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Development of Reflective Practice Through In-Service Teacher Education Program: A Case Study of a Participant

Thesis Info

Author

Qureshi, Jahanara

Department

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

Program

MEd

Institute

Aga Khan University

Institute Type

Private

City

Karachi

Province

Sindh

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

1999

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Education

Language

English

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676727896209

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The English language is the number one language in the world so far as its influence and number of speakers are concerned. Unfortunately, in Pakistan, the effective teaching of this language has been neglected at levels. As a result, the written & oral comprehension has gone down to the lowest ebb. While the general situation of education is dismal enough, that of learning/teaching of English invites pessimism. Despite its importance and influence teaching of English in Pakistan has not received the serious academic attention it deserves. Learning new ways of teaching is a long term process. Teacher development looks beyond initial training and deals with the on-going professional development of teachers, particularly, through in-service education programs. Some in-service programs go beyond teaching techniques at the classroom level to develop the participants as self-directed learners. One of the most important ways to achieve that is their development as reflective practitioners through critical thinking. Do the teachers who attend such programs become better reflective thinkers and practitioners than others? What methods do they use to inculcate reflective practice in them, if at all? Using interviews and descriptive observation, a case study was made of the reflective practice of an in-service program participant in the contexts of the teacher-education institute and the school. Most of the research was carried out in the in-service context of the teacher (the classroom). Still, some ADELT sessions were also attended to see how praxis was being translated from theory. I explored the successes and failures of in-service teacher education program with regard to the development of reflective practice. This study describes how an in-service teacher education program helps teachers become reflective practitioners. I have made an attempt to investigate what reflective practice means to the teachers and how it helps improve their classroom practice. Teachers are mostly reluctant to implement what they learn from in-service teacher education programs. Their challenges, and constraints have also been discussed. The study concludes that self-directed learning if implemented well, motivates participants to learn on their own and from each other.
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کوزہ گر ۔۔۔اور شہر ِ اوہام

کوزہ گر ۔۔۔اور شہر ِ اوہام

عدنان ظفر

ریل کی پٹڑیوں کے پارمضافات میں گاؤں آبادتھا۔ ہر طرف ایک عجیب سی چیختی ہوئی خاموشی تھی۔ راستوں پہ ہر طرف کیچڑ، بارش کا پانی نہ جانے کب سےٹھہرا ہو ا تھا، اور اس  گدلے پانی کے کناروں پر جمی ہوئی  کائی  ماحول کو اور زیاہ ہولناک  بنا رہی تھی۔ چھوٹے چھوٹے مینڈک تیزی سے پھدکتے ادھر سے ادھر جاتے اور ٹروں ٹروں کا راگ آلاپتے اس بے جان خاموشی کو چڑہا رہےتھے۔فیروز ایک کوزہ گر تھا ، جو اسی بستی میں ایک  جھونپڑی  میں محض ٹھنڈی مٹی کے ڈھیر کے سوا کچھ بھی نہ تھا، اور اس نے  برسوں سے کوزے بنانے چھوڑ دیے تھے۔اس کی جھونپڑی میں اشیائے ضروریہ کی کمی اس حد تک تھی کہ جیسے  فالج زدہ  جسم میں حرکت کی کمی ہوتی ہے۔

پس ِ پردہ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔آٹوگراف

اہلِ شہادت ، اہل ِ محسنین  اور اہلِ جمال۔۔۔۔۔۔۔!

افسوس کہ کچھ باقی نا رہا ،          ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔سوائے آٹو گراف البم۔۔۔!

