12 research outputs found
IDENTIFICATION OF ACADEMIC CHALLENGES TO PROMOTE ACADEMIC QUALITY AT WORKERS WELFARE SCHOOLS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN-EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA) OF THE INSTRUMENT
This study conducted an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) on an instrument named “Identification of Academic Challenges to Promote Academic Quality at Workers Welfare Schools.” The instrument was developed for the Punjab Workers Welfare Fund Government of the Punjab. It was tested on various stakeholders, including principals, teachers, and students of workers welfare schools. The instrument’s reliability was confirmed with a Cronbach’s α of .876. Its validity was supported by 10 domains encompassing 24 items. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure verified the sampling adequacy for the analysis (KMO = .828). The study recommends using this scale in future research. It also suggests further psychometric testing within Pakistan and other countries to enhance its reliability and validity. This instrument is expected to provide a reliable and valid tool for identifying academic challenges and promoting academic quality in workers welfare schools
A Study on Head Teachers Interpersonal Relations in Teachers Enthusiasm towards Job at Secondary Level
The study was conducted to determine the impact of head teachers’ interpersonal relations in teachers’ enthusiasm towards job at secondary school level. Population of the study was comprised of head teachers, secondary school teachers, and students of secondary classes. Sample of the study consisted of 250 respondents including 10 head teachers, 40 secondary school teachers and 200 students of secondary classes with the equal ratio from urban and rural areas. Random sampling technique was adopted for the selection of sample. 22The questionnaire was used as research tool for data collection based on different head teachers’ behaviours. After ensuring validity and reliability of research tools, desired data were collected. The collected data were analyzed by using relevant descriptive statistics through SPSS-21such as frequency, percentage, standard deviation etc. The study found that secondary school teachers were highly motivated in democratic behaviour, mostly in achievement oriented behaviour and then in situational behaviour but least motivated under lassies-fair and authoritarian managerial behavior. The study revealed that head teachers’ management interpersonal relations’ have significant contribution to the teachers’ job satisfaction. Head teachers should apply management interpersonal relations that cause to enhance teachers’ job satisfaction and enthusiasm
Organization Performance Influenced by the BSD and Consultative Management Style
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among Balanced Scorecard, consultative management style, participative management style and organization size with organizational performance. All the variables are highly correlated with each other. This is an empirical study and data is collected from 100 respondents of service sector from Azad Kashmir. We used five likert scales to collect data from the respondents and data analyzed through SPSS. The result showed that there is a significant positive correlation among variables. This study also indicates that effective management style is necessary for improving the performance of organization. The result indicates that Balanced Scorecard has significant impact on performance of organization. Organization use BSC to handle the complexity and challenges that management faces during their operations. The collection of data is from small area due to time constraint. In the future comparative study can be done with other organizations for better analysis of results
Measuring Literacy Mechanism and Assessment of Literacy Levels in Pakistan
AbstractThe main objective of this research study was to assess the literacy measuring mechanism and the existing levels of literacy in selected rural and urban areas of Pakistan. Two separate survey tools were used to collect the data. The subject of the study was of the people, ages from 10 to 59 years, who have completed their primary education, but did notable avail elementary or beyond levels of education. 1812 persons from 256 households were found and just 104 persons have participated in the literacy test. Researcher used certain procedure like as sum of coded values, percentage distribution, and average. The analysis of the data clearly shows that the urban areas are very lack in self-learning level while the rural areas are good in their self-learning levels. The educational grades reflect an obvious indication that the grade 6 is a level which may be standardized as the standard grade for achieving the literacy in Pakistan. Primary education which, encompasses from grade prep to five is basically considered to be measured as literacy grade while the study suggests that these grades are lack in determining the initial literacy level of a person. It is recommended to enhance the quality of primary education with more focus upon the learning of practical literacy skills. As this study recommends that grade six may be determined as the foundation grade to determine the literate, which may be generalized to other parts of the country
EFFECT OF VALUE DRIVEN CURRICULA ON STUDENTS MORAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ACCORDING TO VISION 2025 AT SECONDARY LEVEL
The study was aimed to analyze the effect of value driven curriculum on students’ moral and social development in Islamic perspective according to vision-2025 and to explore hindrances in front to the ethical and value based curriculum at elementary level. The study was descriptive, quantitative as well as qualitative in nature. Population of the study comprised of head teachers and elementary school teachers. Sample of the study consisted of 72 male and female head teachers and 720 secondary school teachers from urban and rural areas. The convenient sampling technique was adopted. The questionnaire and interview protocol was designed and were pilot tested. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS-22. Findings of the study showed that majority 86.80% of respondents viewed that the value driven curricula developed Islamic values among students, 65% of the respondents opined that the value driven curricula developed ethical and moral values among students and 68.88% of the respondents viewed that the value driven curricula developed social values among students. The study concluded that curricula helped to develop Islamic values through translation and tafseer of the Holy Quran, prayers, pilgrimage, the rights of almighty ALLAH, curricula helped to develop human rights, ethical and moral values justice, equity, acknowledgment, fairness, integrity, sympathy, truth, fidelity and moderation and curricula helped to develop brotherhood, award manners, social interaction, sacrifice, wealth, freedom, teamwork and cooperation. The study recommended that Islamic values should be developed through translation and tafseer of the Holy Quran, prayers, pilgrimage, the rights of almighty ALLAH. Human rights should be developed among students along with moral values through justice, equity, acknowledgment, fairness, integrity, sympathy, truth, fidelity and moderation and social values should be developed among students
