Institute for Educational Development
 
 

Faculty
 
Sikunder Ali Baber
Senior Instructor

Aga Khan University
Institute for Educational Development
IED-PDC, 1-5/B-VII, F. B. Area Karimabad
P. O. Box 13688
Karachi 75950
Pakistan

Tel: 92 21 634 7611 Ext. 3072
Fax: 92 21 634 7616
Email: sikunder.baber@aku.edu

 

 

Baber joined Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) in April 1998 as Instructor, then he left IED on April 30, 2002 and again re-joined on August 15, 2002 as Senior Instructor. He also Chairs Mathematics Association of Pakistan (MAP).

Prior Experience

  • Beaconhouse School System ( May 2, 2002-August 14, 2002)
  • AKU-IED (April 1998-April 30, 2002)
  • Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Karachi (July 1996-March 1998)

Qualification

  • PhD Fellow at the Department of Education, Learning and Philosophy Aalborg University Denmark (to be concluded by early 2007)
  • MSc (Applied Mathematics)
  • BSc (Hons - Applied Mathematics and Philosophy), University of Karachi

Honorary Fellowship and Awards

  • He has worked as a visiting research scholar at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin Madison USA for five and half months where he worked closely with Professor Thomas Popkewitz in investigating the processes of globalisations and immigration issues; education and power.
  • He has won PhD Fellowship at the Department of Education, Learning and Philosophy Aalborg University Denmark.

Specialisation

  • Socio-political Dimensions of Mathematics Education
  • Multicultural Education
  • Networks for Learning

Teaching

  • Teacher Education
  • Socio-political Dimensions of Mathematics, Technology and Ethics
  • Teaching and Learning Processes
  • Globalisation and Education

Research Interests

  • Socio-political dimensions of Education
  • Education in not-so-normal situations (e.g. education in earthquake devastated areas and education in conflict situations)
  • Intercultural Learning and Communications
  • Critical Citizenship and Mathematics Education
  • Creative Imagination and Mathematics

Professional Organisation(s)

  • Mathematics Association of Pakistan (MAP), Karachi, Pakistan
  • Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE)
  • Network of Mathematics Teachers in Norway (LAMIS)
  • Virtual Think Tank of Pakistan (VTTP)

 

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