Educational Guidance

1. Short and long term courses in teacher development
2. Workshops on issues in teaching and learning
3. Curriculum development for educational institutions
4. Educational management structure development

Student Support Services

1. Student counselling to pursue studies abroad
2. Student visa facilitation
3. Language courses
4. GRE, SAT and IELTS preparations for study abroad

Dr Fatima Rehan Dar is a seasoned educational expert with more than 26 years of experience working in the education sector, on teacher professional development, curriculum and material development, assessment and evaluation, and English language education. She is currently serving as Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning Innovation at Iqra University, Karachi and has been associated with the education departments of other academic institutions including SZABIST, Beaconhouse National University, Aga Khan University, IOBM, Virtual University and Ali Institute of Education. She has developed teacher training courses for the Virtual University of Pakistan’s Bachelors in Education (B. Ed) programme in addition to other public and private sector schools in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. She has also served as Team Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research on the USAID funded Sindh Capacity Development Project together with being a Lead Consultant on education projects for DFID, Mckinsey  Adam Smith International and JICA.  Her special areas of interests are English language teacher education, curriculum development, education management, faculty development, monitoring, assessment and evaluation and research.

Dr Dar holds PhD in Education from School of Education and Cognitive Sciences, Asia e University, Malaysia, an M.A. in Curriculum and Teaching from Columbia University, USA and an MA in English from Government College University, Lahore (PAK). She was also awarded Charles Wallace Trust Scholarship by British Council for the year 2000 to Institute of Education, University of London. She serves on various national and provincial committees on educational and curriculum reform.

She is currently supervising four PhD Students in the field of teacher and language education, and she has successfully supervised and evaluated Masters and M Phil thesis in different areas: Curriculum and materials development; Assessment and evaluation; Monitoring and evaluation; Qualitative Research; Teacher Education; Change management in education; Gender and education; Affective education; and English language teaching.

 

Nationality: Pakistani

 

Experience in Academia

August 15, 2018 – To Date

Director & Associate Professor

Centre for Teaching Excellence & Learning Innovation

Iqra University, Karachi

 

January 12, 2015-April 7, 2017

Head, Department of Education

Assistant Professor

SZABIST, Karachi

 

 

August 7, 2014 – January 7, 2015

Assistant Professor (Part time)

VM Institute for Education, Karachi

 

August 1, 2011- August 7, 2013

Assistant Professor

Department of Teacher Education, School of Education

Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.

 

Nov.16, 2004 –June 30, 2011

 Lecturer (part-time)

Centre of English Language

Aga Khan University,

Karachi.

 

Aug 15, 2006 – to Dec.2010

Visiting Faculty

Beaconhouse National University, Lahore

 

January 20, 2003 – to Nov. 15, 2004

Assistant Professor

Centre of English Language

Aga Khan University, Karachi

 

Oct 2000 – Dec.2000

Part Time Tutor (e-learning courses)

Dept. of English Teaching

Institute of Education (IOE), University of London (UK)

 

August 24-Sep.20, 2002

Visiting Faculty

Centre of English Language Teacher Education

University of Warwick (UK)

 

Nov.1995 – July 2001

Senior lecturer, Department of Language Education

Ali Institute of Education (AIE)

Lahore, Pakistan

 

 

Jun –Oct 1995

English Language Teacher

Women Development Center

Model Town Lahore        

 

Education Projects and Consultancies

 

April 1, 2021- June 30, 2021

Adviser, Single National Curriculum English textbooks, Grades 1-5

Adam Smith International

 

April 26, 2017 – August 5, 2018

Team Lead, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

Sindh Capacity Development Project

USAID, Karachi

 

January 16, 2017 – May 16, 2017

Lead Consultant: JICA

Adult Literacy Curriculum, Sindh

• Needs assessment of 6 districts of Sindh with respect to adult literacy
• Monitoring of adult literacy and non-formal education centers
• Evaluating data and providing the framework for adult literacy curriculum

 

September 2015- December 2015

Team Lead:  Adam Smith International

Technical assistance on the compilation of Grade 3 English textbook by Punjab Textbook Board

• Monitoring and evaluating materials of Grade 3 against the given SLOs
• Providing feedback to writers
• Evaluating materials again for textbook publishing

 

March-August 2014

Resource Person for course recording

• Recorded Classroom Management (B Ed.) course for Virtual University of Pakistan. The course was aired on VU-TV 1 between October-December, 2014.

