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Journal of Islamic and Religious Studies
This study is descriptive in nature and main focus of this paper is to consult Qur’ān and Ahdiths... more This study is descriptive in nature and main focus of this paper is to consult Qur’ān and Ahdiths for understanding the concept of morality. Verses from the Holy Qur’ān and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) are consulted to portray a paramount role of parents and teachers that is played as family and public institutions respectively. Moral values like, good manners, respect, loyalty, truth, altruism, reliability, fairness, cooperation, collaboration, honesty, companionship, decency, acceptance, compliance, love, patience and forgiveness are also studied in the light of Qur’ān and Ahdiths. As an end product, inculcation of moral values in youth by their parents and teachers is also delineated.
The study was descriptive in nature and a survey design was used to examine physical activities o... more The study was descriptive in nature and a survey design was used to examine physical activities of students inside schools. A secondary purpose was to analyze the role of physical training instructors (PTIs) and roles of overall school opportunities for physical training. Total respondents were n=200, consisting of 50 male and female PTIs; 150 male and female students were selected using a stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed to examine sport activities of schools, supervision of PTIs, encouragement and motivation from teachers and heads of schools. Data were collected through personal visits and analyzed through chi-square within SPSS. It was found that the majority of PTIs did not perform duties in a professional manner. They did not take interest in the physical wellbeing of students. They did not teach basic rules of sports to students. They did not plan and/or arrange physical activities for students. The role of the institution in promoting healt...
Education is known as process of living through an unremitting re-enactment of experience. Basica... more Education is known as process of living through an unremitting re-enactment of experience. Basically it’s expansion of all competencies present in human being that enables one to overcome his surroundings and accomplishes possibility. The fundamental purpose of education is transforming the actions of pupil and forms her/ his individuality in a wanted shape. The aim of education is to make an individual socially competent. The key purpose of the study to examine the parent’s perception about the British A and O level system of education in Pakistan. All the parents of students studying in A and O levels schools in Pakistan were taken as population for the study. The sample of the study consisted of randomly selected 45 schools and 450 parents of students studying in those schools. The sample was drawn from Rawalpindi, Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar. Questionnaire was developed and structured interview was designed for the parents of O and A levels’ students. ChiSquare and p...
Global Language Review, 2016
Writing is one of the basic language skills. Both objective tests and essay questions can be used... more Writing is one of the basic language skills. Both objective tests and essay questions can be used to evaluate students’ performance in the writing skill. The objective tests are generally considered useful as they help in measuring certain abilities accurately and they yield reliable scores. But essay tests can be used more effectively to measure certain complex learning outcomes such as organization, synthesis, and analysis. Essays provide an effective form of testing to evaluate the communicative skill of students at the higher level. Such items have the problems of consistency, objectivity, and reliability of their scores. The present study focuses on the issue of scorer reliability and attempts to suggest an objective model of scoring for the free-response essay question set in the B.A. examination for Islamia University of Bahawalpur in the subject of English compulsory.
The main objectives of the studies were to examine the reinforcement techniques used by the priva... more The main objectives of the studies were to examine the reinforcement techniques used by the private school teachers of Wah Cant at secondary level, to highlight the impact of different reinforcement techniques used upon student’s performance as perceived by teachers, to investigate the difference in the use of reinforcement techniques by the male and female teachers of private schools in Wah Cant at secondary level. 50 male and female private school teachers of Wah Cant at Secondary level were selected by random sampling. Questionnaire were circulated and collected personally by the researcher. It has been presented in tabular form. The result of the questionnaire was carefully analyzed in the chi-square by the researcher. Major conclusions were extracted from the findings of male and female teachers of private schools of Wah Cant at Secondary level were, mostly both male teachers provide positive reinforcement soon after good behavior, they provide opportunities for weak students t...
