Abstract
Pakistan being a developing country is up against multifaceted problems in the field of education; and quality enhancement is one of them. The government is committed to addressing these problems, for which many reforms have been introduced over the decade. One of the reforms in this direction was the launch of National professional standards for teachers. This article focuses on the fourth professional standard i.e. instructional planning and strategies which is used as a benchmark for the capacity development of in-service teachers who were trained before the launch of these standards. This professional standard is one of the factors that contribute towards quality teaching. According to the standard teachers are trained not only to plan instruction and strategies but also to implement them in classrooms. The key aim of the study was to determine where on each dimension i.e. knowledge, attitude and skills of instructional planning and strategies do the secondary school teachers stand; and to identify the indicators of each dimension of this professional standard that require remedial actions. A gap analyses was carried out to compare the difference between the current situation of instructional planning and strategies and the expected quality according to the professional standard. The study was conducted in the four provinces and the capital territory. A sample of 400 secondary school teachers was drawn through multistage sampling. A questionnaire, Teacher Behaviours Inventory and a rating scale was developed by assigning arbitrary values to the five points on each scale, for data collection related to indicators of all the three dimensions. The indicator wise analyses of each dimension revealed the gap between expected and existing situation of instructional planning and strategies in the country. The findings identified the areas of instructional planning and strategies that desired remedial actions. On the basis of these findings it was recommended that the capacity development of in-service secondary school teachers may be carried out in the identified areas for improving the quality of instructional planning and strategies at secondary school level.
Sidra Rizwan, Rehana Masrur. (2018) Standard Based Three Dimensional Capacity Development of In-Service Secondary School Teachers, Bulletin of Education & Research, Volume 40, Issue 3.
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