International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
The effect of student’s attitude on mathematical achievement has gathered tremendous attention fr... more The effect of student’s attitude on mathematical achievement has gathered tremendous attention from various researchers. However, there is a degree of inconsistency in the findings regarding these effects. The aim of the study was to find out the effect of students’ attitude towards Mathematics on their mathematical achievement at secondary schools in AJ&K. The objectives of the study were; to analyze students’ attitude in Mathematics at secondary level, to compare students’ attitude and academic achievement in Mathematics (gender wise) in AJ&K and to find out the effect of students’ attitude on Mathematical achievement at secondary level in AJ&K. The research was descriptive and quantitative in nature and cross-sectional survey was used to collect the data. All the students of 10th class of Govt. Secondary Schools in District Bagh AJ&K were the population of the study. There were 1076 students (458 boys and 618 girls) studying in 10th class in Government Secondary Schools of Distr...
The present research was conducted with the purpose to investigate the role of organizational jus... more The present research was conducted with the purpose to investigate the role of organizational justice on the lives of university teachers and to investigate the relationship between dimensions of organizational justice among university teachers. The study was descriptive in nature and survey method applied for the collection of data. All the university teachers working in universities of Islamabad were taken as a population of the study. 200 university teachers were taken as a sample of the study through a simple random sample technique. Organizational Justice Measurement Instrument (OJMI) developed by Ledimo (2015) was used in this research as a research instrument. The instrument comprised of 39 items. Data were collected through personal visits of the sampled universities. The data were collected through mean, standard deviation and correlation. The finding of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship found between the dimensions of organizational justice among...
Reflection enables us to make difference though inner thoughts. Our actions depend upon our refle... more Reflection enables us to make difference though inner thoughts. Our actions depend upon our reflection. It enhances the skills of the practitioner about how he can improve the existing situation. Reflection provides the opportunity to come out from traditional ways and explore diverse approaches systematically. This research is qualitative in nature and based on review of books and different research studies This paper provides the critical review of various researches about reflective practice The first objective of this review is to identify that reflective practices enhance practitioners professionally and personally. The second objective of the study describe various models or theories related to reflection and third objective is to explain the role of reflective practice in personal and professional development of the teachers.. Recent researches have proved that creativity is required in professional development which is obtained through reflective practice. It brings professi...
Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education (JECCE)
The purpose of this paper was to analyse a situation of ECE facilities available in public and pr... more The purpose of this paper was to analyse a situation of ECE facilities available in public and private sector schools in AJ&K. Main objective of the study was to assess the availability of physical, academic, sports and learning environment facilities for ECE in public and private sector schools in AJ&K. Questionnaire was comprised on 46 items with four subscales. The result of the study revealed that the availability of all four facilities is better in public sector schools than private sector schools. It is recommended that resources of teaching and learning for early childhood education need to be increased. It is also suggested that curriculum for ECE should also be revised and implemented in private sector schools of AJ&K. Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Facilities.
Teacher competency is the key to effective and quality teaching. According to the Oxford English ... more Teacher competency is the key to effective and quality teaching. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, competency denotes the ability, skill, and strength of an individual used to perform a given task. In order to ascertain the efficacy of the learning outcomes of any education system, teacher competency is measured using knowledge, skills, and attitude (KSA) model. The current study used the same model to assess teacher competency of the secondary school teachers of Islamabad. Stratified random sampling technique was used to choose the desired sample comprising 100 male and 100 female secondary school teachers teaching in Islamabad. Data were collected through personal visits of the selected schools. A self-developed questionnaire consisting of 20 items was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed using various statistical techniques such as ANOVA and the mean, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficient were also calculated. The findings revealed that there i...
This study intended to find out the impact of in-service training on leadership competencies of s... more This study intended to find out the impact of in-service training on leadership competencies of secondary school teachers. The study was descriptive in nature and survey method was applied for the collection of data. The population contained the Secondary School Teachers and Elementary School Teachers of three tehsils in district Rawalpindi. There were 799 teachers working in three tehsils of Rawalpindi. 260 teachers were selected by using stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed for teachers which was based on Teacher Leadership Model standards (TLMS, 2011). The study revealed that in service training effects on leadership competencies on secondary school teachers. Findings also exposed that there is significant difference between responses of male and female regarding leadership competencies and there is no significant mean difference between tenure of teachers regarding leadership competencies. Findings would be beneficial for the serving teachers for t...
