THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan MPhil/PhD Thesis Supervisors S. No. Faculty Area of Research Interest 1 Almina Pardhan Same as Academic Specialization Academic Specialization Early Childhood Education and Early Child Development; Curriculum; Teaching and Learning; Literacy; Assessment; Research with Children; Gender in the Early Years; Role of Caregivers. Educational Research Methods: Qualitative and Mixed Methods; Gender and Education Selected Publications (Minimum 3 publications ) Refereed Journal Publications Pardhan, A. (2012). Pakistani Teachers Perceptions of Kindergarten Children s Learning: An Exploration of Understanding and Practice. Frontiers of Education in China. 7(1), 33-64. Pardhan, A. (2011). Influence of teacher-student interactions on kindergarten children s developing gender identity within the Pakistani urban classroom culture. Early Child Development and Care. 181(7), 929-948. Pardhan, A. (2005). Booni Valley Women s perceptions of schooling: Hopes and barriers. International Education Journal. 6( 4), pp. 438-445. Book Chapters Pardhan, A. (2011). Mixed Methods Research with Children, In S. Rizvi (Ed.), Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Research. UK: Routledge. Pardhan, A. (2011). Ethnographic Field Methods in Research with Women: Field Experiences from Pakistan, In A. Halai & D. Wilems (Eds.), Research Methodologies in the South. Pardhan, A. (2010). Research with Young Children: A Field Experience from Pakistan, In F. Shamim & R. Qureshi (Eds.), Qualitative Research in Developing Countries: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. Pardhan, A. (2007). Methodological Issues and Tensions: Reflections of Conducting Ethnographic Research with Women in Booni Valley, Chitral District, Pakistan, In J. Rareiya & R. Qureshi (Eds.), Gender and Education in Pakistan. Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press. Material Development Pardhan, A. & Juma, A. (2011). Early Childhood Education and Development Teacher Guide. Karachi, Pakistan: Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development. (Funding through HEC-BC)
Monograph Fernandes-Faria, C. & Pardhan, A. (2013). Teacher Success Stories and Case Studies. Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development. (Funded by AusAid through the ECDP-Balochistan Project). 2 Ayesha Bashiruddin English language learning and teaching in diverse contexts. Teacher learning and teacher professional development. Auto/biography in teacher education. Qualitative research (specially narrative inquiry and arts-based research) English Language Education; Teacher Learning; Teachers' lives; Teaching and Learning Processes; Qualitative Research ( Narrative Inquiry and Art Based Research) Innovative Pedagogies. Bashiruddin, A. & Qayyum, R. (2014). Teachers of English in Pakistan: Profile and Recommendations in NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry. 12 (I). Bashiruddin, A. (2013) Reflections on translating qualitative research data: Experiences from Pakistan in International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 23/3, 357-367 (Special Issue). Dayoub,R. & Bashiruddin,A. (2012) Exploring English-language teachers professional development in developing countries: cases from Syria and Pakistan, Professional Development in Education, 38(4), 589-611. (Coauthored work represents equal input). Bashiruddin, A. (2006). Pakistani Teacher Educator s Self Study of Teaching Self-Study Research. Studying Teacher Education, 2 (2) 201 212. Book(s) authored or co-authored; Bashiruddin, A., Bana, Z., and Afridi, A. (2012) (Eds.) Education in Pakistan: Learning from Research Partnership. Karachi, Oxford University Press. Bashiruddin, A. and Retallick, J. (Eds.) (2008) Becoming a teacher in the developing world. A monograph. AKU-IED Publications. Book Chapters Bashiruddin, A. (forthcoming) Learning and teaching of English in multilingual context of Pakistan: analysis of narratives in a book. Bashiruddin, A., Khan, N., Younus, H., Dayan, U. (2012). Teaching Grammar: Beliefs and Practices of Teachers of English. In Bashiruddin, A., Bana, Z., and Afridi, A. (2012) (Eds.) Education in Pakistan: Learning from Research Partnership. Karachi, Oxford University Press. Bashiruddin, A. (2011). Auto/Biographical Research in the South: A lived experience. In Halai,A., and Wiliam,D. (2011). Research Methodologies in the
