skepticism, idealism, pragmatism, phenomenology, existentialism and structuralism as being incomplete philosophies and having established threats against them. On theoretical grounds if we go for a review and practically prepare a plan for the implementation of Islamic belief we would be living in a world of comforts for this day and thereafter otherwise we would be forming the world of Jahiliyya.