<jats:p>The aim of this study was to analyze the gender-based difference in psychological w... more <jats:p>The aim of this study was to analyze the gender-based difference in psychological well-being among university teachers-a quantitative study with a population of 192 university teachers from four universities of Islamabad. A random sample technique was used, and 130 university teachers were chosen as a sample of the study. A standardized questionnaire developed by Ryff (2014) consisted of six dimensions, and 42 items were used. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between "autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, positive relations and self-acceptance" but not in "personal growth". It is also revealed that men scored high in all scopes of psychological well-being except in the "personal growth" of university teachers. It may be recommended that by taking care of psychological well-being, educational institutions may reduce the problems of faculty members, which may lead intuitions towards success.</jats:p>
This present study was an effort to explore the impact of organization culture on employee’s perf... more This present study was an effort to explore the impact of organization culture on employee’s performance. The objectives of study were to determine the relationship between organizational culture and employee’s performance, to find out the gender based differences regarding employee’s performance and to find out the gender based differences regarding organizational culture. Role based performance and organizational culture questionnaires were used. The 20 items questionnaire relating employee’s performance and 17 items concerning organizational culture were used to collect the data for study. Sample of 60 employees were taken from different organizations. Mean, standard deviation, t-test and Pearson correlation were used for statistical analysis. The findings indicates that there is positive relationship between employees performance and organizational culture and also indicates that there is no significant difference in responses between gender of employees regarding organizational...
Self-efficacy of teachers plays an important role in learning process. The purpose of this study ... more Self-efficacy of teachers plays an important role in learning process. The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-efficacy between public and private school teachers at elementary level. Objectives of the study were to examine the self-efficacy of public and private elementary school teachers, to compare the self-efficacy of public and private elementary male school teachers, to compare the self-efficacy of public and private elementary female school teachers, to determine the difference between self-efficacy of male and female teachers teaching at private elementary schools and to determine the difference between self-efficacy of male and female teachers teaching at public elementary schools. The sample of the study consisted of 100 respondents consisting 51 males and 49 females elementary school teachers. Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale developed by Bandura (2006) was used as research instrument for data collection. t-test was used for statistical significance of data. Resu...
International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL), 2021
In recent years there has been an increased rate of awareness about occupational stress and its e... more In recent years there has been an increased rate of awareness about occupational stress and its effects on work competencies. The teaching profession is one of the sensitive profession on which the future of any country depends. As far as Pakistan is concerned teachers and teaching both are unfortunately not enjoying very good and healthy social and financial status. Thus, the study was designed to examine the determinants of occupational stress among secondary school teachers. The main objectives of the study were: to examine the occupational stress of teachers teaching at public and private secondary schools and to identify the reasons for occupational stress among teachers of secondary schools. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers selected descriptive research design. Population of the study included all public and private sector school teachers. The sample size was comprised of one hundred teachers (50 male and 50 female) through a stratified random sampling t...
This study was designed to compare the situation of Early Childhood Education (ECE), provided in ... more This study was designed to compare the situation of Early Childhood Education (ECE), provided in public and private sector schools. The major objectives of the study were to evaluate the learning abilities of the students who were receiving early childhood education, to study demographic variations of students in relation with their learning ability and to study availability of physical facilities in the public and private sector schools for early childhood education. In this study, data of 100 respondents was collected from two distinct groups; students enrolled in ECE and teachers teaching to ECE level. Among them 60 students and 40 teachers were included. Data was collected from the schools located at Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In order to make a comparison between public and private sector schools quantitative approaches was used. For the measurement of students’ learning ability data was collected with the help of a standardized tool developed by ASER (2014) for English, Urdu, M...
