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    Abbas Husain

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    Introduction

    Abbas Husain is Visiting Faculty with a deep interest in Quranic Studies, Comparative Spirituality and education. He is director of Teacher's Development Centre where he trains primary and secondary teachers of urban centres of Pakistan in innovative interactive methods of teaching. He is Chair of the Outreach Council of SPELT [2024-2026].

    Education

    Master’s Degree in English Literature from University of Karachi 1977
    M.Ed. TESOL from University of Manchester, 1986

    Training

    Training in cooperative Learning at the University of Toronto 1996 for AKUIED
    International Visitors's Leadership Programme IVLP  Study of US Institutions (SUSI) 1998
    National College of School Leadership Nottingham, UK, May 2008  
    National Prayer Breakfast with President Barack Obama in Washington DC Feb-Mar 2009

    Current areas of teaching

    Islamic Studies, Teacher Training, English Literature

    Research interests

    Teaching and Learning, Quranic Studies, Spirituality

    Experience

    Founder CEO Teacher's Development Centre, 1998 to date
    Senior Instructor AKU-IED 1993 to 1996;
    Director, ELRU, AKESP, 1992-1993; 
    Lecturer and Asst. Prof. Deparment of English University of Karachi, 1980-1992; 

    Professional associations

    Founder and Life Member Soceity of Pakistan English Language Teachers 1984 to date

    Awards and honours

    On January 13,2024 he received EDUCATION LEGEND AWARD by Federation of Private Schools Pakistan presented by Caretaker Minister of Education and Literacy of Sindh Mrs. Rana Hussain’ Development Conference of Millennium Institute of Professional Development Islamabad on February 20, 2020.
    LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by Mohsin-e-Pakistan the late Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan at the Teachers On March 12, 2022, he was awarded the EDUCATION ICON award by Mohammad Azfar Ahsan, Minister of State, Government of Pakistan at the 3rd National Education Summit hosted by Pakistan Academic Consortium, Karachi. 

    Publications

    Varieties of Verbosity in Pakistani English by Abbas Husain Published in World Englishes, Vol. 11, No. 1

    Sometimes a Greenness Grows Abbas Husain poems pgs # 67 to 87 edited by Huma Shakir & Nishat Waseem Printed in Great Britain    

    Created on:10/18/2024 Last modified:10/21/2024

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