Building the baseline, NAHE took the task of Module Development in collaboration with seven public and private sector universities across Pakistan.
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Teaching as a Profession |
Islamia University, Bahawalpur |
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Academic Planning and Management |
IED, Aga Khan University, Karachi |
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Curriculum Development, Assessment & Evaluation |
Iqra University, Quetta, Baluchistan |
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Learner’sPsychology |
University of Education, Lahore |
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Androgogical Skills |
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad |
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Micro-Teaching (Theory and Practice) |
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Communication Skills |
Army Public College of Management Sciences, Rwp |
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Research Methods and Skills |
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi |
This 18 step laborious procedure of Module Development (attached here) led NAHE towards the finished product comprised of seven modules. The package of modules is a best resource for orienting the teachers, irrespective of their particular discipline, towards what the world of teaching demands from the successful teachers!
Workshop: Training Master Trainers of PCEPT (15th to 18th February 2010)
The Higher Education Commission’s project, the National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) Phase II, in collaboration with the USAID-funded Pre-Service Teacher Education Program in Pakistan (Pre-STEP), hosted a four day workshop from 15th -18th February 2010 at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Lahore entitled “National Workshop: Training Master Trainers for the Professional Competency Enhancement Program for University Teachers (PCEPT)”. Thirty higher education faculty members from different universities across Pakistan participated in the workshop.
The workshop for Training Master Trainers of PCEPT prepared National Master Trainers who will be tasked with teaching the NAHE modules. The workshop was conducted by four Resource Persons: Dr. John Dirkx and Dr. Rhonda Egidio from Michigan State University, Dr. Aslam Adeeb from Islamia University Bahawalpur and Dr. Jan e Alam Khaki from Agha Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development, Karachi.
The participants demonstrated a high level of interest and enthusiasm throughout the workshop. Small groups were constituted around each of the seven academic modules and group assignments associated with the use of the modules were also completed. The participants came from a variety of public sector universities in Pakistan including the fifteen Pre-STEP partner universities.
Module Design Workshop for Professional Development of Pakistan Higher Education Faculty (5th - 8th October 2009)
NAHE, Higher Education Commission (HEC) organized a four day workshop in collaboration with Pre-Service Teachers Education Program (Pre-STEP), a project of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the final review of the PCEPT program modules, at Margalla Hotel Islamabad from 5th to 8th October, 2009.
The developed material was reviewed in the workshop, where all the committee heads representing seven universities/institutions and the reviewers exercised the final modification under the direction of the team of reviewers from Michigan State University, USA and experts from Pre-Step, USAID Project.
It was the part of content review process implemented by Michigan State University, USA. The teaching learning resource material of the PCEPT program was given to the Michigan State University, USA for the content and Language review through the Pre-STEP USAID Project team members Dr. Philip Butterfield. They reviewed the content and have submitted the final (reviewed) modules.
Module Developers Review Meeting I & II (23rd to 26th June)
Keeping in view the recommendations of the concluding meeting, two members of the review committee were called for four days here in Islamabad to finalize the content submitted by the module developers. They made some amendments in the material and submitted the finalized content.
Module Development Concluding Meeting (25th April 2009)
In this meeting all the committee heads were invited to finalize the following agenda items:
• Determining the sequence of all the topics and sub-topics included in seven modules
• Classifying the content for additional reading pack and for the Teacher’s Training Guide
• Development of a comprehensive pre-test and post-test for the PCEPT program
• Development of tools for evaluation
• Evaluation of PCEPT Program
• Evaluation of Resource Persons
• Monitoring tool
• Revising the overall weightage assigned to each module; keeping in view the results of pilot test program
Pilot Test of the PCEPT Program (12 February to 13 March, 2009)
The TLR material on the above mentioned areas was developed and pilot test was conducted to analyze the effectiveness of the content. The pilot test program was held from 12th February to 13th March, 2009. The content of the PCEPT program is composed of seven areas and these areas were identified by a panel of expert educationists in a series of meetings and workshops.
The pilot testing was conducted to analyze the effectiveness/suitability of the content according to the professional needs of participants. The participants represented several higher education institutions of Rawalpindi and Islamabad nominated by their institutions, having varied range of disciplines such as medical science, mathematics, English literature, governance and defense studies.
The expert reviewers have evaluated the entire program and they will compile the research based report of the pilot test. In the light of the recommendations of experts and participants, the TLR material will be finalized for the implementation of professional development program for the further training of 2100 faculty members, throughout the country.
Module Development Workshop II (12 to 13 January, 2009)
The agenda of the workshop was as follows:
• Each committee leader/member was required to present comprehensive/contents and delivery approaches of their assigned areas.
• Each committee was required to design and present the sample of Pre & Post test to be administered during PCEPT courses.
• The instruments/tools required for the evaluation of courses in each area was also planned to be developed and finalized.
• The tentative schedule of 24 day course along with the area wise weightage was planned to be finalized.
• The mechanism of the entire pilot testing process along with dates/venue etc was also planned to be identified.
The workshop participants worked on the development of the revised outlines and these outlines have been reviewed by the expert educationists of Module Development committee. The committee has worked on the following agenda:
• Identification of the module specific and cross cutting outcomes of the PCEPT program.
• Development of Outlines for the Teaching Learning Resource Material
• Review and finalization of the outlines
• Finalization of the approach of writing the TLR Material
• Allocation of time for each module area
• Development of detailed Teaching Learning Resource Material in each area
Module Development Workshop I (11 to 12 November, 2008)
The objectives of the workshop were:
• To review the revised content of the TLR Material
• To reach a consensus on changes to be made in the content
• To reach a consensus on the approach using which the content would be delivered by the resource persons imparting the training
• To review the first draft of the outline for all the modules prepared in the planning workshop
• To discuss other relevant issues such as pilot testing of the project, time line, completion and implementation of the proposed project
Planning Workshop (8 to 9 August 2008)
The major purpose of the workshop was to revise and upgrade the modules/contents used in SDCs, and to provide a strong basis on which the quality Professional Development Instructional Contents can be formulated, and to get the feedback and suggestions from the representatives of the Course Coordinators/Resource Persons, who were involved in these Staff Development Courses in the universities of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan and AJ&K. The workshop remained successful in achieving its objectives.