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Dr
Thomas Christie, Director; and Saqib Farooq, Assistant Manager,
Exam Production and Security; AKU-EB, participated in the
31st International Association for Educational Assessment
(IAEA) international conference titled ‘Assessment and
the future schooling and learning’, held in Abuja, Nigeria
from September 4 to 9, 2005. Dr Christie presented a paper
on ‘Rote Memorisation as a Sufficient Explanation of Secondary
School Examination Achievement in Pakistan: An Empirical Investigation
of a Widespread Assumption’. |
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Dr
John Retalic, Associate Professor, AKU-IED, presented a paper
on ‘School Improvement through Organizational Learning:
An Impact Study’ at the School Effectiveness and Improvement
Conference organised by the International Congress for School
Effectiveness and Improvement in Shenyang, China from
September 23 to 25, 2005. |
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Dr
Anjum Halai, Assistant Professor, AKU-IED, presented a paper
on ‘Evaluating the Impact of Continuous Improvement in
Schools’ at a conference titled ‘Crossing Borders, Crossing
Boundaries, 2005’ organised by the Joint Canadian Evaluation
Crossing (CEA) and the American Evaluation Association (AEA),
held in Ontario, Canada from October 24 to 30, 2005. |
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Dr
Bernadette Dean, Associate Professor, AKU-IED, presented a
paper on ‘Developing a Citizenship Education Programme
for Pakistan: Drawing on Progressive Interpretations of Concepts
in the Islamic Tradition’ at a conference on ‘Democratic
Practices as Learning Opportunities’ held in New York, USA
from November 4 to 5, 2005. |
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Dr
Irma Gavino, Associate Professor, AKU-SON, presented two papers
titled ‘Development of Models for Collaborative Partnership
Between Nursing Service and Education’ and ‘Living
Through Gynaecological Cancer: Stories of Patients in a Private
Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan’; and Jacqueline Dias (RN,’85)
Assistant Professor and Director, Diploma Programme AKU-SON,
presented a paper on ‘Setting Standards for Nursing Education
through Programme Evaluation: An Exemplar from the Aga Khan
University School of Nursing, Pakistan’ at ‘Third Pan
Pacific Nursing Conference’ in Hong Kong from November
10 to 14, 2005. |
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