THE AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY
Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan
Thesis Supervisors
S.
No.
Faculty
Area of Research
Interest (Future: 2015)
Academic Specialization
Selected Publications
(Minimum 3 publications )
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Almina
Pardhan
Same as Academic
Specialization
Early Childhood Education
and Early Child
Development: Child
Development; Curriculum;
Teaching and
Learning; Literacy;
Assessment; Research with
Children; Gender in the
Early Years;
Role of Caregivers.
Refereed Journal Publications
Pardhan, A. (2012). “Pakistani Teachers’ Perceptions of Kindergarten
Children’s Learning: An Exploration of Understanding and Practice.”
Frontiers of Education in China. 7(1), 33-64.
Pardhan, A. (2011). “Influence of teacher-student interactions on
kindergarten children’s developing gender identity within the
Pakistani urban classroom culture.” Early Child Development and
Care. 181(7), 929-948.
Pardhan, A. (2005). “Booni Valley Women’s perceptions of schooling:
Hopes and barriers.” International Education Journal. 6( 4), pp.
438-445.
Educational Research
Methods: Qualitative and
Mixed
Methods.
Gender and Education
Book Chapters
Pardhan, A. (2011). “Mixed Methods Research with Children”, In S. Rizvi
(Ed.), Multidisciplinary Approaches to Educational Research. UK:
Routledge.
Pardhan, A. (2011). “Ethnographic Field Methods in Research with
Women: Field Experiences from Pakistan”, In A. Halai & D.
Wilems (Eds.), Research Methodologies in the “South”.
Pardhan, A. (2010). “Research with Young Children: A Field Experience
from Pakistan”, In F. Shamim & R. Qureshi (Eds.), Qualitative
Research in Developing Countries: A Multidisciplinary
Perspective. Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford University Press.
Pardhan, A. (2007). “Methodological Issues and Tensions: Reflections of
Conducting Ethnographic Research with Women in Booni Valley,
Chitral District, Pakistan”, In J. Rareiya & R. Qureshi (Eds.),
Gender and Education in Pakistan. Karachi, Pakistan: Oxford
University Press.
Material Development
Pardhan, A. & Juma, A. (2011). Early Childhood Education and
Development Teacher Guide. Karachi, Pakistan: Aga Khan
University-Institute for Educational Development. (Funding through
HEC-BC)
Monograph
Fernandes-Faria, C. & Pardhan, A. (2013). Teacher Success Stories and
Case Studies. Aga Khan University Institute for Educational
Development. (Funded by AusAid through the ECDP-Balochistan
Project).
2
Ayesha
Bashirud
din
English language learning
and teaching in diverse
contexts
Teacher learning and
teacher professional
development
Auto/biography in teacher
education
Qualitative research
(specially narrative inquiry
and arts-based research)
English Language
Education, Teacher
Learning, Teachers' lives,
Teaching and Learning
Processes,
Qualitative Research (
Narrative Inquiry and Art
Based Research)
Innovative Pedagogies.
Bashiruddin, A. & Qayyum, R. (2014). Teachers of English in Pakistan:
Profile and Recommendations in NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry. 12 (I).
Bashiruddin, A. (2013) Reflections on translating qualitative research data:
Experiences from Pakistan in International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
23/3, 357- 367 (Special Issue).
Dayoub,R.
& Bashiruddin,A.
(2012) Exploring English-language
teachers’professional development in developing countries: cases from
Syria and Pakistan, Professional Development in Education, 38(4), 589611. (Co-authored work represents equal input).
Bashiruddin, A. (2006). Pakistani Teacher Educator’s Self Study of
Teaching Self-Study Research. Studying Teacher Education, 2 (2) 201 –
212.
Book(s) authored or co-authored;
Bashiruddin, A., Bana, Z., and Afridi, A. (2012) (Eds.) Education in
Pakistan: Learning from Research Partnership. Karachi, Oxford University
Press.
Bashiruddin, A. and Retallick, J. (Eds.) (2008) Becoming a teacher in the
developing world. A monograph. AKU-IED Publications.
Book Chapters
Bashiruddin, A. (forthcoming) Learning and teaching of English in
multilingual context of Pakistan: analysis of narratives in a book.
Bashiruddin, A., Khan, N., Younus, H., Dayan, U. (2012). Teaching
Grammar: Beliefs and Practices of Teachers of English. In Bashiruddin,
A., Bana, Z., and Afridi, A. (2012) (Eds.) Education in Pakistan: Learning
from Research Partnership. Karachi, Oxford University Press.
