Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute

Hello John Martin!

It was very pleasant to receive a mail from you. Being among the fortunate to attend the summer programme offered by the PSU- PELI 2008, I would like to tell you just a little about myself.

At 30, I am a well settled Teacher Educator, a wife and a full time mother. My husband and I have been happily married for four and a half years now. Chantelle Venetia Faria, our daughter who will turn four come October is our pride and joy.

I am representing the Aga Khan University- Institute for Educational Development, Karachi where I am working as a Professional Development Teacher in the Citizenship, Rights and Responsibilities Pakistan (CRRP) Programme. Here I am currently involved in teacher development, conducting research, workshops and training, curriculum development at the national level, teaching and learning material development and advocacy in the area of citizenship, human rights and peace education.

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As a teacher, I see myself as a knowledge seeker, who is always striving to acquire new knowledge to update myself and bring change in my classroom teaching in order to facilitate the learning process of my students. Today, therefore, I am a part of the PEHLI because of my continuous aspiration for professional development.

I am eager to attend the PSU Pakistani Teachers Summer Institute as I feel attending the course will help to develop my conceptual understanding of the concepts of cultural heritage and preservation in relation to active citizenship and its implementation by integrating it through the teaching of Science, Mathematics, English and Social Studies.

I am looking forward to a rich learning experience from PSU-PELI by interacting with the people and wish to promote the same on my return to Pakistan.