The Outcomes of Research and Development (R&D) Centers in Public Sector Universities of Pakistan: Dr. Jam Muhammad Zafar, Adeel Akhtar, Dr. Muhammad Shakir
Despite widespread practices, high productivity of R&D centers has been lacking in higher education institutions. Present article reports that R&D centers are bit active in providing human resource management, skilled manpower and research experts to society and research institutions accordingly. But, these are not playing an effective role in making need-based assessments of research projects, providing trained manpower to local industry, preparing expert artisans for strengthening labor market, developing bridge between research institutions and community, and facilitating public sector institutions through research activities. The province-wise and discipline-wise comparison of R&D centers points out that their progress varies from province to province as well as from discipline to discipline. The study identifies major causes of low productivity and suggests solutions
SIGNIFICANCE OF HOME ENVIRONMENT IN BEHAVIORAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN: OPINION OF PARENTS
The purpose of this research was to signify the home environment on the behavioral and moral development of children. The main objectives of the study were (a) to study the importance of home environment for the behavioral and moral development of children, (b) to identify the factors which are the most important for the moral development of children, and (c) to suggest appropriate strategies to make the home environment conducive for inculcation of moral and behavioral development of the children. Descriptive research method was used to get opinion from 240 parents by using convenience sampling technique. Questionnaire and interview was considered the basic source to gather information from the respondents. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS version-21. Results of the study showed that home learning environment and parental involvement played significant role in the behavioral and moral development of children. Further, the home learning environment and parental involvement has significant impact on students’ performance
Shaping Behaviour as Proactive Approach for Awareness of Safety and Wellbeing: Secondary Grade Curriculum
The Shyness, reluctance, hesitation, and unawareness hamper to react in a safe way and may cause causalities. Usually children between the age of 13 to 15 get involved in road accidents due to carelessness. Safety awareness reduces the chances of accidents and injury happenings. A sample of 200 students and 99 teachers from secondary level public schools was taken. In order to develop awareness among secondary school students, action oriented SW instructional methods through hands-on-activities, experiential learning, labs, weather safety precaution, fire, electricity safety, and ways to motivate students to protect themselves and conserve their wellbeing were used. By using valid and reliable survey questionnaire and observation protocol, perceptions about SW were assessed after interventions and prominent awareness and behavioural changes were declared such as reduced number of accidents and injuries. The results are useful for the school administration and teachers to reflect on the inclusion of safety and wellbeing activities
PRACTICES OF ISLAMIC CODES OF CONDUCT AMONG THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A QUANTITATIVE STUDY
Islamic codes of conduct have become a growing concern in fast twenty first century. Various research studies show that students who practice Islamic codes of conduct are confident and adjust well in a society. The current study was intended to investigate the Islamic codes of conduct practices among the university students. The objectives of the study were to identify Islamic codes of conduct hold by university students, to extract various aspects of Islamic codes of conduct practiced by university students and to recommend effective strategies for inculcating the Islamic codes of conduct among university students. The study was descriptive, and survey was conducted. For this purpose, the data was collected by questionnaire, consisting of 60 items of 4 points likert type agree / disagree. The questionnaire was administered personally by the researchers to collect the data from the randomly selected sample of 150 students of Baghdad Campus at the Islamia University Bahawalpur. Data was analyzed by using SPSS version 22. Frequency, percentage, and mean of responses were calculated. The results show that majority of the students do not take responsibilities to do work at home assigned by the teachers. The results also reveal that students’ attitude in practicing the Islamic codes of conduct in family is not proper. Most university students waste food in canteen and snitch papers of library books. The study proposes that the students might be motivated to work at home regularly. It highlights the need to educate them the basic principles of family relationships and academic environment. A reasonable content should be included in curriculum to teach manners and etiquettes to the university student
Students Anxiety and Its Causes in Mathematics: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Method Design
From the last few decades, math anxiety has become the major concern of educationists. Students’ academic achievement especially in mathematics has been considered as a crucial factor in determining the future progress of students. But unfortunately, the participation rate of students in mathematics is decreasing day by day. The main objectives of the study were to assess secondary school students’ anxiety in mathematics and to explore the causes of students’ anxiety in mathematics. A sequential explanatory mixed method research design was used. The data was collected through both quantitative and qualitative methods. A five-point rating scale questionnaire was developed for quantitative data collection. The tool was validated through pilot testing. 100 students participated in pilot testing. Internal consistency of the instrument was assessed by Croanbach’s alpha which was 0.7. The targeted population of the study was both male and female secondary school students from the district Bahawalpur, Punjab. Out of the whole population, 726 male and female students were approached via multi-stage sampling technique. After quantitative data collection data was entered in SPSS version 20 and percentage, frequency distribution and mean score was calculated. Based on the quantitative data results it was observed that secondary school students were numerophobic and had moderately a high level of anxiety in mathematics. On the basis of quantitative results, interviews of secondary school teachers were conducted to explore the causes of students’ anxiety in mathematics. 20 teachers were approached via purposive sampling. The qualitative data revealed that major causes of students’ anxiety in mathematics were lack of practice, lack of previous knowledge, communication gap between student and teacher, and lack of interest in mathematics