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نہ کر توں مان وساہواں دا

نہ کر توں مان وساہواں دا
چھڈ جانا ایں پنجرا ساہواں دا

انج عشق دیوانہ کیتا اے
ہو گیا اے حال تباہواں دا

اتوں فجری ویلا آ ہویا
راہ تک تک تیریاں راہواں دا

جیہڑیاں پتر شہید کراندیاں نیں
دھن جگرا اے انہاں ماواں دا

بھانویں لکھ موبائل آ گئے نیں
ہے اپنا رنگ سنیاہواں دا

اینویں رو رو رائیگاں عمر گئی
مُل پیا نہ میریاں ہاہواں دا

جس تھاں تے اوس سلام کیتا
کراں ادب میں انہاں تھاواں دا

پڑھ لکھ کروڑ سلام نبیؐ تے
راہ مل مدینے دیاں راہواں دا

مرے ماں تے پتہ لگ جاندا
کی قدر اے ٹھنڈیاں چھاواں دا

پھرے پیا حنیف ہو دیوانہ
ایہو اثر ہے تیز نگاہواں دا

Trash Rush – Educational Mobile Game For Android Devices

As population grows faster, the rise of garbage collection follows.  Massive information dissemination of waste management has been done by local representatives to educate people but despite the effort exerted still mismanagement of waste exist that caused serious environmental consequences to nature and human beings.  This condition ignites the researchers to develop a technology-based means to help disseminate proper disposal of garbage through the use of mobile phones.  Trash Rush educational mobile game application utilized Lua Scripting Language for game features, system behavior and synchronizes the phone sensor to the system. The Lua tool is decoded to JSON codes and sent to PHP MySQL in the webserver for storage. For tilting motion and orientation of the phone, the researchers employ the accelerometer sensor as the main navigation controller.   For sound and background effects, the Reactable Application is utilized.  The Box2D game engine is used to analyze and interpret the images and graphic effects while the Box2D API is utilized for object movement and animation. The Motion Parallax effect is also used to give more realistic effects in movements of the objects and the graphical background of the game. All these components are extracted through the APK file of Corona SDK to build and publish the app.  Upon reaching to the deployment stage of iterative model, it was found out that the system became viral to grade levels in the campus because of its story and time attack mechanism.

Teacher Education in Pakistan: Bridging Gaps Between Theoretical Knowledge and Professional Practice

The research study was aimed to find out the application level and gaps between the theoretical knowledge and professional practice of teacher education in Pakistan. The study was designed to meet the following objectives; (1) To find out the level of application of the theoretical knowledge by the student teachers during their teaching practice. (2) To explore the differences among the perceptions of student teachers, teacher educators and the observation records of the researcher. (3) To find out the gaps between theoretical knowledge and professional practice of student teachers. (4) To develop strategies to fill the gaps between theoretical knowledge and professional practice of student teachers. All the student teachers, enrolled in the B.Ed (elementary) one year program, and the teacher educators, in the campuses of the University of Education Lahore as well as in the Government Colleges of Elementary Teachers (GCETs), comprised the population of the study. Multi-stage cluster random sampling technique was used to select the sample. Eight teacher education institutions from both streams of GCETs and UE campuses were selected in equal proportion. 522 student teachers and 100 teacher educators comprised the sample of the study. The mixed method approach was used to collect the data through observation checklist, questionnaires for student teachers and teacher educators, focus group discussion and interview technique. Data triangulation design was used through the cross tabulation on SPSS for analysis of the quantitative data. Mean score, chi-square test and Tukey''s HSD were applied to analyze the quantitative data. Whereas, the qualitative data was analyzed through the thematic analysis. A mixed picture of application of the theoretical concepts, regarding the different categories of pedagogical skills, were found with considerable, significant, moderate and critical gaps. The observation records usually identified the low level of application of the concepts with greater level of gaps as compared to the perceptions of student teachers and teacher educators. It was also found that the student teachers did not succeed to apply the theoretical concepts regarding the innovative methods of teaching as well as the computer applications in the classroom. Different challenges and problems were identified for the application of theoretical concepts during the teaching practice of student teachers. The coordination and collaboration among schools and teacher education institutions, freedom and power for student teachers, availability of resources for technology integration, training of school teachers for helping student teachers, expansion in the duration of teaching practice, feedback and reflective practices and the concept of laboratory schools associated with teacher education institutions were identified as the strategies to fill the gaps between theoretical knowledge and professional practice in teacher education. Close collaboration and coordination, with integrated concept of schools and teacher education institutions, expanded duration of teaching practice, free hands on experience of student teachers, availability of resources and necessary materials as well as the curriculum of teacher education program compatible to the needs of schools were recommended to fill the gaps between theoretical knowledge and professional practice in teacher education.
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