May-July 2015

• Recording Student Guidance and Counselling Course (B Ed.) course for Virtual University of Pakistan.

 

September 15, 2013 – April 2014

Lead Research Consultant, Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE)

1. Sindh Language Policy Project

• Needs assessment of 4 districts of Sindh with respect to the implementation of NEP, 2009 policy to make English compulsory from Grade 1
• Monitoring and evaluation of reports from four districts of Sindh with respect to policy implementation
• Report write up

2. Education Watch Report

• An analysis of curriculum and textbook development in Pakistan pre and post devolution

 

 

Sep.2009–2012

                                    Member of Provincial Review Committee (PRC), Adviser of English Textbooks from

Grade 1-10

Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore

• Monitoring and evaluating the linguistic and cognitive appropriacy of English textbook materials from Grades 1-10.

 

November 2008 – November 2009

Lead Consultant, Adaptive English language Tool Project

National University of Science and Technology – FAST, Lahore

• This project was an endeavor to develop supplementary online Grade 9 English teaching materials for Government school children. The work involved technical advisement on the linguistic features of the materials, systematic progression of linguistic concepts and a review of the linkage between language teaching and the online mode of teaching and learning.

 

 

Nov. 15, 2004 – January 15, 2006

Technical Adviser/Consultant

                                      Action Research Project under the Professional Development   

                       Initiative of ESRA, International Reading Association – ESRA-USAID

• I was a Consultant on an Action Research Project which was part of the Professional Development of Head Teachers, District Education Officers, PITE’s of nine districts of Sindh and Baluchistan. The work involved conducting workshops for Master Trainers on Action Research, enabling them to introduce the concepts in their respective districts.
• The work also involved monitoring their progress on the given professional development indicators for action research
• The work also entailed evaluating the master trainers in terms of disseminating the concept of action research to teaches in the districts and making them practice it in classrooms

 

August 2001- Dec. 2002

Lead Language Consultant

Lahore Grammar School, Lahore-Pakistan

• I was responsible for training teachers in language education.
• I worked on curriculum development and syllabus review from Grades 1-8
• The work also involved monitoring and evaluating teachers’ progress in following newly developed guidelines

 

August 2001- 2002

Language Consultant

Society for the Advancement for Higher Education (SAHE)

• Developing language support material for the Punjab Textbook Board books and English language improvement materials for teachers teaching in rural areas of Pakistan.
• Developing teachers’ manuals for community schools supported by SAHE in District Pakpattan, Punjab. The manuals focused on teaching English language from Grades 1-5 and also gave appropriate teaching techniques to teachers for classroom use.
• Developing training manuals for teaching vocabulary and grammar for the community schools supported by SAHE in District Pakpattan, Punjab. These were training kits which facilitated the teaching of vocabulary and grammar.
• Monitoring and evaluating the progress of teachers in terms of successfully using the newly developed manuals

 

 

 

1996-2010

In-service teacher training projects

 

• Developed and conducted language teacher training programmes, professional development workshops for the following schools and organizations:

 

• Lahore Grammar School, Lahore
• Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore
• Divisional Public School, Lahore
• Jinnah Public School, Gujrat
• ICI Winnington School, Khewra
• Engro Chemicals School, Dharki
• Army Public Schools Lahore, Mailsi
• PAF schools Lahore, Mianwali, Shorkot
• Elementary Schools, District Pakpattan
• NOWA Pirbhat, Khairpur
• Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) Master Trainers’ program, Karachi
• Education Sector Reform Assistance Program (ESRA- USAID)- Training in action

research of trainers from Hyderabad, Thatta, Sukkur & Khairpur districts of Sindh

and Gwador, Turbat, Noshki, KillaSaifullah and Chaghi districts of Balochistan

• Directorate of Staff Development, Lahore

 

