IMPACT ANALYSIS OF HEC- BASED TRAINING PROGRAMS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN PAKISTAN

2012 ◽  
Vol 01 (06) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Khalid Hussain Shaikh ◽  
Ikhtiar Ahmed Ghumro ◽  
Asif Ali Shah ◽  
Faiz M. Shaikh ◽  
Tahira Afridi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Effective Teacher ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Instructional Activities ◽  
Teacher Aides ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

The current research investigates the HEC based training for the University teachers in Pakistan and its impact on the performance on University teachers. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan seeks to improve the quality of teaching by University teachers. The Commission has initiated different forms of training according to the areas of expertise in order to improve skills and impact on the performance of University teachers. HEC based training plays a crucial role in the personal development among the University Teachers in Pakistan. Survey was conducted from 200 University teachers who have recently got training from HEC skill development or professional development training from HEC from all provinces. Structural questionnaire was design for reliability and accuracy the data. Analysis and evaluation was done by using GENSTAT statistical software. Major findings of the study showed that training should be provided according to discipline and more interactive training should be design for the University teachers. It was revealed that HEC based training not only equipped with knowledge but also improving the confidence level of the University teacher. Moreover due to the government policies, rules and regulations, such as introduction of the Tenure Track System, the and hiring the foreign faculty in various all Public sector universities it also has impact on the performance of students in job market. It revealed that teacher training was beneficial for professional development as well as for teaching performance. It also suggested that improved knowledge, skills and attitudes was necessary for the teacher aides to support the teaching program and facilitate learning and communication. It was further revealed that effective teacher aides required competencies in broad areas of human relations, instructional activities, non-instructional activities, and basic skills. The study concluded that basic and advanced level training is necessary for future training programs in Pakistan and 190 respondents responded to the questionnaires, by producing 95.0% response rate. Among which 70 % were male respondents and 30% were female respondents

scholarly journals Benchmarking of University teachers’ professional development: successful European, Chinese, and Russian practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
pp. 01004
Author(s):  
Tatiana Tregubova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
European Universities ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Higher Education Organizations ◽  
The University

In the context of socio-pedagogical transformations of higher education organizations, the modernization of the system of teachers’ professional development becomes an integral component of the reforms. Today university teachers have to be ready for continuous development and advanced training throughout their lives. Thus, the study of the problem of university teachers’ professional development in Russia and abroad is very relevant and timely as a response to the modern requirements of civil society for the personality of the teacher. The need for professional development among university teachers is closely related to his (her) desire for more successful indicators in teaching activities. To do this, it is necessary to fulfill several pedagogical conditions, including the teacher's own awareness of the need for professional development; the interest of the university administration and the availability of resources to organize an effective professional development system, etc. The purpose of the article is to show some successful practices of the teachers’ professional development in Russian, Chinese and European universities which the author observed while visiting those universities within the realization the project “Enhancing teaching practice in the universities of Russia and China”. The article presents the possibilities of benchmarking in higher education, in particular, the use of the benchmarking technology as a method of studying the effective practices of organizing the teachers’ professional development in a modern university.

scholarly journals The formation of a multicultural space as a real necessity of modern education

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12159
Author(s):  
Valentina Demchenko ◽  
Ekaterina Egorova
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Cultural Systems ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The University ◽  
Language Competencies

The purpose of this study is to develop a model of the multicultural space of the university. The objectives of the research are to analyze the multicultural approach to education, its principles, methods, technologies and advantages for creating a safe educational space in the conditions of a modern intercultural society. The formation of a multicultural space in the university allows us to determine the main tasks and guidelines of the educational process, including: the socio-cultural approach to the organization of multicultural education; the priority of the relationship between language and culture; maximum personal development with a wide range of foreign language competencies. The research methodology is based on ethnographic, cross-cultural and semiotic methods of studying cultural systems and cross-cultural situations. As a result of the research, the principles, methods, and innovative pedagogical technologies of implementing the educational process in the conditions of intercultural interaction between students and university teachers are described and classified. The study presents a descriptive model of the multicultural space of the Russian university.

