Muhammad Tanveer Afzal¹, Khalida Nasreen^1,

This paper examined the impact of culture on pedagogy in the tribal area of Dera Ghazi Khan (Pakistan). All the teachers working in the female schools of tribal area Dera Ghazi Khan (Pakistan) at primary level, all the female students studying in these schools and all the parents of these students constituted the population of the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used in this study. This study adopted the observational schedule and interview technique instruments. Data were collected from the lessons of 10 teachers, 90 students and 10 parents through stratified random sampling technique. These instruments were validated by five experts in the field of education. For the reliability, a pretesting of these instruments was made three times. The results indicated that culture had a great impact on pedagogy and especially language difference affects greatly the learning process. This study also recommended: local teachers should be appointed in this area, teachers who do not belong to this area should be taught spoken language course of this area, teachers should be regular in schools and some financial aid should be given to the female students of this area.

teacher, classroom, culture, pedagogy, tribal areas