Elementary Education Online, 2021
LINGUISTICA ANTVERPIENSIA, Oct 1, 2021
Heliyon
Service-learning activities are rapidly expanding worldwide. Several instruments are available fo... more Service-learning activities are rapidly expanding worldwide. Several instruments are available for measuring these activities. However, none of these are suitable for measuring management issues and challenges in servicelearning implementation. This study reports on the development and factor analysis of an instrument to measure service-learning management. In total, 315 teachers from vocational training institutes of Punjab, Pakistan participated in the study. The three stage scale approach of Fraser (1998) was used for construction of the scale. Items were selected based on deductive method using the existing theory. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to explore the factor structure of the scale. A four factor structure having 21 items was indentified. The factorial validation based on initial assessment of the scale provides initial evidences for reliability and validity of the scale. The newly developed instrument may be used for measuring challenges and issues in service-learning management. The limitations of the study are discussed and some recommendations are made for future practice.
Elementary Education Online, 2021
The role of education remains the most important factor in the socio-economic development of a co... more The role of education remains the most important factor in the socio-economic development of a country. The population of the study was all O and A level schools, O and A level students, their parents and teachers in Pakistan. The sample of the study included 45 schools, 230 teachers, 450 O and A level students and their parents. The sample of the study was drawn from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. For the collection of data, three questionnaires, one each for O and A level students, their parents and the teachers of O and A level were developed. Three structured interviews, i.e., one each for O and A level students, their parents and the teachers were designed. Data were collected through personal visits. For the analysis of data, percentage and chi square as contingency test were used.
Ceti,ied tnlt the @dals and fom of$e lll*ir @littcd "A Study o! Soci.l Ac..pt blllty ol rc' .nd {... more Ceti,ied tnlt the @dals and fom of$e lll*ir @littcd "A Study o! Soci.l Ac..pt blllty ol rc' .nd {A' t rcts ofDdrqrio! Strt n md it! I[Ilc.ilon, io P*tub!'' rubhined by Mr. UDbren kU.q h!re b@n foud $tisfelory for utc r€qu'mdt of th. d.g€c. *" ?llrrt)^&. {R) Dt M. H. Arif) DEDIGATED My husband, my loving daughur Maryum and porcnts, especialb my esteemed mother, whose love, paticnce and sacriJice prcved to be an unfailing source of inspiration CONTENTS l.
Motivation is the heart of teaching and learning process. It is usually defined as an internal st... more Motivation is the heart of teaching and learning process. It is usually defined as an internal state that arouses, directs and maintains behavior a certain period of time. However, it is the process of arousing, sustaining and regulating activities, to be precise a concept limited to some aspects such as the energetic behavior or purposive regulation. The current study intended to investigate the motivational techniques used by the teachers in secondary schools and to explore the effects of motivation techniques on student‟s achievements. Out of forty teachers, twenty seven secondary level teachers were randomly selected from Working Folk Grammer School No 1 from District Haripur. A questionnaire was used as an instrument for collecting data from the sampled teachers the data were collected by the personal visit of the researcher to the sampled school. Percentage was used for the analysis of data. On the basis of the analysis it was concluded that most of the teachers provide chance...
This study was designed to compare the availability of physical facilities in public and private ... more This study was designed to compare the availability of physical facilities in public and private sector secondary schools of Islamabad. All the heads of institutions and teachers of secondary schools in Islamabad constituted the population of the study. Sixty heads of institutions, one from each institution (30 public and 30 private sector schools) and 300 teachers, five form each secondary school (150 public sector and 150 private sector) from sixty institutions (30 public and 30 private sector) were selected as a sample of the study. Two questionnaires (one each for heads of institutions and other for teachers) were developed and validated through pilot testing and administered to the sample for collection of data. Researcher personally visited respondents and thus 100% data were collected. Collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using chi square.
Journal of Islamic International Medical College, 2017
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the impact of hearing loss on the self con... more Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the impact of hearing loss on the self concept of hearing impaired students and to ascertain the impact of hearing aids and cochlear implants on their self concept.