قحط الرجال ارزاں،

مردم شماری عروج پکڑ گئی، مردم شناسی ناپید۔

لوحِ ایام پہ سفرِ ِِنصیب لکھ دیا گیا ، مگر آوازِ دوست قحط الرجال کی مانند حرفِ شوق ٹھہری ۔آبِ گم کی تلاش کسی زرگذشت کے راہ کا نشان بن گئی اور شامِ شیرِ یاراں کےخیالو ں کا مدفن بنی۔لیکن آٹو گراف پانے کی خواہش ہنوذ جاویداں اور آٹو گراف البم ابھی خریدا ہی نہیں۔

اسے بچپن ہی سے مٹی سے لگاؤ تھا۔وہ گِل و لا سے ایسے مجہور کوزے بنانا چاہتا تھا ،جو نہ صرف حقیقت سے لبریز ہوں بلکہ ان میں انسانوں کی طرح کی وہ عادتیں بھی پائی جائیں جس...

مقاصد العقدية بين الإفهام والتكليف

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Synthesis and Microstructural Studies of Fine Magnetic Particles

In the present work fine Zinc, Manganese and Cobalt ferrites particles were prepared using the co-precipitation technique. The synthetic technique involved the co-precipitation of iron (Fe3+) and metal (zinc, manganese and cobalt) ions from aqueous solutions using NaOH base to create fine MFe2O4 particles (where M stands for metal). This technique provides greater homogeneity of the particles. The microstructural studies were performed using x-ray diffraction technique. Samples of zinc ferrites were synthesized at different digestion temperature. The concentrations kept at 0.2M. Spontaneous magnetization of the samples was determined by using permanent magnet. The Spontaneous magnetization of the samples decreased with increase in the digestion temperature of zinc (Zn2+). The maximum magnetization was found for samples having digestion temperature of 55oC. Particle sizes for the magnetic samples were determined using Sherrer’s formula. The XRD patterns of all the samples showed very close resemblance with the ICDD card data. The particle size was found to depend on the digestion temperature . Particle size of the samples increased with increase in the digestion temperature from 55oC to 85oC while it decreased for the digestion temperature of 95oC. The surface morphology and magnetic properties were also performed using SEM and VSM. The magnetic properties of zinc ferrite samples resembled those of ideal soft ferrite with almost no hysteresis loss. Fine manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) particles were prepared using the co-precipitation technique. Samples with concentrations of 0.1 and 0.2 were prepared. The particle sizes of prepared samples were determined by using Scherrer’s formula. The surface morphology and magnetic properties showed that the particles were of narrow size distribution and have good properties of soft ferrites. In order to synthesize Cobalt ferrite particles, chemicals of FeCl3.6H2O, CoCl2.6H2O and NaOH were used. The magnetization of substituted ferrite nano particles synthesized by co-precipitation depends mostly on parameters such as reaction temperature, pH of the suspension, initial molar concentration etc. Cobalt ferrite samples were prepared from the mixed Fe2+ and Co2+ solutions, which were made from their stock solutions and had a constant initial total iron ions concentration and amounts of Co2+ ions. The size and size distribution was controlled by controlling the nucleation and growth rates. Magnetic nanoparticles of cobalt ferrite have been synthesized by wet chemical method using stable ferric and cobalt salts. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) confirmed the formation of single-phase cobalt ferrite nanoparticles in the range 15–48nm depending on the annealing temperature and time. The cobalt ferrite was also subjected to microwave which resulted in soft to semi hard ferrite transition. The size of the particles increases with annealing temperature and time while the coercivity goes through a maximum, peaking at around 28 nm In order to find the effect of variation in the metal ion to hydroxide ion ratio on particle sizes, we synthesized Cobalt ferrite particles using chemicals of FeCl3.6H2O, CoCl2.6H2O and NaOH. The magnetization of substituted ferrite nano particles synthesized by co-precipitation depends mostly on parameters such as reaction temperature, pH of the suspension, initial molar concentration etc. To find the transition temperature, the behavior of the specimen and the formation of phase of the magnetic material, resistively measurements were made on the sample. We may conclude that the co-precipitation technique has resulted in very good soft ferrites of zinc, cobalt and manganese. The crystallite sizes were varied by varying the concentration ratios, changing digestion times, varying digestion temperatures and applying microwave digestion. The magnetic properties were found to be dependent on the particle size. The surface morphology showed that the defects were not observed in the samples.