SEARCH ARTICLE

32 Pages : 472-485

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).32      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).32      Published : Dec 2018

The Attitude of Prospective Teachers towards Guidance and Counseling Services in Distance Education of Pakistan

    This study evaluated the attitude of prospective teachers towards “guidance and counseling services” in distance education. The survey method was used for data collection from 730 B.Ed. learners of the AIOU by using questionnaires on a five-point rating (Likert) scale. The results indicated that the majority of the prospective teachers (80.24%) appeared to be satisfied with information services and the channels of providing such services by AIOU. More than half of the respondents (57.81%, 57.59%, and 57.81%) appeared were unsatisfied with the provision of tutors information, guidance by their tutors on writing assignments, and tutorial meetings (respectively). Overall, more than half of the respondents appeared with their positive perception about “guidance and counseling services”. The study recommended tutors training on how to tutor in distance education; how-to guide and facilitate distance learners in writing good assignments.

    Prospective Teachers, Guidance and Counseling Services, Tutor, Student Counselor, Distance Education
    (1) Muhammad Abdul Malik
    PhD Scholar, Preston University Kohat, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Irshad Hussain
    Professor (Chairman), Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.

35 Pages : 515-533

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).35      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).35      Published : Dec 2018

Participation of Community through Parents Teacher Councils regarding Curricular and Co-curricular Activities in Public Sector Schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

    The study focuses on the participation of community through PTC in the arrangement of different curricular and co-curricular activities in schools for betterment of students and enhancement of their qualities. A valid and reliable questionnaire was served to the two categories of stakeholders i.e. PTC members (Chairman and secretary) and Non-PTC members (Parents and Teachers). A sample of one hundred schools randomly selected from two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Mean, Standard Deviation, Coefficient of variation, t-distribution and p-value were applied as statistical tools. Responses of both groups show moderate response and show that participation of community is found for the first variable i.e. arranging curricular activities but there is opposite opinion found in the point of view of both group regarding the arrangement of co-curricular activities in schools; response of PTC members group is positive but non PTC members group did not support it.

    Parent Teacher Council, Community Participation, Curricular Activities, coCurricular Activities, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
    (1) Abdul Hafeez
    PhD Scholar, Department of I.E.R, Gomal University D.I. Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Malik Amer Atta
    Assistant Professor, Department of I.E.R, Gomal University D.I. Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Ayaz
    Chairman, Department of Education & Research, University of Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.

40 Pages : 590-600

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).40      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).40      Published : Dec 2018

Effectiveness of Performance Appraisal System for Government Secondary School Teachers in Punjab

    Performance Appraisal of the team is a core element of administration to achieve the required objectives of an organization. The study was intended to measure the effectiveness of the existing performance appraisal system towards professional excellence of secondary school teachers as perceived by their principals. Two hundred secondary school principals were found available as a sample to mark the questionnaire. The researcher himself developed a questionnaire for the principals to seek their opinions on the present performance appraisal system. The data collected were analyzed with descriptive statistics. It was found that the effectiveness of the system is of moderate level in Punjab. The performance appraisal system contributed fifty-nine per cent to the professional excellence of the teachers. Some strong recommendations were also written on the basis of findings to see the performance appraisal system more effective

    Performance Appraisal System, Secondary School Teacher, Professional Excellence, Principal, Punjab
    (1) Naveed Azmat
    PhD scholar, Department of Education, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Khuda Bakhsh
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Khaliq Hussain
    Student, Department of Education, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

43 Pages : 631-646

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).43      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).43      Published : Dec 2018

A Study of Student Teachers' Motivation, Expectations, Issues and Satisfaction on the Recently Reformed Teacher Education Program in Public Sector Universities and Colleges in Pakistan

    This study aimed to explore studentteachers perceptions of their motivation, present concerns, expectations and satisfaction with various aspects of the recently developed teacher education program of ADE and B.Ed Hons. in public sector universities in Pakistan. The study employed a qualitative interpretive approach. A semi-structured interview was carried out with 150 prospective teachers. A thematic analysis of the interview data revealed that the participants' perceived social status, that teaching being the most respectable job, was the most described motivational factor. Lack of information and ambiguous rules and regulation on the nature and status of the ADE and B.Ed. Hons program were the key sources of their present concerns. The participants' perceptions showed a significant improvement in overall teaching quality, while teacher cooperation and commitment were the areas of dissatisfaction.

    StudentTeacher, Teacher Education, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Expectations, ADE, B.Ed. Hons
    (1) Kamal ud Din
    Lecturer, Department of Educational Development, Karakoram International University, Gilgit Balitstan, Pakistan.
    (2) Fareeha Javed
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Fasiha Altaf
    PhD Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

07 Pages : 53-60

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).07      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).07      Published : Mar 2019

Professionalism as a Moral Code of Secondary School Teachers

    Teachers are given a moral code and expected to follow the ethics while working in institutions. Monitoring authorities are responsible for observing the school teachers’ enactment of the professional code and take action against delinquents. The present study investigates professionalism as a moral code of secondary school teachers by a survey of their perceptions. A questionnaire and observation sheet were used as data collection tools. The sample of the study was forty schools and 120 teachers from Bahawalpur District in Pakistan chosen through multistage sampling. Results through mean comparison using a paired t- test indicated that the majority of teachers had insight about professionalism but did not practice it. It is therefore recommended that education departments should utilize this aspect in their teachers and deploy special mechanisms for the practice of professionalism.