3 Dilshad Ashraf Gender and development/education/ leadership; Teacher development; Curriculum studies; School improvement 4 Kulsoom Jaffer School Improvement; Teacher Professional Development; Teacher Professionalism; Primary Education; Policy and School Reforms 5 Meher Rizvi School Improvement; Teacher Professional Development; Teacher Professionalism; Primary Education; Policy and School Reforms; Curriculum studies; Gender in education; Development and education Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Processes; Educational Change and School Improvement; Teacher Education and Teacher Professionalism; Primary Education; Educational Leadership and Management; Research Methods - Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods. Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Processes, Educational Change and School Improvement, Teacher Education and Teacher Professionalism, Primary South. Karachi, Oxford University Press. Jaffer, K., Asif, M., and Meher, R. (2012). 'Using innovative teaching approaches through Action Research for B. Ed. Programme in IER, University of Peshawar' in Bashiruddin, A., Bana, Z. and Afridi, AK (ed.) (2012). Education in Pakistan: Learning from Research Partnerships. Karachi: Oxford University Press. Jaffer, K. (2010). School Inspection and Supervision in Pakistan: Approaches and Issues in Prospects, Vol. 40, pp. 375 392. Material Development Jaffer, K (2014) Concept of Leadership and Management. 18 hour module and a trainers manual for the Leadership and Management Programme for training of high and higher school heads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in Pakistan, commissioned by GIZ. Jaffer, K (2014) Institutional Management and Administration. 30 hour module and a trainers manual for the Leadership and Management Programme for training of high and higher school heads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in Pakistan, commissioned by GIZ. Jaffer, K (2014) Financial Management. 30 hour module and a trainers manual for the Leadership and Management Programme for training of high and higher school heads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in Pakistan, commissioned by GIZ. - Rizvi, M. (2010). Development of a Classroom Observation Schedule for Measuring the Efficacy of a Teacher Development Programme. Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences Journal. - Rizvi, M. (2008). The Role of the School Principals in Enhancing Teacher Professionalism: Lessons from Pakistan. Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, 36(1), pp 85-100
6 Mir Afzal Tajik Change orientations; School improvement; Community-based school improvement; Teacher professional development; 7 Muhammad Memon Pedagogical leadership; Distributed leadership; Organizational culture and learning; Curriculum and global education; Institutional capacity building; Development of teacher educators; 8 Moladad Shafa What works in Education in Pakistan and why? Whole School Improvement Program; Multigrade Teaching; Action Research Education, Educational Leadership and Management, Research Methods - Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods. Educational Leadership and management, School as a Learning community, Teacher education (professional development of teachers, head teachers), School Improvement, Community participation in education Teacher Education; Educational Leadership; Organizational Learning; Curriculum Studies; Education Reform; Curriculum Studies - Rizvi, M (Spring/Summer 2010). Report from the Public Relations Group, International Study Association on teachers and Teaching (ISATT) Newsletter. Tajik, M.A. (2011). Change agents orientations to change: experience from Pakistan. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1(2) 1-13 Tajik, M.A. (2012). Improving the quality of education through enhancing teacher s capacity. In A. Bashiruddin &Z. Bana (Eds.) Education in Pakistan: Learning from research partnerships. Oxford University Press, Karachi, Pakistan. Tajik, M.A., Ali, N. and Zada, K. (2012 in progress). Evaluation of 04 AKES,P Model Schools in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. Memon, M. (2010). Reforming school leadership in Pakistan: Exploring alternatives. In: Jan-e-Alam Khaki and Qamar Safdar (Eds.) Educational leadership in Pakistan: Ideals and realities, Karachi: Oxford University Press. Simkins, T., Sisum, C. and Memon, M. (2003) School leadership in Pakistan: Exploring the Head teacher s Role, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Vol. 14 (4), 275-291. Memon, M., Nazirali, R., Simkins, T., and Garret, V. (2000). Studying the headteachers role in Pakistan: Emerging role demands, constraints and choices. International Studies in Educational Administration Journal, Vol. 28 (2), 48-56. Memon, M. (1997) Curriculum changes in Pakistan: An alternative model of change. Curriculum and Teaching, Vol. 12 (1), 55-64. Shafa, M.D. (2014). Initiating Reform through Whole School Improvement Programme: Aga Khan University s Experiences from Pakistan. Journal of Education & Human Development March 2014, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 347-368 Shafa, M.D., Baig, S., Funer, K., & Begum, A. (2012). EDIP and School Communities Perceptions on Education in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan. A longitudinal mix-method study is currently in progress and it will complete by June 30, 2015.
