Study on the Classroom Methodology of Secondary School Teachers Trained Through Distance Education

This paper describes a study that has attempted to evaluate the outcome of an Open University course in teacher education through surveying the competence of the teachers especially in classroom methodology who have attained their Bachelor of Education at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in Pakistan.An extensive review of the literature established teacher competencies generally agreed as necessary for effective classroom teaching while studies that researched the value and impact of distance education were also examined. To examine the extent to which teachers who obtained their degrees from AIOU possessed these competencies, survey questionnaires were devised to gather data from several perspectives.