From the analysis of university professors' training needs to the design of the Teaching Learning Laboratory: the PRODID research at the University of Bari

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loredana Perla ◽  
Viviana Vinci
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Pilot Training ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

The paper presents the results of the research carried out at the University of Bari in the PRODID project - Preparation to Professionalism Teaching and Didactic Innovation, which involved 8 Italian Universities (Padua, Bari, Camerino, Catania, Florence, Foggia, Genoa, Turin) constituents the Italian Association for the promotion and development of teaching, learning and teaching at the University. The research was conducted through the administration of a questionnaire developed according to the Framework of Teachingof Tigelaar and colleagues (2004), focusing on the usual teaching practices, on the beliefs and needs of the teacher, on different aspects of teaching professionalism. Thanks to the experimentation it was possible to analyse the needs of the Bari University context and set up the PRODID-TLL (Teaching Learning Laboratory) project, focused on structuring pilot training paths, innovative and personalized according to different target groups, for the professional development of university teachers

scholarly journals Exploring the Effectiveness of Professional Development and the Implementation of Theories Introduced to University Professors

Pedagogika ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Wessam I. Al Chibani
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Traditional Method ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Professional Development Workshop ◽  
One Year ◽  
The University

This study explores the effectiveness of professional development workshop series training programs on the university professors’ teaching applications in terms of skills and methodologies introduced after one year from the date of the program and explores the professors’ implementation of the theories. The findings showed that most participants pointed that their teaching concepts shifted from a traditional method of teaching to a nontraditional one due to the professional growth program.

Benchmarking of successful models of teacher’s professional development in conditions of international educational integration

2020 ◽  
Vol 89-90 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 172-184
Author(s):  
Tatiana Tregubova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Educational Integration ◽  
Professional Development Model ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
State Educational ◽  
Higher Education Organizations ◽  
The University

In the context of socio-pedagogical transformations of higher education organizations, modernization of the system of teachers’ professional development, which are now facing global challenges and requirements from new geopolitical conditions, becomes an integral component of their reform. All this causes the need for teachers to be ready for continuous development and advanced training throughout their lives. Thus, the study of the problem of university teachers’ professional development in Russia and abroad is very relevant and timely as a response to the modern requirements of civil society for the personality of the teachers and their activities in the conditions of international educational integration. The need for professional development among teachers is closely related to the desire for more successful indicators in pedagogical activities. To do this, it is necessary to fulfill several pedagogical conditions, including the teacher's own awareness of the need for professional development; the interest of the university administration and the availability of resources to organize a professional development system; having a goal and choosing a professional development model, etc. The purpose of the article is to show models of individualization of the teachers’ professional development abroad, which are aimed at improving the professional qualifications of university teachers, ensuring their adaptation and successful activity in a constantly changing educational society. Research results: 1. The article presents the possibilities of benchmarking in education, in particular, the use of a benchmarking project as a method of studying the successful experience of organizing the teachers’ professional development in a modern university. 2. Based on the analysis of the best practices of university teachers’ professional development, authors identify three main models of implementation of teachers’ professional development in higher education organizations. These models can serve as a guide for Russian higher education reformers in the context of state educational policy. The article concludes that effective European models of teachers’ professional development, identified by using the benchmarking technology, can be successfully implemented in Russian universities under certain conditions.

What Are Tutors' Experiences With Online Teaching?

2018 ◽  
pp. 998-1015
Author(s):  
Cvetanka Walter
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Asynchronous Communication ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
The University

This study seeks an understanding of how tutors perceived the online part of a blended learning course in the context of teaching English as a foreign language at a German university. To gain knowledge about the ways in which the tutors experienced the phenomenon, a phenomenographic methodological framework was employed. Identified were four different ways of conceiving the online course as: A) a one-way street of communication: to provide students with extra materials to practice individually and for asynchronous communication, B) an add-on to on-campus classes; C) a distant relationship between students and online tutors; and D) an opportunity for tutor's professional development and team communication. The phenomenographic approach allowed to reveal variations of tutors' perceptions of teaching online with a view of enhancing the university curriculum. The findings may have implications for university teachers and educational designers.

scholarly journals Formación Continua De Los Docentes Universitarios: Formación Investigativa

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Concepción Elizabeth Marcillo García ◽  
Jimmy Alexandre Vásquez Zavala
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University ◽  
Formación Docente

