A Survey Of The Effectiveness Of Blended Learning On Pedagogical Skills Of Elementary Teachers Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The whole mechanism of teaching and learning has been changed by the innovations of the 21st century significantly, which in turn redefined the effective teaching and learning.The purpose of this paper was to determine the professional development through blended learning of in-service elementary school teachers. Deductive approach of research was adopted therefore a survey was designed for the purpose of data collection. Data was collected through a self-developed questionnaire from number of 369 elementary school teachers of districts Mardan and Malakand that were trained through blended learning in the first phase of the Induction Program by the Provincial Institute of Teacher Education (PITE) and Regional Institute of Teacher Education (RITE), now known as Directorate of Professional Development (DPD) and Regional Professional Development Centers (RPDC’s) respectively. Data analysis was carried out through frequency distribution and simple percentage method. Findings of the data analysis showed blended learning are a step towards professional development of elementary level. The results determine that blended learning is effective with reference to teaching and learning process. It plays a vital role in the improvement of skills such as language, command on subject, technological skills and the development of professional skills. Moreover, the findings alsohighlighted the major problems related to the utilization of technology and problems related to digital literacy, encountered by teachers during training through blended learning.