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Title A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL CRITERIA FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN PAKISTAN

Author(s) Shumaila Jabeen

Abstract This study aimed to critically analyses the professional criteria for university teachers in Pakistan. The study focused on the exploration of the domains of the global framework of professional teaching standards of university faculty with respect to HEC and to investigate the perception of professional teaching standards in the context of the framework of the study amongst university faculty at public sector universities in Islamabad. The study is descriptive by method and a mixed methods approach is used. Sequential exploratory mix method research design type is used in the present study. Data was collected by personal visit and analyzed by using the mean score and standard deviation. Whereas for qualitative data, two standard documents by HEC were taken as a sample. Content analysis was done by analyzing the documents with the domains of the theoretical framework. self developed validated according to the adopted framework themes questionnaire was designed, having 3 sections each section has 12 statements and total 36 statements were there in the questionnaire. The total population of the study is 732. The sample was selected through a purposive sampling technique, including males (90) and females (110) from public sector universities in Islamabad. Hence, the findings reveal that the Best University Teacher Award (BUTA), revised in 2016 is highly consistent with the domains of the framework, whereas quality assurance agency Performa's are less consistent. It was analyzed that there are best university teacher award criteria and evaluating criteria for university faculty, but there are no set standards for university faculty in Pakistan at university level. The quantitative section findings reveal that most teachers agree on teacher teaching knowledge and understanding, teacher teaching practice, and teacher teaching relationships as it possesses a high mean value. It is recommended that professional knowledge and practice may be improved to enhance quality teaching. It is recommended that teachers may be marked by some standards, at the time of hiring. There must be a criteria for university faculty that will show their competency and professionalism in teacher that either they are capable of teaching at higher level, do they have teaching skills like knowledge, professional practice and professional relationship in them.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Education

Language English

Publication Date 2022-08-12

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