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Item Case study Dar - e - Arqam garden town, Lahore(UMT, Lahore, 2007) Tallat JabeenThis research is a Case Study on Dar-E-Arqam School Garden Town Lahore. It painted the overall picture of school. It is girls branch where boys and girls get combine education from play-group to III class. After it boys are shifted in Boys Branch. In order to find out the sublime features of Dar E-Arquam School Garden Town Lahore the researcher used different research instruments like researcher's personal observation, interviews and questionnaires. Through these instruments researcher completed Post mortem of school. The main findings of the study were that Dar-E^Arqam School is successfully running. It produces Hafz-i-Quran and trained students to become good 'Muslim' in very effective way. They impart modem education under the perspective of 'Islam. This thing distinguished Dar-E Arqam School from other school systems of the societyItem A comparative evaluation of 7th grade English textbooks of federal and Punjab textbook boards(UMT, Lahore, 2007) Asma WaqarThis study is aimed to evaluate and compare the 7'^ grade English language textbooks of Punjab and Federal textbook boards of Pakistan both quantitatively and qualitatively. Since the Government claims that is taking remarkable steps in upgrading and developing the syllabi, it is required to analyze the extent to which these steps are taken in the right direction. English plays a significant role to get in touch with the outer world of advancement and technology. A global appraisal of the English textbooks is consequently the need of the day since in Pakistan they are the only source of learning the language during the academic years of majority of students especially in public schools. For this purpose, the study not only uses the text/ material enclosed in the textbooks but also the perception of the teachers who teach English to 7^'' grade in Punjab and federal public schools. This enabled the researcher to explore the minds of the teacher to know what exactly they know about English language and its teaching. Tl^e study comprises of fiy^liapters. Chapter one gives the introduction of the^stu\dy. Chapter two ejK^Ios^s the literawe review. ChWer three mcwides the details of ra^odology. Chaptenfour carries the results both>auanmative and qualitatiWehapte\ five is abo r I discussionsVn the resuFfs\ After discussions/the smdy is concluded and s^me suggestions are ^ven. It is ^ongly ho^d that the results of th^ study would contribute pj^siti^ly and have^oi^ positive effects oy reshaping the English textbook^ more an^tically.Item The role of teachers as leaders in educational reforms at secondary level(UMT, Lahore, 2007) Hassaan HashamiThis study is about the role of teachers as leaders in educational reform (secondary section). Through this study, researcher tried to evaluate the leadership responsibilities of teachers. Based on the review of the related literature, a questionnaire for teachers was prepared. After the try out of the questionnaire, a final questionnaire was developed and administered to one hundred and twenty teachers of fifteen different schools of Shad Bagh area. The study was limited to the 120 teachers of higher secondary section. Four major hypotheses were formulated for this study. All the variables were related to demographic variables of type, sex, marital status, experience and professional qualification. Two out of four variables were not rejected. The data in general, revealed that the teachers were doing their leadership responsibilities on their own, but administration was not properly arranging activities for their leadership development. For accomplishment of the goals most of the principals didn't like interference in the decisions-making process. They were, infact, concerned only with the completing of the job. Teachers were therefore' just implementers of the orders and policies. On the other hand, teachers were given freedom in arranging different classroom activities according to the requirement of the lesson. In general, the administrative environment was not collaborative, interactive and knowledge sheiring but teachers were personally trying to maintain collaboration, interaction and so on. The research noted an interesting phenomenon that majority of staff believed that most of teachers didn't concentrate on their job in collegial environment beeause of the increasing factor of leg-pulling and jealousy among fellow workers. In short, all the institution were traditional one having teachers and principal believing in transmission mode.Item Cognitive levels of the content of annual English language papers (of class three) of Aitchison college, junior school(UMT, Lahore, 2007) Uzma KhanThis analytical study plunges right into the contents of nine Annual English language papers/tests of Class III (Aitchison College, Junior School) and examines them in the light of the cognitive domain of Bloom's taxonomy. All questions of the selected papers are studied by developing a table of content analysis, on the lines of table of specifications, to find the weightage given to different levels of the cognitive domain and how it affects the teaching of English. It is observed that the highest weightage is given to the application level of the cognitive domain. Another interesting observation is that the last two (highest) levels of thinking i.e. Synthesis and Evaluation are not covered at all in any of the studied tests. This reveals the unbalanced form of the tests and also that the pre stage of test construction is not given much consideration. It is concluded that the teachers need training in the area of language test construction and that the tests should be broad based, encompassing a wide range of skills and thinking abilitiesItem Contribution of teachers in the career formation of students in private secondary schools for girls in shadbush Lahore(UMT, Lahore, 2007) ABDUL WAHABThe research has been conducted to investigate the contribution of teachers in the career formation of the students in Private Secondary Schools for Girls in Shadbagh Lahore. The main objectives of the study were to investigate the general contribution of teachers in the career formation of the students, to analyze the particular contribution o teachers in the career formation with reference to their students, and to develop suggestions about the career formation of the students. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, survey method was employed. For this study population consisted of seventy five (75) private schools, and sample consisted of fifteen (15) schools, and the questionnaire was distributed to five teachers and five students of every selected school. The data was collected form the sample through the questionnaire. The data collected through the questionnaires was tabulated, analyzed and interpreted in the light of the objectives of the study. Chi square and T-test formulas were used. It was found that, most of the students and teachers responded that, the culture and climate of their schools contributed in the career formation of students. The teachers examined the qualities of the students for particular professions/subjects. The teachers gave advice to students for future plans. The teachers advised the students about the subjects suitable for them and they gave extra time of solution of students' problems. Moreover, some recommendations were made, such as the teachers should provide help to the parents about the career of the children, and they need to give extra time to the low achievers for their betterment. For the selection of the subjects, the teachers need to keep in view the students' aptitude, and they should give suggestions to the students about their future professionItem Evaluation and comparison of textbooks of ESL/EFL classroom(UMT, Lahore, 2007) Zaheer HussainItem A study of reflection of national culture in foreign curriculum taught in Pakistani secondary schools(UMT, Lahore, 2007) TEHMINA AFZALLiteracy and education decide future of a nation. Curriculum determines the ways and objectives to be attained by a nation. Students are educated by it and contents of it dictate their mental growth and in turn shape future of a nation. All the students in the country should be brought up by similar mental urowth and similar curriculum. This is specifically important to create national coherence and unanimity. National culture is backbone for any nation's self-belief and self-respect. This is the passion that keeps all the different groups of nation together by bringing the idea of centrality and belongingness. Necessary information regarding national culture should be fed to children through their curriculum to make them proud future citizens able to run their country. There are number of parallel education systerhs running in Pakistan. Schools other than public origin are becoming more and more common and thus important. There are different types of foreign curricula in use in these private institutions. The primary purpose of the study is to determine the impact of foreign curriculum on Pakistani students, especially from the view point of their knowledge and tendency towards the national culture. The scope of study was limited to student completing their secondary education to see their knowledge depth. Questionnaires were distributed and students responded very well. Thorough analysis was done regarding aspects pondered and screening and discussion of results was done to assess the conclusions drawn