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标题：Educational Reforms in Pakistan:Challenges in the Implementation of the Reformed English Courses in Teacher Education Programs
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作者：Nimrah Waseem ; Hina Hussain Kazmi
期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2018
卷号：7
期号：4
页码：1-13
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：The reforms in the education system in Pakistan that began in 2000s under the influence of Millennium Education Goals, covered two majors aspects: initially, the reforms in the approach of National curriculum for Class I-XII, as the content-based curriculum (2003) was reformed into a Standard Based Curriculum in 2006. The requirements of the new Curriculum further triggered reforms in the curriculum of the Teachers’ Education in 2010-12. The aim of these amendments was to produce Teachers who could implement the reformed curriculum 2006. As a result of these developments, the new degree programs, B.Ed Honors (Bachelors in Education) and ADE (Associate Degree in Education) with new English courses, have replaced the one year degree program B.Ed and certificate courses CT & PTC in Education. Collective efforts are being made to implement these reforms completely in order to achieve the standards set by National Professional Standards for the Teachers of Pakistan (NPSTP) regarding the teaching of English. Presently, data is required in order to take appropriate decisions and speed up the effective implementation of these courses. The purpose of this study is to explore the challenges in the field in the effective implementation of English courses taught at B.Ed (Hons)/ADE program. The design of this Phenomenal study is based on the detailed thematic analysis of the qualitative data. The sample comprised of three fundamental units of the population including Educational Managers who were selected through Simple Random Sampling technique. A set of questions was deployed as tools for In-depth Interview. It was explored that the delivery of these courses is hampered because of the lack of resources, lack of trained Teacher Educators in English, administrative disorders and the absence of a monitoring system. The findings are useful for the concerned government officials, policy makers and Apex bodies like BoC, STEDA, PITE, universities along with the syllabus designers, teachers and students.
关键词：Curriculum reforms; Challenges; Teacher Education; Teaching of English; B;Ed (Hons);ADE;