LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 4 April 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Role of Instructional Technology in Training
for NFBE Teachers in Pakistan

Muhammad Ashraf Malik, Ph.D. Candidate, Muhammad Aslam Adeeb, Ph.D., Akhtar Ali, Ph.D., Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar, Ph.D. Candidate, Hassan Danial Aslam, M.S.

Abstract

The use of instructional technology is appreciated in the teacher training of formal and nonformal systems. It is currently considered as a matter of making education more meaningful and effective.

The present study was undertaken with a view to evaluate the frequency and quality of instructional technology being used in the in-service trainings of nonformal basic education (NFBE) community schools' teachers, and to identify the problems related to the use of instructional technology.

Filled questionnaires were received from 200 basic education community school teachers from the upper, central and south districts of Punjab (Pakistan). The data were analysed by using percentages and mean scores through SPSS. It was noted that the use of instructional technology does not get its due status in the settings of basic education community schools' teachers training programme.

The major findings indicated that training courses does not include the use of all the essential components of instructional educational technology and surprisingly the trainers' attitude towards usefulness of instructional technology is less positive. Besides these, many other interesting findings were surfaced by the study. On the basis of the research findings some recommendations were made to make the teaching -learning process more effective with the help of instructional technology.

Keywords: Nonformal basic education, community school, instructional technology, teachers training

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Muhammad Ashraf Malik, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Education
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Chairman SAVAP International
Bright Home, Lodhran-59320
Pakistan
ashrafmalik11@yahoo.com, malik@iub.edu.pk

Prof. Muhammad Aslam Adeeb, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Education
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur-63100
Pakistan
aslamadib@yahoo.com

Akhtar Ali, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur-63100
Pakistan
akhtariub@hotmail.co.uk

Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar, PhD Scholar
Lecturer
Federal College of Education
Islamabad-44000
Pakistan
seek_to_learn@yahoo.com

Hassan Danial Aslam, M.S.
Lecturer
Department of Management Sciences
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur-63100
Pakistan
hassan.danial@iub.edu.pk.
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