IN-SERVICE TEACHERS ATTITUDE TOWARDS TEACHING-LEARNING CONCEPTION

Nowadays, there has been a process of change in teaching and learning pedagogy which extends from the old
traditional conceptions to constructivism which is trending. It has been justified that this change and
transformation in the educational system deeply affects not only in-class processes but also teachers’ conceptions
about these pedagogies. However, many teachers tend to resist changing their teaching techniques and
intentionally do not adopt alternative strategies, methods and techniques that could be more effective. Teachers’
perceptions of their pedagogical competence are important and considered to be highly effective in their teaching
and learning conceptions. The teaching-learning conceptions is defined as the ways and methodologies used by
teachers to organize their teaching-learning environments for purposeful learning. The objective of this research
is to examine the attitude of in-service teachers from English medium and urdu medium institutes towards their
teaching-learning conceptions. According to the findings of the research, it was observed that teachers from
English medium preferred traditional approach over constructivist approach. Also, English medium teachers had
a more positive attitude towards their teaching learning conception as compared to urdu medium teachers