Beyond Texts and Test for Promoting a Culture of Multiple Narratives and Critical Thinking Baela Raza Jamil Amina Naveed Khawaja Maryam Saba Maham Ali Participation at CIES Supported by: Open Society Foundation (OSF) Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 10 th to 16 th March 2014
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Beyond Texts and Test for Promoting a Culture of Multiple Narratives and Critical Thinking
Baela Raza JamilAmina Naveed Khawaja
Maryam SabaMaham Ali
Participation at CIES Supported by: Open Society Foundation (OSF)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)10th to 16th March 2014
Founders and Partners of CLF
Outline• Introduction of the Children’s Literature Festival (Pakistan)• Introduction of the Paper• Background • Research Design and Methodology • Results and Analysis• School Based CLFs- Case Study• Conclusion
Children’s Literature Festival (Pakistan)• A social movement and a response to low levels of learning (ASER 2013) that seeks to promote the love of reading, creativity and
critical thinking in children •11 CLFs since November 2011
• Attended by over 150,000 participants• 60 Book launches at CLFs
• Impact Analysis Conducted• Research strand added- 2013 onwards• CLF beyond borders- Replicated by a school system in India & Nepal• 3 School Based CLFs• The First Teachers’ Literature Festival held in February 2014• More Schools interested in school-based CLFs
Introduction
A shift from a narrative focused on access to one which accounts for access plus quality and learning is vital
Reading for imagination and creativity inspire
children
The school experience for a majority of
children in Pakistan and elsewhere
globally is devoid of such methods of
learning, trapped in the culture of
‘textbooks and tests’
Children’s Literature
Festival (CLF) Pakistan is a
response precisely to such
blocks and divisions across school systems
Background
Reading
Reading Habit declining in
Pakistan
School libraries are either non-
existent or poorly equipped
NEP (1998), NEP (2009) -
Education System
Poor Teaching Practices: Rote learning & not activity based
Minimal Teacher-Student
Interaction. Poor Curriculum
Assessments encourage rote
learning too
Research Design & Methodology
Qualitative Impact StudyAcross 3
Variables: Reading,
Writing, and Creative Arts.
Data collection:
Questionnaire and Case
Study.
76 Schools: 61 CLF Lahore, 10 CLF Islamabad,
5 CLF Swat
Comparison across School Categories &
Across Teacher Qualifications
• School based CLFs: 1 school in Urban Lahore and 5 schools in Swat
• 3 questionnaires: school administration, teachers, students
Research Design &
Methodology
• Response bias on the part of school administration
• Teachers’ influence on students’ answers
Challenges Faced
14 Concurrent Strands of CLF - Catering for Large Numbers
Read & Sing Aloud Stories and Songs
Theatre and Skits
Workshops on How to Illustrate a Book, Creative Writing & Expression
Digital Stories – ICTs; Workshops on Comics Production