The teacher training was conducted in the following areas:

• Curriculum and materials development
• English language teaching
• Teaching methodology
• Assessment
• Monitoring and evaluation

 

Curriculum and Materials Development Projects

 

1. Lahore Grammar School

–  Revised and developed the English language curriculum of Lahore Grammar School (2002) by introducing literature based textbooks from Grades 1-8. Training workshops were also given to the teachers to teach the above mentioned textbooks.

 

2. Sindh Textbook Board

• Worked on the development of English Grade XI textbook

 

3. Punjab Textbook Board

–  Worked with the editors of English and Urdu of the Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore. Helped them in developing effective materials for textbooks from Grade 1-5. This was my assignment at the Ali Institute of Education

 

4. Grade 9 English, Punjab Textbook Board Co-Author

• Contributed and authored 5 chapters in the Grade 9 Punjab Textbook Board Book.

 

Member & Adviser

• Punjab Textbook Board Provincial Review Committee Member (2009-2012)
• Member, Editorial Board, Universal Journal of Educational Research, Horizon Research Publishing(HRPUB), USA
• Member, Board of Governors, Manzil Educational Organization, Karachi
• Member Board of Studies, Department of Humanities, NED University, Karachi
• Member Board of Studies, Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi,
• Member Board of Studies, Department of English, Jinnah University for Women, Karachi
• Member Board of Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Zia ud din University, Karachi
• Member, Standing Committee Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FPCCI) on Technical and Vocational education
• Member, Advisory committee, International Journal of Childhood Studies, IOBM Karachi
• Member, Review Committee under Educational Reforms Committee, Government of Sindh
• Member, Curriculum Review Committee, Ministry of Federal and Professional Training, Government of Pakistan

Reviewed the Single National Curriculum (English) from Grades 1-8 and given comments to the Ministry

• Member, Curriculum Advisory Committee, Ministry of Federal and Professional Training, Government of Pakistan

 

 

 

Teaching and Research Supervision Focus:

Supervised and evaluated Masters and M Phil theses in the following areas:

 

• Curriculum and materials development
• Assessment and evaluation
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Qualitative Research
• Teacher Education
• Change management in education
• Gender and education
• Affective education
• English language teaching

 

Currently supervising 2 PhD students in the field of teacher education.

 

Research

 

1. Empathy and pro-social awareness in primary school children: A case study (PhD thesis)
2. Teaching and learning of English in Sindh: A case study of four districts
3. The process of curriculum and textbook development in Pakistan: historical perspective and way forward

 

Extra Professional Qualifications

 

Papers read at Conferences

 