This study was intended to explore the correlation between emotional intelligence and self-esteem... more This study was intended to explore the correlation between emotional intelligence and self-esteem of students studying in the secondary schools of Pakistan. The study explored the role of various demographic variations among students such as gender, grade and family’s socioeconomic status in defining their levels of self-esteem and emotional intelligence. The study used the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) and Self-esteem Questionnaire (SEQ) to measure emotional intelligence and self-esteem, respectively. Using multistage random sampling technique, 300 students studying at various secondary schools located in four districts of Punjab including Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Attock and Mianwali were selected. The findings revealed that there is a strong and positive correlation between self-esteem and emotional intelligence. The results of t-test revealed that there is a significant difference between emotional intelligence and self-esteem scores of boys and girls. Similarly, ANOVA results ...
Emotional intelligence (EQ) plays a vital role in psychological and social adjustment of individu... more Emotional intelligence (EQ) plays a vital role in psychological and social adjustment of individuals. Present study was designed to make a comparative analysis of the facet of EQ in context of sighted and visually impaired (VI) school students. The main objectives of this study were to measure EQ level of sighted and visually impaired students, to make a comparison between EQ of sighted and VI students and to investigate the role of students’ demographic variations of gender, age, grade, family socioeconomic status and parental qualification in determining their index of EQ. Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS) developed by Nicola Schutte was used to measure the EQ, it has 33 items and 7 subscales named as Appraisal of Emotions in Self, Appraisal of Emotions in Others, Emotional Expression, Emotional Regulation of others, Utilization of Emotions in Problem Solving and Uncategorized. A stratified random sample of 200 students was taken from sighted and visually impaired schools going secondary and elementary level students. Among them 110 were male and 90 were female, whose’ aged ranged from 14 to 19 years. Findings revealed that sighted school students have higher EQ as compared to visually impaired school students. It was also revealed that male VI students have higher EQ as compared to VI female school students. Moreover, sighted learners from higher income families have higher emotional intelligence as compared to VI school students from low income families. Finding of the study will be useful for the VI and sighted students and their teachers. Findings also provide opportunities to psychologist and school counsellor as s devise some strategy that can boost the EQ level of VI students which ultimately helps VI students in psychological and social adjustment.
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
The effect of student’s attitude on mathematical achievement has gathered tremendous attention fr... more The effect of student’s attitude on mathematical achievement has gathered tremendous attention from various researchers. However, there is a degree of inconsistency in the findings regarding these effects. The aim of the study was to find out the effect of students’ attitude towards Mathematics on their mathematical achievement at secondary schools in AJ&K. The objectives of the study were; to analyze students’ attitude in Mathematics at secondary level, to compare students’ attitude and academic achievement in Mathematics (gender wise) in AJ&K and to find out the effect of students’ attitude on Mathematical achievement at secondary level in AJ&K. The research was descriptive and quantitative in nature and cross-sectional survey was used to collect the data. All the students of 10th class of Govt. Secondary Schools in District Bagh AJ&K were the population of the study. There were 1076 students (458 boys and 618 girls) studying in 10th class in Government Secondary Schools of Distr...
The present research was conducted with the purpose to investigate the role of organizational jus... more The present research was conducted with the purpose to investigate the role of organizational justice on the lives of university teachers and to investigate the relationship between dimensions of organizational justice among university teachers. The study was descriptive in nature and survey method applied for the collection of data. All the university teachers working in universities of Islamabad were taken as a population of the study. 200 university teachers were taken as a sample of the study through a simple random sample technique. Organizational Justice Measurement Instrument (OJMI) developed by Ledimo (2015) was used in this research as a research instrument. The instrument comprised of 39 items. Data were collected through personal visits of the sampled universities. The data were collected through mean, standard deviation and correlation. The finding of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship found between the dimensions of organizational justice among...
Reflection enables us to make difference though inner thoughts. Our actions depend upon our refle... more Reflection enables us to make difference though inner thoughts. Our actions depend upon our reflection. It enhances the skills of the practitioner about how he can improve the existing situation. Reflection provides the opportunity to come out from traditional ways and explore diverse approaches systematically. This research is qualitative in nature and based on review of books and different research studies This paper provides the critical review of various researches about reflective practice The first objective of this review is to identify that reflective practices enhance practitioners professionally and personally. The second objective of the study describe various models or theories related to reflection and third objective is to explain the role of reflective practice in personal and professional development of the teachers.. Recent researches have proved that creativity is required in professional development which is obtained through reflective practice. It brings professi...
Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education (JECCE)
The purpose of this paper was to analyse a situation of ECE facilities available in public and pr... more The purpose of this paper was to analyse a situation of ECE facilities available in public and private sector schools in AJ&K. Main objective of the study was to assess the availability of physical, academic, sports and learning environment facilities for ECE in public and private sector schools in AJ&K. Questionnaire was comprised on 46 items with four subscales. The result of the study revealed that the availability of all four facilities is better in public sector schools than private sector schools. It is recommended that resources of teaching and learning for early childhood education need to be increased. It is also suggested that curriculum for ECE should also be revised and implemented in private sector schools of AJ&K. Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Facilities.
Teacher competency is the key to effective and quality teaching. According to the Oxford English ... more Teacher competency is the key to effective and quality teaching. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, competency denotes the ability, skill, and strength of an individual used to perform a given task. In order to ascertain the efficacy of the learning outcomes of any education system, teacher competency is measured using knowledge, skills, and attitude (KSA) model. The current study used the same model to assess teacher competency of the secondary school teachers of Islamabad. Stratified random sampling technique was used to choose the desired sample comprising 100 male and 100 female secondary school teachers teaching in Islamabad. Data were collected through personal visits of the selected schools. A self-developed questionnaire consisting of 20 items was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed using various statistical techniques such as ANOVA and the mean, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation coefficient were also calculated. The findings revealed that there i...
This study intended to find out the impact of in-service training on leadership competencies of s... more This study intended to find out the impact of in-service training on leadership competencies of secondary school teachers. The study was descriptive in nature and survey method was applied for the collection of data. The population contained the Secondary School Teachers and Elementary School Teachers of three tehsils in district Rawalpindi. There were 799 teachers working in three tehsils of Rawalpindi. 260 teachers were selected by using stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed for teachers which was based on Teacher Leadership Model standards (TLMS, 2011). The study revealed that in service training effects on leadership competencies on secondary school teachers. Findings also exposed that there is significant difference between responses of male and female regarding leadership competencies and there is no significant mean difference between tenure of teachers regarding leadership competencies. Findings would be beneficial for the serving teachers for t...
<jats:p>The aim of this study was to analyze the gender-based difference in psychological w... more <jats:p>The aim of this study was to analyze the gender-based difference in psychological well-being among university teachers-a quantitative study with a population of 192 university teachers from four universities of Islamabad. A random sample technique was used, and 130 university teachers were chosen as a sample of the study. A standardized questionnaire developed by Ryff (2014) consisted of six dimensions, and 42 items were used. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between "autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life, positive relations and self-acceptance" but not in "personal growth". It is also revealed that men scored high in all scopes of psychological well-being except in the "personal growth" of university teachers. It may be recommended that by taking care of psychological well-being, educational institutions may reduce the problems of faculty members, which may lead intuitions towards success.</jats:p>
This present study was an effort to explore the impact of organization culture on employee’s perf... more This present study was an effort to explore the impact of organization culture on employee’s performance. The objectives of study were to determine the relationship between organizational culture and employee’s performance, to find out the gender based differences regarding employee’s performance and to find out the gender based differences regarding organizational culture. Role based performance and organizational culture questionnaires were used. The 20 items questionnaire relating employee’s performance and 17 items concerning organizational culture were used to collect the data for study. Sample of 60 employees were taken from different organizations. Mean, standard deviation, t-test and Pearson correlation were used for statistical analysis. The findings indicates that there is positive relationship between employees performance and organizational culture and also indicates that there is no significant difference in responses between gender of employees regarding organizational...
Self-efficacy of teachers plays an important role in learning process. The purpose of this study ... more Self-efficacy of teachers plays an important role in learning process. The purpose of this study was to investigate the self-efficacy between public and private school teachers at elementary level. Objectives of the study were to examine the self-efficacy of public and private elementary school teachers, to compare the self-efficacy of public and private elementary male school teachers, to compare the self-efficacy of public and private elementary female school teachers, to determine the difference between self-efficacy of male and female teachers teaching at private elementary schools and to determine the difference between self-efficacy of male and female teachers teaching at public elementary schools. The sample of the study consisted of 100 respondents consisting 51 males and 49 females elementary school teachers. Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale developed by Bandura (2006) was used as research instrument for data collection. t-test was used for statistical significance of data. Resu...