Journal of Business & Tourism, 2021
Effective classroom management strategies can play an important role in teaching learning process... more Effective classroom management strategies can play an important role in teaching learning process. Classroom management encompasses many factors including management of subject matter, environment, discipline and time. These all are the byproducts of teacher’s effective classroom management strategies. This study was focused to investigate the teacher’s Classroom Time Management Strategies (CTMS) at secondary school level. All secondary school teachers of Khyber Pukhtunkhwah (KP) were considered as the population of the study. A sample of 480 teachers form 80 schools of five (5) districts (96 teachers to each district) was randomly selected. The sample was further distributed into eight (8) strata of male/female, urban/rural, science/arts, and public/private through stratified random sampling techniques such that the number of teachers in each stratum remains 240. The data was collected through a self-prepared questionnaire of reliability 0.87 and was analyzed through statistical to...
Education is a process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the de... more Education is a process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the development of all those capacities in the individual, which will enable him to control his environment and fulfill his possibilities. Education, in its limited sense, included and influences deliberately planned, chosen and employed by the community for the welfare of its coming generations. The purpose is to modify the behavior of the child and to shape his personality in a more desirable form.
Global Social Sciences Review, 2018
This study investigates the impact of QEC Leaders' intellectual competencies on Quality Enhan... more This study investigates the impact of QEC Leaders' intellectual competencies on Quality Enhancement of Higher Education Institutions - HEIs and Universities. Quantitative data from QEC Officials of public and private sector universities in Islamabad is collected. QEC Leaders' intellectual competencies were measured by adapting Leadership Dimension Questionnaire (LDQ) from Dulewicz and Higgs (2005, 2008). Quality Enhancement was measured by using Quality Enhancement Questionnaire (QEQ) developed by HEC QAA (2006). A survey questionnaire based methodology was used to collect data from QEC Leaders of public and private universities of Islamabad. Correlation and regression analyses were used to test research hypotheses. Findings imply that QEC Leaders' strategic perspective significantly contribute towards Quality Enhancement generally and specifically towards Implementation of SA Mechanism. Furthermore, QEC Leaders possessing strong vision and imagination competencies have ...
Global Social Sciences Review, 2018
The study analyzes curriculum document (teacher course guides) of ADE and B.Ed. (Hons) programs i... more The study analyzes curriculum document (teacher course guides) of ADE and B.Ed. (Hons) programs in terms of Assessment Tasks, Teaching Learning Approaches, Course Outcomes and Course Description. Study also focuses on prospective teachers and teacher educator's perceptions about these teacher course guides and their execution in class room at selected Teachers' Training Institutes. The sample comprises three universities and four Regional Institutions of Teacher Education offering B.Ed. (Hons) and ADE programs. Researcher congregated data from 21 teacher educators teaching to prospective teachers enrolled in ADE and B.Ed. (Hons) in the chosen institutions. Mixed methods (approach) were used to collect quantitative as well as qualitative data for extensive analysis of the research problem. The qualitative data was collected through a check list and quantitative data was collected through questionnaire. The manuscripts (Draft guide for teaching instructor) for B.Ed. (Hons). Experts developed curriculum meets the requirement of the society of Pakistan with the purpose to create more competent, proficient and well-informed teaching instructors. Effective implementation of teacher guides need improvement in terms of availability of resources like well-equipped class rooms, computer lab, library, learning materials and Information and Communication Technology.
Global Social Sciences Review, 2018
Violations of children rights are the grey areas in Pakistan that have grave consequences for the... more Violations of children rights are the grey areas in Pakistan that have grave consequences for the educational progress of students especially those studying at elementary level. This study probes the major children rights contravention at elementary level schools located in Pakistan; particularly in government sector schools where the learning course is usually taken by the principals and teachers as a regular affair without any fervent approach. In order to investigate the state of children rights in schools, principal, teachers and students from rural and urban area public sector institutions of Capital Territory Islamabad were taken as the sample for this study so that the state of these institutions in terms of providing basic rights to elementary students could be analyzed and it could be seen if they affect the performance of children in class or not. The result indicates the prevalence of several nuisance areas including corporal punishment, bullying, unhygienic environment, ...