No	Date	Paper	Venue
1	Feb-27-March 1, 1998	Language learning in large classes	SPELT International conference, Lahore
2	April 26-20, 1998	Impact of research by student teachers on their teaching practice	International conference on Teacher Education in the Asian Region, Shanghai-China
3	Oct.15-17, 1999	Teaching and writing poetry	SPELT International conference, Karachi
4	Feb.17-18, 2001	English language teaching through e-mail	1st  CEL International Seminar Aga Khan University, Karachi
5	Nov. 10, 2001	Language Teacher Education programs in Pakistan	National Conference on Teacher Education, SAHE, Lahore
6	Oct. 25-27, 2002	Teaching literature to young learners	SPELT International conference, Karachi
7	May 7-8, 2003	Online language Learning	Teacher –To- Teacher International conference Military Language Institute, Abu Dhabi
8	Aug. 16-17, 2003	Cooperative learning: is it an aid to learning?	English and Higher Education: Future Directions CEL International Seminar, Aga Khan University, Karachi
9	Oct. 10-12, 2003	Teaching Creative Writing	SPELT International conference, Karachi
10	Oct.1-3, 2004	Teaching vocabulary development	SPELT International conference, Karachi
11	July 17-18, 2005	Language and culture	CEL-AKU International Seminar 2005
12	Sep. 8-10, 2006	Teaching reading skills	22rd SPELT International conference, Karachi
13	Nov.2-4, 2007	Teaching creative writing	23rd SPELT International conference, Karachi
14	Oct. 17-19, 2008	Teaching Gender through children’s literature	24th SPELT International Conference, Karachi
15	Oct. 16-18, 2009	How affective is our learning?	5th International Seminar: Teaching English in multilingual   contexts: current challenges, future directions Institute of Education Development, Centre of English Language, Aga Khan University, Karachi
16	Oct. 16-18, 2009	Material Development and adaptation	25tth SPELT International Conference, Karachi
17	March 6, 2010	Teaching guided and creative writing	PTAN Conference 2010, IED Karachi
18	Oct. 1-17, 2010	Teaching guided and creative writing	26th SPELT International Conference, Karachi.
19	Jan. 29-30, 2011	Social competence and language learning	6th International Seminar Institute of Education Development, Centre of English Language, Aga Khan University,Karachi
20	Oct. 21-23, 2011	Advocating pro-social behaviour through language	7th SPELT International Conference, Lahore
21	Oct.19-21, 2012	Empathetic awareness through literature based texts	28th SPELT International Conference, Lahore
22	Nov.7-9, 2012	Materials And Their Successful Application In The Classroom: Implications for language development	Antalya, Turkey
23	Oct.2, 2013	Curriculum, materials and textbooks	Curriculum and Textbook Reforms in Sindh Sindh Textbook Board Conference, Karachi
24	Nov. 30, 2013	Empathy Development: A compromised feature in textbook development	2nd Education Conference IoBM, Karachi
25	Sep.5-7, 2014	Cognitive-Affective Curriculum-A dynamic curricular approach	30st SPELT International Conference, Karachi
26	Nov. 17-19, 2014	Rethinking Education: Emerging roles for teachers	ELLTA Conference, University Sains Malaysia
27	January 24-25, 2015	Teachers and Parents as agents of Peace	I am Karachi, Teach for Peace Conference Karachi
28	October 4, 2015	Empathetic and prosocial awareness in primary students: A case study	Asia e University PRC 2015, Malaysia
29	November 7-8, 2015	Exploiting texts for cognitive-affective integration	31st SPELT International Conference Habib Public School, Karachi
30	March 14-15, 2016	Blended mode of learning A way forward for professionals	ELDEC 3rd International Conference Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore
31	May 19-22, 2016	Teaching through the blended mode of learning: benefits, issues and  challenges	International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (ICEMST), Bodrum, Turkey
32	October 29-30, 2016	Finding meaning in texts	32st SPELT International Conference Habib University, Karachi
33	Nov. 23-25, 2016	Using texts to teach a cognitive-affective curriculum	International Conference on Research in Education (ICORE) Punjab University, Lahore
34	May 19, 20, 2017	Best Practices for Teachers: Creating Useful Linkages in Teaching and Learning	Language and Learning Conference SAHE, Lahore
35	July 25-27, 2017	School improvement through monitoring and evaluation	ELTA 2017 Conference Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok
36	October, 12-14, 2017	Cognitive-Affective Language Curriculum: A Step Towards Holistic Learning	3rd International Conference of the Linguistic Association of Pakistan (ICLAP 2017)
37	October 28-29, 2017	Reading that Enables Critical Thinking	33rd SPELT International Conference Dawood Public School, Karachi
38	April 5-7, 2019	Scaffolding English Language Teaching through Technology	5th International Conference on Education, “Educational Innovations: The Future of Education” Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
39	November 27, 2019	Overview of Qualitative Research	Institute of Language and Literature, Sindh University
40	February 25-27, 2020	Mentoring in higher education, A case study of Iqra university, Karachi	Higher Education in the ERA of the fourth & future Industrial Revolutions Challenges and Opportunities Dubai