La universidad constituye el espacio de generación de conocimientos y el referente de desarrollo de la ciencia y la tecnología. En tales circunstancias, la responsabilidad de que la universidad cumpla con su misión se sustenta, en gran medida, en el desempeño de los docentes que ejercen la cátedra universitaria. Su formación es el soporte de la innovación, transformación y producción de los conocimientos. En este sentido, la investigación tuvo como objeto de estudio la formación continua del docente, precisando como campo la formación investigativa del docente universitario de los docentes de la Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí. Se planteó como objetivo profundizar en los sustentos que sirvieron de base en la fundamentación de las categorías analizadas. Para el desarrollo de este documento, se consideró el método de investigación documental. Se concluyó  que el proceso de formación continua  encuentra  sustentos  en  Declaraciones  Universales  y  legales,  su  estudio  se  ha realizado desde diferentes aristas, siendo caracterizada por la actualización, innovación, producción y transformación, así como el desarrollo personal, el desarrollo social y el desempeño profesional. Por otra parte, la investigación dejó  evidenciado los pobres aportes en los estudios sobre la formación investigativa de los profesores en este nivel.    Palabras claves: Desempeño docente, docente universitario, formación continua, formación docente, formación docente investigativa  Continuous training of university teachers: research activity   Abstract The university is a place for generating knowledge and the benchmark of the development of science and technology. In such circumstances, the responsibility that the university fulfills its  Formación continua de los docentes universitarios www.itsup.edu.ec/myjournal mission lies largely on the performance of teachers engaged in the university staff. Their formation is a support for the    innovation, transformation and production of knowledge. In this sense, the research object was to study the continuing formation of professors, stating as the field of research the researching formation of university professors in “ Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí, Ecuador. The objective was to deepen in the aspects that were the basis of the foundation of the categories analyzed. For the development of this work, the method of documentary research was considered. We concluded that the process of continuing education is found The Universal Statement Legal; their study was conducted from different angles, being  characterized  by  the  updating,  innovation,  production  and  processing,  as  well  as personal development, social development and professional performance. Moreover, the research showed clearly, that there is a poor contribution in the professor formation at this level.  Keywords: professor performance, university teaching, continuing education, professor formation, professor formation research

scholarly journals Effect of Instructional Strategies on Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Senior High Schools in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Richard Kwabena Akrofi Baafi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Teacher Professional Development ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Effective Teacher ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
The Government

Teaching quality, as demonstrated by effective teacher instructional strategies, has dominated education process research in the recent past. This study sought to establish the effect of instructional strategies on student academic achievement in public senior high schools in Ghana. The study utilised a sample of 210 students and 160 teachers sampled through proportionate stratified sampling. The study attempted to establish which instructional strategies were inherent in public senior high schools in Ghana and how those strategies influenced students’ achievement in the national standardised mathematics test. The study found out that most teachers had an average experience of five years, with those over ten years’ experience exhibiting ineffective teaching strategies due to lack of structured teacher professional development. Further, the study established that classroom management strategies which promote discipline among students and teacher-prepared strategies were inherent among teachers. However, strategies which increase learner engagement, as well as those which increase learning during lesson delivery, were inadequate. The study recommends that the government of Ghana enhances a structured teacher professional development as well as effective school-based teacher supervision policies.

scholarly journals Gendered perceptions of professional development in academia: evidence from a Ukrainian university

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 394-404
Author(s):  
Svitlana Tsymbaliuk ◽  
Lina Kurchenko ◽  
Volodymyr Tokar ◽  
Oksana Vinska ◽  
Tetiana Shkoda
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Divergence ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the article is to study the impact of gender on the professional development of university teachers and their motivation for professional advancement. The article analyzes gendered perceptions of the professional development in the Ukrainian academic sector based on the survey of teachers from Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman (KNEU) (Ukraine). The respondents provided their assessment of conditions that support or destroy their academic careers. The findings showed significant divergence in gendered perceptions and attitudes toward motives, conditions and results of professional development at the university. Although all staff members were unanimously confident in their professionalism, the degree of satisfaction, perception of fairness and willingness to engage in management through initiatives was significantly lower among women. Female academics expressed a greater need for mentoring, while men showed greater interest in material incentives. Impressively, 11% of women versus 0% of men believe that their gender is an obstacle to their career. The study findings require the inclusion of gender aspects in the university’s development strategy and ensuring equal opportunities at all stages of HR management in academia.

scholarly journals Faculty Conceptions of Teaching: Implications for teacher professional development

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Despina Varnava Marouchou
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Epistemological Beliefs ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Faculty Experiences ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Education Professional Development ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching ◽  
Teacher Professional ◽  
Scholarly Teaching ◽  
The University

In this paper, the need to assist university teachers in thinking carefully about what they are teaching, and how this relates to and coheres with their own professional development, is outlined. The underlying argument being made is that any efforts designed to extend and encourage scholarly teaching require us to consider the faculty experiences of understanding their subject matter, and in doing so, to help them to see how their understanding relates to what and how they teach. In other words exploring lecturers’ conceptions and epistemological beliefs about teaching may assist in the improvement of teacher education, professional development programs and teaching centres at the university.

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