Bashiruddin, A. (2011). Auto/Biographical Research in the South: A lived
experience. In Halai,A., and Wiliam,D. (2011). Research Methodologies in
the South. Karachi, Oxford University Press.
3
Dilshad
Ashraf
4
Kulsoom
Jaffer
Gender and
development/education/le
adership
Teacher development
Curriculum studies
School improvement
School Improvement
Teacher Professional
Development
Teacher Professionalism
Primary Education Policy
and School Reforms
Curriculum studies
Gender in education
Development and education
Curriculum, Teaching and
Learning Processes,
Educational Change and
School Improvement,
Teacher Education and
Teacher Professionalism,
Primary Education,
Educational Leadership and
Management, Research
Methods - Quantitative,
Qualitative and Mixed
Methods.
Jaffer, K., Asif, M., and Meher, R. (2012). 'Using innovative teaching
approaches through Action Research for B. Ed. Programme in IER,
University of Peshawar' in Bashiruddin,
A., Bana, Z. and Afridi, AK (ed.) (2012). Education in Pakistan: Learning
from Research Partnerships. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
Jaffer, K. (2010). ‘School Inspection and Supervision in Pakistan:
Approaches and Issues’ in Prospects, Vol. 40, pp. 375 – 392.
Material Development
Jaffer, K (2014) Concept of Leadership and Management. 18 hour module
and a trainers’ manual for the Leadership and Management Programme
for training of high and higher school heads’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(KPK) Province in Pakistan, commissioned by GIZ.
Jaffer, K (2014) Institutional Management and Administration. 30 hour
module and a trainers’ manual for the Leadership and Management
Programme for training of high and higher school heads’ in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in Pakistan, commissioned by GIZ.
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Meher
Rizvi
School Improvement
Teacher Professional
Development
Teacher Professionalism
Primary Education Policy
and School Reforms
Curriculum, Teaching and
Learning Processes,
Educational Change and
School Improvement,
Teacher Education and
Teacher Professionalism,
Primary Education,
Educational Leadership and
Jaffer, K (2014) Financial Management. 30 hour module and a trainers’
manual for the Leadership and Management Programme for training of
high and higher school heads’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province in
Pakistan, commissioned by GIZ.
- Rizvi, M. (2010). Development of a Classroom Observation Schedule for
Measuring the Efficacy of a Teacher Development Programme. Procedia Social and Behavioural Sciences Journal.
- Rizvi, M. (2008). The Role of the School Principals in Enhancing Teacher
Professionalism: Lessons from Pakistan. Educational Management,
Administration and Leadership, 36(1), pp 85-100
- Rizvi, M (Spring/Summer 2010). Report from the Public Relations Group,
International Study Association on teachers and Teaching (ISATT)
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7
8
Mir Afzal
Tajik
Muhamm
ad
Memon
Moladad
Shafa
Change orientations
School improvement
Community-based school
improvement
Teacher professional
development
Pedagogical leadership
Distributed leadership
Organizational culture and
learning
Curriculum and global
education
Institutional capacity
building
Development of teacher
educators
What works in Education
in Pakistan and why?
Whole School
Improvement Program
Multigrade Teaching
Action Research
Management, Research
Methods - Quantitative,
Qualitative and Mixed
Methods.
Newsletter.
Educational Leadership and
management, School as a
Learning community,
Teacher education
(professional development
of teachers, head teachers),
School Improvement,
Community participation in
education
Tajik, M.A. (2011). Change agents ‘orientations to change: experience
from Pakistan. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science,
1(2) 1-13
Teacher Education,
Educational Leadership,
Organizational Learning,
Curriculum Studies, &
Education Reform
Tajik, M.A. (2012). Improving the quality of education through enhancing
teacher’s capacity. In A. Bashiruddin &Z. Bana (Eds.) Education in
Pakistan: Learning from research partnerships. Oxford University Press,
Karachi, Pakistan.
Tajik, M.A., Ali, N. and Zada, K. (2012 in progress). Evaluation of 04
AKES,P Model Schools in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral.
Memon, M. (2010). Reforming school leadership in Pakistan: Exploring
alternatives. In: Jan-e-Alam Khaki and Qamar Safdar (Eds.) Educational
leadership in Pakistan: Ideals and realities, Karachi: Oxford University
Press.
Simkins, T., Sisum, C. and Memon, M. (2003) School leadership in
Pakistan: Exploring the Head teacher’s Role, School Effectiveness and
School Improvement, Vol. 14 (4), 275-291.
Memon, M., Nazirali, R., Simkins, T., and Garret, V. (2000). Studying the
headteachers’ role in Pakistan: Emerging role demands, constraints and
choices. International Studies in Educational Administration Journal, Vol.