 

Featured Talks

 

No	Date	Topic	Venue
1	Nov. 4, 2018	Teaching and learning in a digital age	34th SPELT International Conference IOBM Karachi
2	Feb. 16, 2019	Paradigm shifts in education research	National Symposium on Research in education Iqra University, Karachi
3	Feb. 26, 2019	Women, education and peace	Iqra University, Karachi
4	March 31, 2019	Supporting English language learning through technology	1st International conference on English Language and Linguistics Mehran University, Jamshoro
5	Sep. 25, 2020	Quality assurance in Online Education	International virtual seminar: Society, Quality, Materials, and English language Teaching, Indonesia
6	Oct. 14, 2020	New Normal in Education: Transformation in curriculum & pedagogy	2nd Education Summit Pakistan Academic Consortium, Karachi

 

 

Publications

 

Research Publications

1. Dar, F., Aslam, A., Butt, S. (2014) Teaching and learning of English in Sindh: A case study of four districts. Lahore: SAHE
2. Dar, F. (2014). Curriculum and textbooks. In Rashid, A., Muzzafar, I., Dar, F., Aslam, A., Awan, A., Butt, S., Khan, A.S.(Eds.). Education Monitor: Reviewing quality of key education inputs in Pakistan. Pp. 80-90. Lahore: SAHE
3. Dar, R. (2015). Rethinking Education – Emerging Roles for Teachers. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 3,63 – 74. doi: 10.13189/ujer.2015.030201.
4. Dar, F. R. (2016). Empathetic and Pro-social Awareness in Primary School Students: A Case Study. Universal Journal of Educational Research 4(10): 2406-2414, 2016 http://www.hrpub.org DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2016.041019

 

5. Dar, Fatima (2018). Using texts to teach Cognitive-affective curriculum. Journal of Education and Educational Development. Vol (5), No.2. 28-44. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.22555/joeed.v5i2.1976

 

6. Dar, F., & Faruqui, A., & Asad, M. (2019). Scaffolding English Language Teaching through Technology, Journal of Education & Social Sciences, 7 (2), 79-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20547/jess0721907206

 

7. Pathan, H., Khatoon, S., Memon, S. A., Raheem, A. M., Dar, F., Mushtaq, F. (2021). Impact of multimedia gloss on learning reading comprehension in ESL context. Elementary Education Online. ISSN: 1305-3515

 

International Book Chapters

 

1. Dar, F. (2003). English Language teaching through e-mail. In, Sabiha Mansoor, Aliya Tahir, & Shaheen Meraj, (Eds.). Language policy, planning and Practice. (pp. 235-243). Karachi: Oxford University Press.

 

2. Dar, F. (2005). Online language learning. In Zafar Syed (Ed.) Culture, context, and communication in English language teaching. (pp. 331-343) Abu Dhabi: Military Language Institute.
3. Dar, F., Kassim, Z.A. (2009) Cooperative learning – Is it an aid to learning? In, Sabiha Mansoor, Aliya Sikandar, Nasreen Hussain & Nasreen Ahsan (Eds.) Emerging issues in TEFL. (pp. 254-269). Karachi: Oxford University Press
4. Dar, F. (2011) Affective education: How affective is our learning. In G. Cane, A. Ahmad & M. Hanzala (Eds.) Teaching English in multi contexts: current challenges, future directions. (pp.91-103) Newcastle upon Tyne: CSP.
5. Dar, F. (2013) Social competence and language learning. In, A. Ahmad, M. Hanzala, F. Saleem &G. Cane (Eds.). ELT in a changing world: Innovative approaches to new challenges. (pp. 243-254). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
6. Rashid, A., Muzzafar, I., Dar, F., Butt, S. (2016). The issue of English as Medium of Instruction in primary schools in Pakistan: Learning English, mathematics or science? In Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite (Ed.) Human Rights in Language and STEM Education. Boston, (pp.179-204) MA: Sense Publishers

