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Wheeler, Alan E. – Education Canada, 2001
Teachers in developing nations have low levels of education and lack access to professional development. An inservice teacher education program in Pakistan exposes teachers to current Western theories on teaching and learning to overcome the transmission style of teaching so widespread in the developing world. Graduates facilitate educational…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Awareness, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Download full textUS Agency for International Development, 2006
The quality of education provided by the public sector in Pakistan has been poor due to low levels of teacher competence, lack of classroom-based support for teachers, poor quality of textbooks and learning materials, lack of systems to assess student learning outcomes, uneven supervision, insufficient resources for critical teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Textbooks, Teacher Education