28 (2), 48-56.
Curriculum Studies
Memon, M. (1997) Curriculum changes in Pakistan: An alternative model
of change. Curriculum and Teaching, Vol. 12 (1), 55-64.
Shafa, M.D. (2014). Initiating Reform through Whole School Improvement
Programme: Aga Khan University’s Experiences from Pakistan. Journal of
Education & Human Development March 2014, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 347-368
Shafa, M.D., Baig, S., Funer, K., & Begum, A. (2012). EDIP and School
Communities’ Perceptions on Education in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan. A
longitudinal mix-method study is currently in progress and it will complete
by June 30, 2015.
Shafa, MD. (2011). Role of Head Teachers in Managing the Forces
Emanating from the External World of Schools in Gilgit-Baltistan of
Pakistan. American International Journal of Contemporary Research Vol.
1 No. 2; September 2011 (pp. 66-76).
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10
Nelofer
Halai
Nusrat
Fatima
Rizvi
Issues in teacher
education, particularly the
professional development
of teachers
Science education,
particularly the area of the
nature of science
Research methodology:
the biographical genre of
research. Graduate
Education particularly
doctoral education



Mathematics teachers'
subject matter
Pedagogical content
knowledge and its
influence on students'
learning
Role of professional
associations in
professional
development of
mathematics teachers
Science Education (which
includes, content, pedagogy,
curriculum & assessment),
Education of Teachers and
Teacher Educators,
Higher Education (Teaching
and Management at the
postgraduate level),
Teaching & Learning
Research (specially
qualitative research).
Mathematics education,
Teaching, learning,
assessment, curriculum,
teacher education
Shafa, M.D. (2010). Challenges of School Improvement: A Study of a
Headteacher from the Northern Areas of Pakistan. In J.A. Khaki and Q.
Safdar Educational Leadership in Pakistan: Ideals and Realities. Karachi:
Oxford University Press.
Halai, N. (2014). Teacher educators in the private sector in Karachi: the
divide persists. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Halai, N. (2013). Quality of private universities in Pakistan: An analysis of
higher education commission rankings 2012, International Journal of
Educational Management, Vol. 27 Iss: 7, pp.775 – 786.
Halai, N. (2012, Dec.). Schooling in Postcolonial Pakistan and its Struggle
for Identity. Journal of Critical Inquiry, Vol. 10 (11), p. 1-16. (This journal
came out on September 16, 2013).
Halai, N. (2011). Evolution of doctoral education in Pakistan: Challenges
and successes of doctoral students of Education in a public sector
university of Pakistan. Perspectives in Education. Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 54-64.
Rizvi, N. F. (2011). How many and how much: Language issue in
expressing continuous numbers. the New ICMI Study Series (NISS)
:Springer
Rizvi, N. F. (2008). A synthesis of existing frameworks used to analyse
mathematics curricula. Research in Mathematics Education. Vol. 10, No. 2
Rizvi, N.F. & Lawson, M. J. (2007). Prospective teachers’ knowledge
about concept of division. International Education Journal, 8(2), 377-392.
http://iej.com.au
Rizvi, N.F. (2004). Prospective teachers’ ability to pose word problem.
International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning.
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12
Sadia
Bhutta
Sajid Ali
Quantitative and
qualitative research
Classroom practice in
urban and rural settings
Development of
assessment tools
Knowledge creation and
management
Politics of education
reform
New forms and
technologies of
educational governance
Leadership and
management of education
Issues of educational
policy in a globalized
context and
reconfiguration of state
Science Education,
Health Education,
Quantitative and qualitative
research
Classroom practice and
Children's Learning
Outcomes
Policy studies in education
Leadership and
Management
Sociology of education
Global and comparative
studies
Anwar, N. B., and Bhutta, S.M. (2012). Enhancing content knowledge of
in-service science teachers through model and modeling. Journal
of Research and Reflection in Education. 6(1): 61-74.
Bhutta, S.M. (2013). Developing and validating an evaluation framework
for schools established by The Citizens Foundation – a national
study. Unpublished Research Report. Aga Khan University
Institute for Educational Development.
Bhutta, S. M. (2011). Developing health education child-to-child classroom
profile – an observation measure to assess quality of classroom
practice. Berlin: VDM.
Ali, S. (forthcoming). The Sphere of Authority: National-global interaction
in education policy making in Pakistan. Globalisation, Societies
and Education.
