Abstract
Good education is an important indicator of emerging market economies and teacher education has deeper impact on the quality of
education. BEd (Hons.) program of University-Alpha aims to develop professionalism among prospective teachers. This program
envisioned the prospective teachers to act as professionals. Professionalism can be developed through a prolonged period of
education and training. The education and training comprised of structural facilities, curricula, and classroom practices. The
leading purpose of the paper was to explore the instructional practices of B.Ed. Hons at public sector universities in Pakistan. The
main question of the paper was “How far teacher educators’ instructional methods were aligned with modern teacher education
trends?” The paradigm of the research was interpretive. Whereas, the design of the current research was qualitative and
hermeneutic methods were used. The participants were selected through purposive sampling and saturation was sustained. During
inductive thematic analysis of interviews six themes were framed by analyzing the data collected by using a semi-structured
interview. The percentage method was used for analysing questionnaires, time spent on classroom activities was calculated from
the observational checklists, and suggested teaching methods were identified by text analysis of scheme of studies. The findings
included that Project method, feedback and discussion method was suggested in the design of the program. But it was found out
that majority of teachers used Lecture method, few used discussion followed by lecture, and no one used project method. No one
gave feedback. The reasons of not using project method, feedback, and discussion included the rigidness of scheme of studies,
assessment system, and over burdoned teacher educators. Recommendations included flexible scheme of studies and assessment
system along with lessening the burdon of teacher educators.
Muhammad Javaid Iqbal Khan, Ayaz Muhammad Khan. (2019) Selling a Product or Solving a Problem? Exploring Instructional Practices of B.Ed Hons Program at University Level in Pakistan, Paradigms , Vol 13, Special Issue.
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