9 Nelofer Halai Issues in teacher education particularly the professional development of teachers; Science education, particularly the area of the nature of science Research methodology: the biographical genre of research; Graduate Education particularly doctoral education Science Education (which includes content, pedagogy, curriculum & assessment), Education of Teachers and Teacher Educators, Higher Education (Teaching and Management at the postgraduate level), Teaching & Learning Research (specially qualitative research). Shafa, MD. (2011). Role of Head Teachers in Managing the Forces Emanating from the External World of Schools in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan. American International Journal of Contemporary Research Vol. 1 No. 2; September 2011 (pp. 66-76). Shafa, M.D. (2010). Challenges of School Improvement: A Study of a Headteacher from the Northern Areas of Pakistan. In J.A. Khaki and Q. Safdar Educational Leadership in Pakistan: Ideals and Realities. Karachi: Oxford University Press. Halai, N. (2014). Teacher educators in the private sector in Karachi: the divide persists. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Halai, N. (2013). Quality of private universities in Pakistan: An analysis of higher education commission rankings 2012, International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 27 Iss: 7, pp.775 786. Halai, N. (2012, Dec.). Schooling in Postcolonial Pakistan and its Struggle for Identity. Journal of Critical Inquiry, Vol. 10 (11), p. 1-16. (This journal came out on September 16, 2013). Halai, N. (2011). Evolution of doctoral education in Pakistan: Challenges and successes of doctoral students of Education in a public sector university of Pakistan. Perspectives in Education. Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 54-64. 10 Nusrat Fatima Rizvi Mathematics teachers' subject matter; Pedagogical content knowledge and its influence on students' learning; Role of professional associations in professional development of mathematics teachers Mathematics education, Teaching, learning, assessment, curriculum, teacher education Rizvi, N. F. (2011). How many and how much: Language issue in expressing continuous numbers. the New ICMI Study Series (NISS) :Springer Rizvi, N. F. (2008). A synthesis of existing frameworks used to analyse mathematics curricula. Research in Mathematics Education. Vol. 10, No. 2 Rizvi, N.F. & Lawson, M. J. (2007). Prospective teachers knowledge about concept of division. International Education Journal, 8(2), 377-392. http://iej.com.au Rizvi, N.F. (2004). Prospective teachers ability to pose word problem. International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning.
11 Sadia Bhutta Quantitative and qualitative research; Classroom practice in urban and rural settings; Development of assessment tools; 12 Sajid Ali Knowledge creation and management; Politics of education reform; New forms and technologies of educational governance; Leadership and management of education; Issues of educational policy in a globalized context and reconfiguration of state Science Education; Health Education; Quantitative and qualitative research; Classroom practice and Children's Learning Outcomes Policy studies in education; Leadership and Management; Sociology of education; Global and comparative studies; Anwar, N. B., and Bhutta, S.M. (2012). Enhancing content knowledge of inservice science teachers through model and modeling. Journal of Research and Reflection in Education. 6(1): 61-74. Bhutta, S.M. (2013). Developing and validating an evaluation framework for schools established by The Citizens Foundation a national study. Unpublished Research Report. Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development. Bhutta, S. M. (2011). Developing health education child-to-child classroom profile an observation measure to assess quality of classroom practice. Berlin: VDM. Ali, S. (forthcoming). The Sphere of Authority: National-global interaction in education policy making in Pakistan. Globalisation, Societies and Education. Ali, S. (2014). Modernizing education in Pakistan networked governance and prevalence of data. In T. Fenwick; E. Mangez & J. Ozga (Eds.), World yearbook of education 2014 governing knowledge: comparison, knowledge-based technologies and expertise in the regulation of education. Routledge. Ali, S. (2013). Pakistan: target revision in education policy. In M.-e.-R. Ahmed (Ed.), Education in West Central Asia (pp. 163-177). London: Bloomsbury. Ali, S. (2013). The education policy borrowing in Pakistan. In G. Donn & A. Yahya (Eds.), Education in the Broader Middle East: borrowing a baroque arsenal. Symposium. Ali, S. (2012) The global educational policy field and national education policymaking in Pakistan. In D. Kapoor, B. Barua & A. Datoo (Eds.), Globalization, Culture and Education in South Asia: Critical Excursions. Palgrave. Ali, S. (2011). Deficient policy communication deficient outcomes capacity building policy under education reforms in Pakistan. Bulletin of Education & Research, 33 (1). Lingard, B., & Ali, S. (2009). Contextualising education in Pakistan a White Paper: global/national articulations in education policy. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 7(3). Ali, S. (2006). Why does policy fail? Understanding the problems of policy Implementation in Pakistan - a neuro-cognitive perspective. International