Ali, S. (2014). Modernizing education in Pakistan – networked governance
and prevalence of data. In T. Fenwick; E. Mangez & J. Ozga
(Eds.), World yearbook of education 2014 – governing knowledge:
comparison, knowledge-based technologies and expertise in the
regulation of education. Routledge.
Ali, S. (2013). Pakistan: target revision in education policy. In M.-e.-R.
Ahmed (Ed.), Education in West Central Asia (pp. 163-177).
London: Bloomsbury.
Ali, S. (2013). The education policy borrowing in Pakistan. In G. Donn & A.
Yahya (Eds.), Education in the Broader Middle East: borrowing a
baroque arsenal. Symposium.
Ali, S. (2012) The global educational policy field and national education
policy-making in Pakistan. In D. Kapoor, B. Barua & A. Datoo
(Eds.), Globalization, Culture and Education in South Asia: Critical
Excursions. Palgrave.
Ali, S. (2011). Deficient policy communication deficient outcomes –
capacity building policy under education reforms in Pakistan.
Bulletin of Education & Research, 33 (1).
Lingard, B., & Ali, S. (2009). Contextualising education in Pakistan a White
Paper: global/national articulations in education policy.
Globalisation, Societies and Education, 7(3).
Ali, S. (2006). Why does policy fail? Understanding the problems of policy
Implementation in Pakistan - a neuro-cognitive perspective. International
Studies in Educational Administration, 34(1), 2-20.
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Sherwin
Rodrigue
s
Same as the area of
expertise.
Classroom Assessment.
Portfolio Assessment.
English Language (process
approach to writing).
Lalani, S. S. & Rodrigues, S. (2012). ‘A teacher’s perception and practice
of assessing the reading skills of young learners – A study from Pakistan’.
Journal on English Language Teaching. December 2012, Vol. 2, No. 4,
pp. 22-32.
Khaliq, A. & Rodrigues, S. (2012). ‘The influence of school type on
students’ attitudes towards Mathematics in Quetta, Pakistan’. Journal of
Research and Reflections in Education. December 2012, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.
95-103.
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Dr
Sadruddi
n
Pardhan
Institutional Building
School Improvement
Programme
Science Education
Educational Management
Science Education
Educational Leadership and
management
School Improvement
Processes
Rodrigues, S. (2012). ‘Portfolio assessment: Teachers’ experiences of
implementation in primary English Language classrooms in Pakistan’.
International Researchers. September 2012, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 14-23.
S. Pardhan et. al. (co-editor) Higher Education, a pathway to
development. The Aga Khan University and Oxford University Press
(1999)
S. Pardhan & Dennis Thiessen (2006). I. Farah & Barbara Jaworski
(Eds.). The Establishment of the Aga Khan University – Institute for
Educational Development. Partnerships in Educational Development. UK:
Cambridge University Press
S. Pardhan & Alan Wheleer (2004). S. Mitchell, P. Klink, and J. Burger
(Eds.).Cross-Cultural Learning in Teacher Education: An Evolving Model
from South Asia. Worldwide Partnerships for Schools with Voluntary
Organizations, Foundations, Universities, Companies, and Community
Councils. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd.
S. Pardhan & M. Memon, Transparency Teachers for Capacity Building:
Some Success and Challenges. To be published by SAHE, Pakistan.
S. Pardhan et. al. (Chief Editor) Class I – V Science text books, Sindh
Text book Board
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Takbir Ali
Teacher development,
School improvement and
educational change policydriven large scale
research around issues
Teacher Development,
School Improvement &
Educational Change,
Teaching and Learning in
Science, educational
Pardhan, S. (2012). The Way it Began. In A. B. Bashiruddin, Education in
Pakistan:
Ashraf, D.; Ali, T.; Husain, A. (2014). Youth development and education in
Pakistan: Exploring relationship. Sisyphus Journal of Education, Vol. 1,
No. 2, pp 162-192, http://revisitas.recap.pt/sisyphus/issue/review
pertaining to teaching and
learning, accessibility and
quality of education,
capacity building,
educational governance,
etc.
research (qualitative
methods), educational
leadership
Ali. T. (2013). Developing teacher leadership: A multifaceted approach to
bringing about improvement in rural elementary schools in Pakistan.
Professional Development in Education, Education, Vol.40, No.3
retrievable from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2013.828238
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/pruh6hbPKAbFtvrPmhDj/full
Takbir, A. (2014). A multidimensional in-depth qualitative inquiry into inservice teachers’ perceptions about their professional competencies and
its relationship with their actual classroom practices in KhyberPakhtunkhwa, the Province of Pakistan. In the final stage of publication
with Teacher Development: An International Journal of Teachers’
Professional Development.