Journal of Islamic and Religious Studies
This study is descriptive in nature and main focus of this paper is to consult Qur’ān and Ahdiths... more This study is descriptive in nature and main focus of this paper is to consult Qur’ān and Ahdiths for understanding the concept of morality. Verses from the Holy Qur’ān and sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) are consulted to portray a paramount role of parents and teachers that is played as family and public institutions respectively. Moral values like, good manners, respect, loyalty, truth, altruism, reliability, fairness, cooperation, collaboration, honesty, companionship, decency, acceptance, compliance, love, patience and forgiveness are also studied in the light of Qur’ān and Ahdiths. As an end product, inculcation of moral values in youth by their parents and teachers is also delineated.
The study was descriptive in nature and a survey design was used to examine physical activities o... more The study was descriptive in nature and a survey design was used to examine physical activities of students inside schools. A secondary purpose was to analyze the role of physical training instructors (PTIs) and roles of overall school opportunities for physical training. Total respondents were n=200, consisting of 50 male and female PTIs; 150 male and female students were selected using a stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed to examine sport activities of schools, supervision of PTIs, encouragement and motivation from teachers and heads of schools. Data were collected through personal visits and analyzed through chi-square within SPSS. It was found that the majority of PTIs did not perform duties in a professional manner. They did not take interest in the physical wellbeing of students. They did not teach basic rules of sports to students. They did not plan and/or arrange physical activities for students. The role of the institution in promoting healt...
Education is known as process of living through an unremitting re-enactment of experience. Basica... more Education is known as process of living through an unremitting re-enactment of experience. Basically it’s expansion of all competencies present in human being that enables one to overcome his surroundings and accomplishes possibility. The fundamental purpose of education is transforming the actions of pupil and forms her/ his individuality in a wanted shape. The aim of education is to make an individual socially competent. The key purpose of the study to examine the parent’s perception about the British A and O level system of education in Pakistan. All the parents of students studying in A and O levels schools in Pakistan were taken as population for the study. The sample of the study consisted of randomly selected 45 schools and 450 parents of students studying in those schools. The sample was drawn from Rawalpindi, Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar. Questionnaire was developed and structured interview was designed for the parents of O and A levels’ students. ChiSquare and p...
Global Language Review, 2016
Writing is one of the basic language skills. Both objective tests and essay questions can be used... more Writing is one of the basic language skills. Both objective tests and essay questions can be used to evaluate students’ performance in the writing skill. The objective tests are generally considered useful as they help in measuring certain abilities accurately and they yield reliable scores. But essay tests can be used more effectively to measure certain complex learning outcomes such as organization, synthesis, and analysis. Essays provide an effective form of testing to evaluate the communicative skill of students at the higher level. Such items have the problems of consistency, objectivity, and reliability of their scores. The present study focuses on the issue of scorer reliability and attempts to suggest an objective model of scoring for the free-response essay question set in the B.A. examination for Islamia University of Bahawalpur in the subject of English compulsory.
The main objectives of the studies were to examine the reinforcement techniques used by the priva... more The main objectives of the studies were to examine the reinforcement techniques used by the private school teachers of Wah Cant at secondary level, to highlight the impact of different reinforcement techniques used upon student’s performance as perceived by teachers, to investigate the difference in the use of reinforcement techniques by the male and female teachers of private schools in Wah Cant at secondary level. 50 male and female private school teachers of Wah Cant at Secondary level were selected by random sampling. Questionnaire were circulated and collected personally by the researcher. It has been presented in tabular form. The result of the questionnaire was carefully analyzed in the chi-square by the researcher. Major conclusions were extracted from the findings of male and female teachers of private schools of Wah Cant at Secondary level were, mostly both male teachers provide positive reinforcement soon after good behavior, they provide opportunities for weak students t...