 

Journal Articles

1. Dar, F. (2000). Teaching and writing poetry. SPELT Quarterly, Vol 15: No 2, 13-19
2. Dar, F. (2003). Developing emotional intelligence through literature. SPELT Quarterly, Vol 18 – No. 1, 20-22
3. Dar, F., Saleem, N. (2006). Time to clean up environment: Reading strategies. SPELT Quarterly, Vol 21- No.2.
4. Dar, F. (2012) Let language run its natural course. SPELT Quarterly, Vol. 27 – No. 1, pp. 13-16
5. Dar, F. (2012) Textbook materials and their successful application in the classroom: Implications for language development. Journal of educational and instructional studies in the world. Vol. 2, issue: 4 article 13, pp. 109-114 ISSN: 2146-7463.
6. Dar, F. R. (2016). Teaching Through the Blended Mode of Learning: Benefits, Issues and Challenges. The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences, 4, 84-92.

 

Conference Proceedings

1. Dar, F. (2002) Private Schools Teacher training Programs: Learning from the experience of two school systems: In Abbas Rashid. (Ed.) SAHE Education Watch Report 2002: Learning to Teach.
2. Dar, F. (2017, 19-20 May). Best Practices for Teachers: Creating Useful Linkages in Teaching and Learning. Paper presented at Language & Learning Conference: A Deliberation on Language-in-Education Policy and Practice in Pakistan. Lahore, Pakistan: SAHE. https://llconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Dr.-Fatima-Dar-Equipping-teachers.pdf

 

Newspaper Articles

 

1. Dar, F. (2002, July 14). Emotional intelligence and literature. DAWN
2. Dar, F. (2008, June 15). Gender disparity in children’s literature. DAWN.
3. Dar, F.R. (2017, November 9). Iqbal, Education and Youth. The Nation. Retrieved from: http://nation.com.pk/09-Nov-2017/iqbal-education-and-youth
4. Dar, F.R. (2020, March 31). Education in times of crisis. The Nation. Retrieved from: https://nation.com.pk/31-Mar-2020/education-in-times-of-crisis

 

 

Grade 9 English Textbook, Punjab Textbook Board

1. Dar, F. (2012) Stopping by woods on a snowy evening. In Khwaja Mazharulhaq (ed.) English 9. Lahore: Punjab Textbook Board Lahore.
2. Dar, F. (2012) All is not lost. In Khawaja MazharulHaq (ed.) English 9. Lahore: Punjab Textbook Board Lahore.
3. Dar, F. (2012) Drug Addiction. In Khawaja MazharulHaq (ed.) English 9. Lahore: Punjab Textbook Board Lahore.
4. Dar, F. (2012) Noise in the environment. In Khawaja MazharulHaq (ed.) English 9. Lahore: Punjab Textbook Board Lahore.

 

 

Honours and Awards

1. Sept 30-Dec.15, 2000

       Got the Charles Wallace Trust visiting fellowship for the year 2000 (Great Britain)

               Visiting scholar at the Institute of Education, University of London

 

2. May 15-30, 1998

Was selected to visit Stockholm Institute of Education, Sweden for a collaborative research project on teaching /learning problems in      second language acquisition

 

3. 1995

Editor, The Ravi (English Section, Annual magazine of Government College, Lahore

Awarded the Roll of Honour for being the editor

 

4. 1987

Head Girl, Cathedral High School, Lahore

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

2011 – 2015

PhD (Education)  

School of Education and Cognitive Sciences,

Asia e University, Malaysia

PhD Thesis: Empathetic and Pro-social awareness among primary school children through a cognitive-affective curriculum

 

Jan – Dec., 1997

MA Curriculum and Teaching

Teachers College, Columbia University

New York City, NY, USA

MA Thesis: Enhancing speaking skills of primary students through cooperative learning

 

1992 – 94              

              MA English Language and Literature

Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan