The Bangladesh Open University: mission and promise

Ali, Muhammad Kashif; Haque, A. K. Enamul; Rumble, Greville

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“…Since its establishment, it has produced a huge number of graduates and post-graduate students. From the very beginning, it is making use of a conventional distance learning mode for its instructional delivery (Ali et al, 1997), whereas the online course is quite absent, although it is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon in many open and distance learning universities of the world. Hence, in the context of the worldwide online learning revolution, it has become pertinent for BOU to shift some of its programs from conventional face-to-face to fully online courses.…”

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Teacher Educators and Trainee Teachers' Attitude toward Online Teacher Education Courses

2022

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The purpose of the study was to explore the attitude toward Online Teacher Education Courses (OTECs). To that end, this study was carried out over the teacher educators and trainee teachers of Bangladesh Open University. Here, teacher educators represent the faculty members of the School of Education (SoE) of Bangladesh Open University (BOU), and trainee teachers represent the Master of Education (M.Ed.) and Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) students of BOU. A mixed research approach with triangulation was used to conduct the study with a descriptive survey, two Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and one key personnel interview. Data were collected from a total of 602 teacher trainees (182 were M.Ed. students and 420 were B.Ed. students) and 12 teacher educators, selected through multiple sampling techniques. The data revealed that the teacher educators and trainee teachers had a positive attitude towards online courses since the mean score of faculty members, M.Ed., and B.Ed. students of BOU were 3.60, 381, and 3.81, respectively. Considering all these aspects, this study suggested that SoE/BOU needs to decide rationally to shape its future Online Teacher Education Courses (OTECs). This research contributes to the basement of new knowledge through an explorative study with all the possible stakeholders covering the whole country of interest.

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Selection for Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Meek

2003

International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region

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Democratic Values and Democratic Approach in Teaching: A Perspective

Subba¹

2014

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This paper introduces the importance of Democratic Values and place the role of teachers in the present democratic world. India is the solitary country in the world where greater importance is attached to the teacher. Schools are places where democratic ideals such as equality, freedom, justice are instilled in individuals. Teachers are the ultimate instruments of change. For democracy to continue to thrive, children must be taught to value it as a way of life. The necessary skills for building democracy do not develop automatically in children. Teaching democracy means preparing children to become citizens who will preserve and shape democracy in the future. Therefore democracy should be a key aspect in every form of education at the earliest age possible. Children should learn about taking responsibility for their action. These educational outcomes are only possible through action. While key concepts of democracy should be understood by children, living and acting in a democratic environment is the only and the best exercise. Schools, institutions, children's clubs and organizations and even families that respect democratic principles and have real democratic structures function as the best models to help children learn what democracy is about. The qualities like tolerance, acceptance, a wider view, global awareness, reflection and equal justice rests within the teachers to shape the child in all possible ways to face this competitive world of today. Teachers' beliefs, thoughts and decisions on educational matters occupy the major part of the psychological context of teaching process. Teacher educators should democratize their pedagogy so that their trainees learn understandings and skills of democratic practice throughout their training experience. The appropriate balance between critical components skills, knowledge and dispositions, on one hand, and an open, dynamic and critically engaged curriculum, and teaching and learning conceptual framework, on the other hand has not yet been attained.

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The Bangladesh Open University: mission and promise

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Teacher Educators and Trainee Teachers' Attitude toward Online Teacher Education Courses

Teacher Educators and Trainee Teachers' Attitude toward Online Teacher Education Courses

Selection for Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Democratic Values and Democratic Approach in Teaching: A Perspective

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