Elementary Education Online, 2021
LINGUISTICA ANTVERPIENSIA, Oct 1, 2021
Heliyon
Service-learning activities are rapidly expanding worldwide. Several instruments are available fo... more Service-learning activities are rapidly expanding worldwide. Several instruments are available for measuring these activities. However, none of these are suitable for measuring management issues and challenges in servicelearning implementation. This study reports on the development and factor analysis of an instrument to measure service-learning management. In total, 315 teachers from vocational training institutes of Punjab, Pakistan participated in the study. The three stage scale approach of Fraser (1998) was used for construction of the scale. Items were selected based on deductive method using the existing theory. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used to explore the factor structure of the scale. A four factor structure having 21 items was indentified. The factorial validation based on initial assessment of the scale provides initial evidences for reliability and validity of the scale. The newly developed instrument may be used for measuring challenges and issues in service-learning management. The limitations of the study are discussed and some recommendations are made for future practice.
Elementary Education Online, 2021
The role of education remains the most important factor in the socio-economic development of a co... more The role of education remains the most important factor in the socio-economic development of a country. The population of the study was all O and A level schools, O and A level students, their parents and teachers in Pakistan. The sample of the study included 45 schools, 230 teachers, 450 O and A level students and their parents. The sample of the study was drawn from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. For the collection of data, three questionnaires, one each for O and A level students, their parents and the teachers of O and A level were developed. Three structured interviews, i.e., one each for O and A level students, their parents and the teachers were designed. Data were collected through personal visits. For the analysis of data, percentage and chi square as contingency test were used.
Ceti,ied tnlt the @dals and fom of$e lll*ir @littcd "A Study o! Soci.l Ac..pt blllty ol rc' .nd {... more Ceti,ied tnlt the @dals and fom of$e lll*ir @littcd "A Study o! Soci.l Ac..pt blllty ol rc' .nd {A' t rcts ofDdrqrio! Strt n md it! I[Ilc.ilon, io P*tub!'' rubhined by Mr. UDbren kU.q h!re b@n foud $tisfelory for utc r€qu'mdt of th. d.g€c. *" ?llrrt)^&. {R) Dt M. H. Arif) DEDIGATED My husband, my loving daughur Maryum and porcnts, especialb my esteemed mother, whose love, paticnce and sacriJice prcved to be an unfailing source of inspiration CONTENTS l.
Motivation is the heart of teaching and learning process. It is usually defined as an internal st... more Motivation is the heart of teaching and learning process. It is usually defined as an internal state that arouses, directs and maintains behavior a certain period of time. However, it is the process of arousing, sustaining and regulating activities, to be precise a concept limited to some aspects such as the energetic behavior or purposive regulation. The current study intended to investigate the motivational techniques used by the teachers in secondary schools and to explore the effects of motivation techniques on student‟s achievements. Out of forty teachers, twenty seven secondary level teachers were randomly selected from Working Folk Grammer School No 1 from District Haripur. A questionnaire was used as an instrument for collecting data from the sampled teachers the data were collected by the personal visit of the researcher to the sampled school. Percentage was used for the analysis of data. On the basis of the analysis it was concluded that most of the teachers provide chance...
This study was designed to compare the availability of physical facilities in public and private ... more This study was designed to compare the availability of physical facilities in public and private sector secondary schools of Islamabad. All the heads of institutions and teachers of secondary schools in Islamabad constituted the population of the study. Sixty heads of institutions, one from each institution (30 public and 30 private sector schools) and 300 teachers, five form each secondary school (150 public sector and 150 private sector) from sixty institutions (30 public and 30 private sector) were selected as a sample of the study. Two questionnaires (one each for heads of institutions and other for teachers) were developed and validated through pilot testing and administered to the sample for collection of data. Researcher personally visited respondents and thus 100% data were collected. Collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using chi square.
Journal of Islamic International Medical College, 2017
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the impact of hearing loss on the self con... more Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the impact of hearing loss on the self concept of hearing impaired students and to ascertain the impact of hearing aids and cochlear implants on their self concept.
