The Effect of Gender, Professional Qualification, and Experience on Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding their Role as a Curriculum Leader
Abstract
This study aimed to explore the role of teachers as Curriculum leaders in educational settings at secondary level. Through this study, researcher tried to evaluate the leadership responsibilities of teachers. After the pilot study, a final questionnaire was developed and administered to one hundred and twenty teachers of different universities of Lahore. The data in general, revealed that the teachers were doing their leadership responsibilities on their own but administration was not properly arranging activities for their leadership development. They were in fact concerned only with the completion of the job. Teachers were therefore just a tool for the implementation of the orders and policies. On the other hand teachers were given freedom in arranging different classroom activities according to the requirement of the lesson. In general, the administrative environment was not collaborative, interactive and knowledge sharing but teachers was personally trying to maintain collaboration. The research noted an interesting phenomenon that majority of staff believed that most of teachers did not concentrate on their role as a curricular activities leader due to the provision of tailor made curriculum
Authors
Dr. Mubashira Khalid
Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Tahira Kalsoom
Assistant Professor, Research and Evaluation Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Pakistan
Fakhra Aziz
Assistant Professor, Research and Evaluation Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Pakistan