Ecd Educators Outlook on Early Years Curriculum and Pedagogy Fostering Children’s Holistic Development

The main purpose of the study was to explore educators' views on children's the early years' curriculum and pedagogy implemented in Pakistan. This research study is grounded in qualitative design i.e. Case study. The case included examining educators, the early years' and school managers' critical reflections on children's learning and development during the early years' education. This research study is first of its kind in the context of Pakistan as the early years teachers' views about their teaching practices have rarely incorporated in recent studies. The main finding of this study was that curriculum and pedagogies used in early years' program has never been concentrated earlier as potential research themes. Though many research studies have been conducted on the implementation of ECE programs, but not any specific study concentrated on matching curriculum goals with its implementation to facilitate children's holistic development. It was learnt that national curriculum framework 2007 is not followed in most ECE classes. The main reason was found that many practitioners i.e. Educators and managers have not seen or read it. Consequently, national philosophy is compromised while nurturing children holistically It is therefore recommended for teachers and educators to study the national and now provincial curriculum framework because it has set a benchmark as what to achieve and suggested how to achieve the goals.

Assessment of Health Status of Captive Pheasants Through Blood Profiling and Fecal Parasite Analysis in the Punjab Province

The present study was designed to evaluate the assessment of health status through blood profiling and fecal parasite analysis in three species of pheasants in captive facilities of Punjab.The total 75 blood and fecal samples were collected to determine hematological parameters and prevalence of parasites. Hematological parameters including Total Red Blood Cell Count, Hemoglobin, Packed cell volume, Mean Corpuscular Volume, Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin, Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration, Total White Blood Cell Count, Platelets, Granulocytes, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, and Neutrophils, and Plasma Chemical parametersUrea, ALT, AST, Creatinine, Iron, Total Protein and Albumin were calculated. The comparison of mean value of all the parameters among male and female in silver pheasants showed that HGB, MCV, MCH, MCHC, Urea, AST, Iron and Total protein was differ highly significantly (P<0.01) and RBCs and creatinine was significantly (P<0.05). In male and female ring necked pheasants RBCs, HGB, MCH, Neut, Urea and Iron was differ highly significantly (P<0.01) and HCT, MCHC, PLT, AST and creatinine was significantly (P<0.05). In male and female green pheasants MCHC and ALT was differ highly significantly (P<0.01) and GRAN, Neut and creatinine was significantly (P<0.05), and all the other parameters in male and female of three species of pheasants were differ non-significantly (P>0.05). The prevalence of endoparasite in all three species was ranged from 36%-56%. The highest prevalence recorded in ring-necked pheasants 56%, followed by silver pheasants 44% and green pheasants 36%. The overall prevalence of endoparasites was 45.3%. The prevalence of endoparasite among all the nine different facilities differ highly significant (P<0.01) and its range from 0-83.3%. The comparison between male and female parasites of all three species shows that females were (48.8%) more infected as compared to male (40%). The total five species of endoparasites in all pheasants were recorded i.e. Ascradia galli (28%), Capillaria annulate (38.2%), Heterakis gallinarum (47%), Strongyloides avium (17.6%) and Eimeria sp (20%). The present study provides base line value of hematology and plasma chemistry of apparently healthy pheasants in captivity and can be used as reference values to improve the management practices of these species. The high prevalence of parasites needs to be re-evaluated to assess efficacy and possible nematodicide resistance of these parasites.