DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Competent teachers are usually knowledgeable in their respective content areas. Being part of the education system, teachers need to be aware of the contemporary issues and trends in education. Issues such as population explosion, Gender Disparities, sustainable development require a broad based knowledge approach for teacher preparation. Therefore, a course on contemporary issues and trends in education is considered significant to develop an insight among prospective teachers.

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this course, the students will be able to:

• Argue on the positive and negative impact of the information explosion

• Explore the gap between Madrassah and mainstream education and identify appropriate government responses

•Identify barriers to the achievement of universal literacy and how these may be removed at the local level

•Discuss the gradually reducing gender disparity in education in Pakistan and its likely consequences

•Analyze the relationship between national curriculum structure and career opportunities

•Consider how best environmental awareness can be enhanced through schools

•Consider the consequence of the growing privatization of education

Timing: Thursday 2:00-3:30 p.m  Friday 8:00-9:30 a.m

Assessment Policy

Assessment will be as per policy of  University of Sargodha

Mid Term Paper 30% 

Sessional 20%

Final Term 50%