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- Title
PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS ABOUT MENTORS' ROLE IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
- Authors
Manzar-Abbass, Shah Syed; Ahmed, Sajad; Malik, Nazir Ahmed
- Abstract
This research paper addresses the mentoring program of the Directorate of Staff Development (DSD) Lahore, Pakistan for the primary school teachers (after words in this article "PSTs"), focusing on the mentoring indicators determined by the DSD. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the mentor's role during mentoring, and identify the areas of mentoring as well as subjects where the PSTs need more support. The study was conducted on 270 PSTs from district Mianwali (Punjab), Pakistan. The data was collected through two research instruments, a self-developed questionnaire and check list. The results revealed that district teacher educators were effective in terms of upgrading the PSTs' knowledge and skills by improving the areas of lesson planning, and lesson presentation, but relatively less effective for the use of audio-visual aids and activity-based teaching and assessment technique. Science, Mathematics and English were the identified subjects where teachers need more support from their mentors. The use of teaching kits may be helpful in improving teachers' skills for the use of AV aids; activity based teaching as well as assessment technique. The DSD may focus on need base training of teachers as well as the District Teacher Educators (DTEs) which may be more useful in overcoming the problems of teachers in the identified areas.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; PRIMARY school teachers; MENTORING in education; CAREER development; EDUCATION; TEACHER educators
- Publication
New Horizons (1992-4399), 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2, p47
- ISSN
1992-4399
- Publication type
Article