    Professionalism, Moral Code, Teachers' Insight, Teachers' Practices, Secondary School Teachers
    (1) Naseer Ahmad Shahid
    PhD Scholar,Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Nasreen Akhter
    Assistant Professor,Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Shahzadi Iqra Naz Malik
    PhD Scholar, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur,Punjab, Pakistan.

09 Pages : 67-74

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

Incorporation of Peace Education in Existing Secondary Level Curriculum and Teachers Practice

    Peace education is a new discipline which is being introduced in the existing curriculum in the world. Peace education is mandatory for reducing violence and developing positive thinking. The major aim of this study was to examine the need of peace education and to investigate the perception of teachers for incorporating peace education in existing curriculum at Secondary level. The study was descriptive in nature. All the secondary school teachers (753) of district Attock were included in population of the study. Of these, 255 teachers were taken as a sample through a random sampling technique. The researcher employed a validated questionnaire for collecting data. The major findings showed that the teachers favored the inclusion of peace education as a compulsory subject at secondary level.

    Peace Education, Teachers, Curriculum, Secondary
    (1) Basharat Ali Khan
    PhD Scholar,Department of Education, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Azhar Mahmood
    Associate Professor, Department of Education, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Wajeeha Aurangzeb
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.

26 Pages : 195-204

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).26      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).26      Published : Mar 2019

Identifying the Role of Teachers in Developing Entrepreneurial Intention of Prospective Teachers

    This research study identified the main areas related to entrepreneurship teacher education. The main objectives of the study were: (a) to identify the importance of entrepreneurship education for teacher education in Pakistan; (b) to identify the areas to prepare pre-service teachers for entrepreneurship education. The nature of study was descriptive while mixed method approach was used to gather information. Twelve teacher educators and eighty five prospective teachers were selected by using convenience sampling technique. ENVIVO-11 and SPSS were used to analyze qualitative and quantitative data. It was revealed that mostly interviewees agreed on entrepreneurial education should be made a part of national professional standards of teachers. Majority of the trainee teachers appreciated entrepreneurship education. Most of the respondents intervene about imparting and improving entrepreneurial education for prospective teachers’ course. Interviewees are appreciating this step of entrepreneurial intentions in prospective teachers’ course.

    Entrepreneurship, teacher education, prospective teachers, professional standard.
    (1) Saubia Ramzan
    Professor,Institute of Management Sciences, University of Balochistan, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Shakir
    Lecturer,Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Jam Muhammad Zafar
    Assistant Professor,Department of Teacher Education,Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.

32 Pages : 240-247

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).32      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).32      Published : Mar 2019

Reciprocal Peer Tutoring and Innovation of Initial Teacher Education in Pakistan: Looking Through an Experimental Lens

    The current quasi-experimental pre-test post-test study involved master level students enrolled in a teacher education program. The Learning performance test was administered together with survey instruments on intrinsic motivation, metacognitive awareness, and self-efficacy beliefs. Analysis of covariance of results points at a positive significant differential effect of reciprocal peer tutoring on student teachers’ learning performance. However, no interaction effect was observed in mediating variables. Post-reciprocal peer tutoring interviews were organized to analyze students and teachers’ reflections about reciprocal peer tutoring. Implications are presented to educational psychologists, teacher educators, and educational policymakers with recommendations to model collaborative learning approaches; such as reciprocal peer tutoring.

    Collaborative Learning, Peer Tutoring; Teacher Preparation; Learning Performance
    (1) Abid Shahzad
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Rafaquat Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muqaddas Butt
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education,University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

37 Pages : 281-286

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).37      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).37      Published : Mar 2019

Effects of Principals' Leadership Styles on Teachers' Performance at Secondary Schools in Dera Ismail Khan

    This learning was directed acts discover the effect of Principals leadership strategies on teachers act of secondary school in D.I.Khan. The research was cross sectional and parametric in nature. The record was collected by both from principals and teachers of secondary school located in the district. The outcomes were fascinatingly opposing to the assumed statements i.e in this broadsheet the impact of transactional and transformational guidance style has been found contrary on teachers enactment. The reason for such phenomena has been deliberated in this broadsheet. The study concluded that both leadership styles i.e transformational and transactional styles of principles of the school understudy have been found not supporting in improvement in teachers performance

    Transformational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, Teachers Performance. Secondary School
    (1) Farhat Yasmin
    Ph.D. Scholar, Depart of Management Sciences,Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology. D.I.Khan KP. Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Imran
    Assistant Professor,Depart of Management Sciences, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology. D.I.Khan KP. Pakistan.
    (3) Maria Sultana
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences,Leads University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

46 Pages : 354-364

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).46      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-I).46      Published : Mar 2019

Who are More Successful Researchers? An Analysis of University Teachers Research Productivity

    Key objective of the study was to assess the research productivity of university teachers and to analyze the effect of demographic variables (gender, faculty, designation, age and experience) on their research productivity to ultimately explore the profile of successful researchers. Data regarding demographic variables and research productivity in last three years were collected from a sample of 200 faculty members from four public sector universities in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Findings revealed that university faculty is striving hard to contribute in the field of research. Furthermore, demographic variables (gender, faculty and designation) affect their research productivity in favor of male teachers, teachers from physical sciences and teachers with higher designation. Age and experience are not associated with many indicators of RP or they are weakly positively correlated with number of research articles and published books. Educational implications for faculty members and other stake holders are also discussed.

    Research, Research Productivity, University Teachers, Faculty
    (1) Shamaiela Mehboob Farooqi
    Lecturer, Department of Education, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shumaila Shahzad
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Syeda Samina Tahira
    Assistant Professor, Chairperson, Department of Education, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.