International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL), 2021
In recent years there has been an increased rate of awareness about occupational stress and its e... more In recent years there has been an increased rate of awareness about occupational stress and its effects on work competencies. The teaching profession is one of the sensitive profession on which the future of any country depends. As far as Pakistan is concerned teachers and teaching both are unfortunately not enjoying very good and healthy social and financial status. Thus, the study was designed to examine the determinants of occupational stress among secondary school teachers. The main objectives of the study were: to examine the occupational stress of teachers teaching at public and private secondary schools and to identify the reasons for occupational stress among teachers of secondary schools. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers selected descriptive research design. Population of the study included all public and private sector school teachers. The sample size was comprised of one hundred teachers (50 male and 50 female) through a stratified random sampling t...
This study was designed to compare the situation of Early Childhood Education (ECE), provided in ... more This study was designed to compare the situation of Early Childhood Education (ECE), provided in public and private sector schools. The major objectives of the study were to evaluate the learning abilities of the students who were receiving early childhood education, to study demographic variations of students in relation with their learning ability and to study availability of physical facilities in the public and private sector schools for early childhood education. In this study, data of 100 respondents was collected from two distinct groups; students enrolled in ECE and teachers teaching to ECE level. Among them 60 students and 40 teachers were included. Data was collected from the schools located at Rawalpindi and Islamabad. In order to make a comparison between public and private sector schools quantitative approaches was used. For the measurement of students’ learning ability data was collected with the help of a standardized tool developed by ASER (2014) for English, Urdu, M...
This study was intended to explore the correlation between emotional intelligence and self-esteem... more This study was intended to explore the correlation between emotional intelligence and self-esteem of students studying in the secondary schools of Pakistan. The study explored the role of various demographic variations among students such as gender, grade and family’s socioeconomic status in defining their levels of self-esteem and emotional intelligence. The study used the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) and Self-esteem Questionnaire (SEQ) to measure emotional intelligence and self-esteem, respectively. Using multistage random sampling technique, 300 students studying at various secondary schools located in four districts of Punjab including Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Attock and Mianwali were selected. The findings revealed that there is a strong and positive correlation between self-esteem and emotional intelligence. The results of t-test revealed that there is a significant difference between emotional intelligence and self-esteem scores of boys and girls. Similarly, ANOVA results ...
Emotional intelligence (EQ) plays a vital role in psychological and social adjustment of individu... more Emotional intelligence (EQ) plays a vital role in psychological and social adjustment of individuals. Present study was designed to make a comparative analysis of the facet of EQ in context of sighted and visually impaired (VI) school students. The main objectives of this study were to measure EQ level of sighted and visually impaired students, to make a comparison between EQ of sighted and VI students and to investigate the role of students’ demographic variations of gender, age, grade, family socioeconomic status and parental qualification in determining their index of EQ. Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale (SEIS) developed by Nicola Schutte was used to measure the EQ, it has 33 items and 7 subscales named as Appraisal of Emotions in Self, Appraisal of Emotions in Others, Emotional Expression, Emotional Regulation of others, Utilization of Emotions in Problem Solving and Uncategorized. A stratified random sample of 200 students was taken from sighted and visually impaired schools going secondary and elementary level students. Among them 110 were male and 90 were female, whose’ aged ranged from 14 to 19 years. Findings revealed that sighted school students have higher EQ as compared to visually impaired school students. It was also revealed that male VI students have higher EQ as compared to VI female school students. Moreover, sighted learners from higher income families have higher emotional intelligence as compared to VI school students from low income families. Finding of the study will be useful for the VI and sighted students and their teachers. Findings also provide opportunities to psychologist and school counsellor as s devise some strategy that can boost the EQ level of VI students which ultimately helps VI students in psychological and social adjustment.
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