Studies in Educational Administration, 34(1), 2-20. 13 Sherwin Rodrigues Same as the area of expertise. Classroom Assessment; Portfolio Assessment; English Language (process approach to writing). Lalani, S. S. & Rodrigues, S. (2012). A teacher s perception and practice of assessing the reading skills of young learners A study from Pakistan. Journal on English Language Teaching. December 2012, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 22-32. Khaliq, A. & Rodrigues, S. (2012). The influence of school type on students attitudes towards Mathematics in Quetta, Pakistan. Journal of Research and Reflections in Education. December 2012, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 95-103. 14 Sadruddin Pardhan Institutional Building; School Improvement Programme; Science Education; Educational Management Science Education; Educational Leadership and management; School Improvement Processes Rodrigues, S. (2012). Portfolio assessment: Teachers experiences of implementation in primary English Language classrooms in Pakistan. International Researchers. September 2012, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 14-23. S. Pardhan et. al. (co-editor) Higher Education, a pathway to development. The Aga Khan University and Oxford University Press (1999) S. Pardhan & Dennis Thiessen (2006). I. Farah & Barbara Jaworski (Eds.). The Establishment of the Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development. Partnerships in Educational Development. UK: Cambridge University Press S. Pardhan & Alan Wheleer (2004). S. Mitchell, P. Klink, and J. Burger (Eds.).Cross-Cultural Learning in Teacher Education: An Evolving Model from South Asia. Worldwide Partnerships for Schools with Voluntary Organizations, Foundations, Universities, Companies, and Community Councils. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd. S. Pardhan & M. Memon, Transparency Teachers for Capacity Building: Some Success and Challenges. To be published by SAHE, Pakistan. S. Pardhan et. al. (Chief Editor) Class I V Science text books, Sindh Text book Board Pardhan, S. (2012). The Way it Began. In A. B. Bashiruddin, Education in
Pakistan: 15 Takbir Ali Teacher development, School improvement and educational change; policy-driven large scale research around issues pertaining to teaching and learning; accessibility and quality of education; capacity building; educational governance, etc. 16 Yu-ling Smith Quantitative Research Methodology, The Development of Creativity in Children, Early Childhood Education Assessment, Demographic Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation Teacher Development, School Improvement & Educational Change, Teaching and Learning in Science, educational research (qualitative methods), educational leadership Quantitative Research Methodology, The Development of Creativity in Children, Early Childhood Education Assessment, Demographic Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation Ashraf, D.; Ali, T.; Husain, A. (2014). Youth development and education in Pakistan: Exploring relationship. Sisyphus Journal of Education, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp 162-192, http://revisitas.recap.pt/sisyphus/issue/review Ali. T. (2013). Developing teacher leadership: A multifaceted approach to bringing about improvement in rural elementary schools in Pakistan. Professional Development in Education, Education, Vol.40, No.3 retrievable from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2013.828238 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/pruh6hbpkabftvrpmhdj/full Takbir, A. (2014). A multidimensional in-depth qualitative inquiry into inservice teachers perceptions about their professional competencies and its relationship with their actual classroom practices in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Province of Pakistan. In the final stage of publication with Teacher Development: An International Journal of Teachers Professional Development. Liu-Smith, Y (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) Childcare Sufficiency Assessment, Nottingham City Council Liu-Smith, Y (2013, 2014) Have Your Say Children in Care Annual Survey, Nottingham City Council