Abu Bakar, Examiner/Moderator

Abu Bakar

Examiner/Moderator

Cambridge International Examination

Location
United Kingdom
Education
Doctorate, Education Studies
Experience
17 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 1 Months

Examiner/Moderator at Cambridge International Examination
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since August 2014

Examining English Language Skills of students

Senior Manager Professional Development at AKES,P
  • Other
  • April 2016 to September 2016

Develop professional development standards for schools teachers and school leaders; • Ensure the compliance of continuous professional development policies both at the regional and school level; • Conduct orientation sessions for regional management on the professional development standards and policies for schools teachers and school leaders; • Give strategic directions, critically review professional development plans developed by regional teams and facilitate capacity building of the regional teams leading professional development programmes; • Bring synergy among regional teams by engaging them in collaborative planning and to share the professional development manuals; • Develop linkages, partnership and working relations with professional development institutions within and beyond AKDN; • Analyse professional development programmes against target setting in the teachers and school leaders’ performance appraisal; • Facilitate professional development impact studies at regional and school level, disseminate and create discussion forums related to research and best professional development practices; • Seek feedback from teachers and teacher educators, and accordingly advice the professional development planning team to incorporate in their future endeavours.

Voluntary Reviewer at IJLTER
  • United Kingdom
  • August 2014 to November 2015

Reviewing potential research papers in education studies

Editor/Reviewer at SagePub Open
  • United Kingdom
  • June 2013 to June 2015

This part-time role involves reviewing and editing articles. The role also involve investigating potential reviewers, then sending articles to appropriate reviewers, and finally deciding whether the article should be recommended for publication, advise the author some changes in the light of the reviewers' comments or else rejected.
The role strengthened my analytical and editing skills and gave me more confidence to work within time-scale and provide excellent and quality feedback to authors.

Teacher/ Lecutrer at Swat Education Academy Matta Swat
  • Pakistan
  • February 2001 to September 2004

This initially part-time and later full-time role was largely about teaching English subject to learners of 12 and 13 years old. My role as a subject specialist was to design learning materials, engaging with curriculum staff, and involve learners in English language learning and teaching the core basics of linguistics.

Teacher of English at Frontier Learner Academy (previously known as Huspania Children Academy)
  • Pakistan
  • August 1998 to February 2001

This full-time role was largely a teaching-focused role, however it involved a number of other duties including creating and implementing curriculum and lesson plans. It also involved developing learners’ learning abilities through a number of variant theoretical understandings, imparting lesson plans through instructions and teaching, guiding and supporting learners in educational, social and co-curricular matters. Similarly this role was also focused on assessing and evaluating existing curriculum to ensure its fits the current education framework. Other duties include developing incentives to ensure active participation of students in classrooms as well in co-curricular activities. As a teacher, I also assisted in improving the standard of learning techniques as well supporting learners to the best possible level.

Education

Doctorate, Education Studies
  • at University of Worcester
  • October 2014

Themes Researched: Approaches to Learning, Learning Theories, Learning Styles, Development of Independent Learning, Lingual Assessment Supervisors: Dr. Hugh Somervell & Dr. Stephen Bigger of University of Worcester Examiners: Dr. Paul Ashwin of University of Lancaster & Dr. John Peters of University of Worcester Thesis Title: A Study of Asian Students' Perceptions of Learning Strategies and Related Issues in UK Based Higher Education Institutions

Diploma, Social Research Skills
  • at University of Ulster
  • November 2010

Postgraduate Diploma in Social Research Skills Subjects: Research, Public Policy/Evaluation Researching Peace and Conflict Survey and Quantitative Methods Qualitative Research Methods Researching Social Inequality and Exclusion Project: Poverty and Social Exclusion in Developing Countries

Master's degree, Research Methods
  • at University of Worcester
  • October 2010

Research Methods Module 1 - Research Methods, Skills and Processes Professionalization of the Researcher Research Training Programme 3 - APL Claimed

Master's degree, English Literature
  • at University of Peshawar
  • August 2002

Specialties & Skills

Learning Theory
Action Learning
Learning Styles
Curriculum Development
Learning Strategies
Project Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Expert
Pushto
Expert

Memberships

higher education academy
  • Fellow
  • March 2011
Society for Research into Higher Education
  • Associate Member
  • January 2012

Training and Certifications

PG Certificate in Research Methods (Training)
Training Institute:
University of Worcester, United Kingdom
Date Attended:
October 2009
Duration:
180 hours
Diploma in Information Technology (Training)
Training Institute:
Polytechnic institute Pand Mingora Swat
Date Attended:
August 2003
Duration:
800 hours