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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).09      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).09      Published : Dec 2019

Teaching Context and Students' Learning: A Case Study of a Public Sector University

Abstract

    This is an exploratory research study that aimed at capturing students’ learning experience in a public sector university campus in a remote region in Pakistan. The sample included students in the last semester of their two years Master’s program in Education Data were generated through a questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews, and whole-class discussions with Master’s students of Education. Findings showed that the students saw their learning embedded inrelation to the interaction with the faculty members, availability of resources, and interactive teaching approaches. It surfaced that remoteness of the context and unavailability of the Internet, lack of relative skills, and English language deficiencies, were key challenges.

    (1) Muhammad Naeem Butt
    Assistant Professor,Institute of Education and Research,University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Haji Karim Khan
    Assistant Professor,Department of Educational Development, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Pakistan.
    (3) Wilayat Bibi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Butt, Muhammad Naeem, Haji Karim Khan, and Wilayat Bibi. "Teaching Context and Students' Learning: A Case Study of a Public Sector University." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. IV (2019): 61-67. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).09