TY - BOOK AU - Siddiqui,Shahid TI - Rethinking education in Pakistan : : perceptions, practices, and possibilities / SN - 9789694944906 U1 - 370.95491 PY - 2009/// CY - Karachi PB - Paramount Publishing Enterprise KW - Education KW - Pakistan N1 - 1. Contents 2. Policy issues 13 3. Commodification of education 15 4. Revisiting literacy in pakistan 21 5. Revisiting higher education 27 6. On financing education 31 7. The inflation of degrees 37 8. The need to refocus 43 9. Teacher and teacher education 47 10. Holistic approach to teacher education 49 11. Professional development through self-understanding 55 12. Qualitative change through teacher education 59 13. Going beyond skills 65 14. The touch-and-go teaching 69 15. The workshop syndrome 75 16. The tuition institution 81 17. Reflective journals in teacher education 85 18. Curriculum and materials 91 19. Redefining knowledge 93 20. Curriculum: a vibrant reality 97 21. Shortcut to success 103 22. The vacation with occupation 109 23. School 113 24. Reconceptualizing good schools 115 25. Redefining school improvement 121 26. Punishment in schools 125 27. Home 131 28. Home school relationship 133 29. The unhomely homework 137 30. The dropouts on streets 141 31. Language issues 147 32. Elt scenario in pakistan 149 33. The language factor 153 34. Teaching of english through collaboration 157 35. Teaching of language through literature 163 36. English for engineering 167 37. Research and assessment 175 38. Unpacking research paradigms 177 39. The proxy research 183 40. Our ailing assessment system 187 ER -