Journal of Business & Tourism, 2021
Effective classroom management strategies can play an important role in teaching learning process... more Effective classroom management strategies can play an important role in teaching learning process. Classroom management encompasses many factors including management of subject matter, environment, discipline and time. These all are the byproducts of teacher’s effective classroom management strategies. This study was focused to investigate the teacher’s Classroom Time Management Strategies (CTMS) at secondary school level. All secondary school teachers of Khyber Pukhtunkhwah (KP) were considered as the population of the study. A sample of 480 teachers form 80 schools of five (5) districts (96 teachers to each district) was randomly selected. The sample was further distributed into eight (8) strata of male/female, urban/rural, science/arts, and public/private through stratified random sampling techniques such that the number of teachers in each stratum remains 240. The data was collected through a self-prepared questionnaire of reliability 0.87 and was analyzed through statistical to...
Education is a process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the de... more Education is a process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the development of all those capacities in the individual, which will enable him to control his environment and fulfill his possibilities. Education, in its limited sense, included and influences deliberately planned, chosen and employed by the community for the welfare of its coming generations. The purpose is to modify the behavior of the child and to shape his personality in a more desirable form.
Global Social Sciences Review, 2018
This study investigates the impact of QEC Leaders' intellectual competencies on Quality Enhan... more This study investigates the impact of QEC Leaders' intellectual competencies on Quality Enhancement of Higher Education Institutions - HEIs and Universities. Quantitative data from QEC Officials of public and private sector universities in Islamabad is collected. QEC Leaders' intellectual competencies were measured by adapting Leadership Dimension Questionnaire (LDQ) from Dulewicz and Higgs (2005, 2008). Quality Enhancement was measured by using Quality Enhancement Questionnaire (QEQ) developed by HEC QAA (2006). A survey questionnaire based methodology was used to collect data from QEC Leaders of public and private universities of Islamabad. Correlation and regression analyses were used to test research hypotheses. Findings imply that QEC Leaders' strategic perspective significantly contribute towards Quality Enhancement generally and specifically towards Implementation of SA Mechanism. Furthermore, QEC Leaders possessing strong vision and imagination competencies have ...
Global Social Sciences Review, 2018
The study analyzes curriculum document (teacher course guides) of ADE and B.Ed. (Hons) programs i... more The study analyzes curriculum document (teacher course guides) of ADE and B.Ed. (Hons) programs in terms of Assessment Tasks, Teaching Learning Approaches, Course Outcomes and Course Description. Study also focuses on prospective teachers and teacher educator's perceptions about these teacher course guides and their execution in class room at selected Teachers' Training Institutes. The sample comprises three universities and four Regional Institutions of Teacher Education offering B.Ed. (Hons) and ADE programs. Researcher congregated data from 21 teacher educators teaching to prospective teachers enrolled in ADE and B.Ed. (Hons) in the chosen institutions. Mixed methods (approach) were used to collect quantitative as well as qualitative data for extensive analysis of the research problem. The qualitative data was collected through a check list and quantitative data was collected through questionnaire. The manuscripts (Draft guide for teaching instructor) for B.Ed. (Hons). Experts developed curriculum meets the requirement of the society of Pakistan with the purpose to create more competent, proficient and well-informed teaching instructors. Effective implementation of teacher guides need improvement in terms of availability of resources like well-equipped class rooms, computer lab, library, learning materials and Information and Communication Technology.
Global Social Sciences Review, 2018
Violations of children rights are the grey areas in Pakistan that have grave consequences for the... more Violations of children rights are the grey areas in Pakistan that have grave consequences for the educational progress of students especially those studying at elementary level. This study probes the major children rights contravention at elementary level schools located in Pakistan; particularly in government sector schools where the learning course is usually taken by the principals and teachers as a regular affair without any fervent approach. In order to investigate the state of children rights in schools, principal, teachers and students from rural and urban area public sector institutions of Capital Territory Islamabad were taken as the sample for this study so that the state of these institutions in terms of providing basic rights to elementary students could be analyzed and it could be seen if they affect the performance of children in class or not. The result indicates the prevalence of several nuisance areas including corporal punishment, bullying, unhygienic environment, ...