KASHMIR JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

A A Comparative Study of Differential Characteristic Practices of Reflective Practitioners

2020-12-14T00:04:42-07:00

Reflection is a procedure of learning and professional preparation that delivers the chance to critically examine and assess knowledge. The problem under exploration was to determine the reflective characteristic practices of practitioners on the basis of sector at university level. Theoretical framework of the study consists of the Reflective Practices Model (2015) given by Linda Lawrence Wilkes and Alan Chapman. Objective of the study was to compare difference in reflective characteristic practices of practitioners on the basis of sector at the university level.Study was descriptive in nature and comparative analysis was involved. Population of the study comprised of5404 faculty members working in 2017 in 27 public and private sector universities of Islamabad. Reflective Practice Assessment instrument developed by Wilkes and Chapman (2015) was adapted.Data was analyzed by applying t-test through SPSS. Findings

A Maintaining Discipline in Private Primary Schools in the Wake of Ban on Corporal Punishment: A Qualitative Case Study of Teachers’ Perspectives

2020-12-14T01:17:40-07:00

Maintaining discipline in the classroom is one of the major priorities in any school. A hike in students’ discipline issues is allegedly linked with teachers’
incompetence to manage classrooms after corporal punishment has been banned by the Government of Pakistan. Teachers do not enjoy the powers which
they traditionally used to enjoy on the basis of their knowledge or position anymore, which has not only lowered teachers’ morale but also produced a lack
of professional commitment and high retention rate among private school teachers in Lahore. This instrumental case study aimed at identifying teachers’ preparedness for effective classroom management techniques in the current scenario and how no-corporal punishment has affected their satisfaction and commitment to their profession. The qualitative case study approach was adopted for the study, and four teachers of a private school in Lahore were purposively selected. The study used a self-constructed semi-structured interview guide. The analysis of data revealed that teachers felt disempowered in classrooms not because the nocorporal punishment has been imposed, but due to their own inability to use alternates effectively. The teachers are aware of and are in favor of the ban; they, however, thought that the school administration and government of Pakistan should hold training sessions not only for teachers and administrators but also for parents.

A Co-Curricular Activities: A Case Study on Perspectives of Winning Secondary School Students

2020-12-14T01:25:44-07:00

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perspectives of winning secondary school students about co-curricular activities. It was a qualitative
case study focusing on co-curricular activities arranged at the secondary school level. Participants were selected through the purposive sampling of
winning male students in different co-curricular activities at tehsil level enrolled in grade IX and X secondary school of tehsil Wazirabad District of
Gujranwala. An interview guide was developed based on relevant literature and keeping in view the purpose of the study to gather information from the students. Semi-structured interviews and focus group sessions were used for data collection from the research participants. All the transcripts were
transcribed and translated into the English language. Data were analyzed through qualitative content analysis using data displays for each participant and research themes. The data gained from the students uncovered various aspects that helped to understand the perspectives of winning cocurricular activities. Students believed that cocurricular exercises had a positive outcome on students at the secondary school level. It was also found that active involvement in co-curricular activities improved personal control to a certain level, tolerance in extreme circumstances, and duty towards allocated undertakings, level of cooperation, and positive conduct. They learned teamwork, administration qualities, discipline, selfconfidence, time management, persistence in extreme
circumstances, responsibility towards prearranged tasks, and the development of positive actions. They also learned to handle critical situations. The perspectives also revealed that participation in such activities improved their health and avoidance of negative activities; thus, learning to spend their time
positively. Further studies may be conducted with different methodologies and levels of students.

A Assessing the impact of Teachers’ Professionalism on students Emotional Stability at university level

2020-12-14T01:33:27-07:00

The main purpose of this research was to assess the impact of Teachers‟ Professionalism on students Emotional Stability at university level. The research was descriptive and the survey approach was used to obtain data from the respondents. For the collection of data from respondents, all the teachers who were teaching at postgraduate and graduate level and students who are enrolled in master and B.S programs of public and private universities residing in Rawalpindi and Islamabad were the population of the research. For this purpose, 300 respondents were selected through proportionate random stratified technique. The outcomes of the study exposed that there was a constructive connection between teacher s expertise and students „emotional consistency. Students‟ demographically play a very important function in determining emotional health. At present in the viewpoint of private and public sector universities of Islamabad, There is a need of well trained and experienced educator because a significant number of educators demonstrate immaturity or representing reasonably professional behavior in instruction in learning context. It is also recommended that university educator may also learn art of emotional consistency and may also demonstrate it in front of their students.

A Teachers’ Perceptions about Continuous Professional Development at Secondary Level: A qualitative Study

2020-12-16T06:39:52-07:00

The world is changing so rapidly. Education and researches make the knowledge double in every five years. Professional development is also changing so frequently all around the world. We are aware that the old methods, models, experiences are no longer being implemented in a particular country. This research can be applied at secondary school level teachers’ training .It can apply for short term, long term, co-learning in Schools, Mentoring, reflection process, getting knowledge from experts, creating a collaborative learning culture and training by observing students ‘ performance etc. This research is
helpful for teachers for these kinds of purposes. With the help of this research It is recommended that short and Long term of CPD trainings may be arranged for teachers, CPD trainings may consist of professional as well as subject base development and for the CPD may be arranged technological, co-learning, reflection process, getting knowledge from experts, creating a collaborative learning culture and training by observing students ‘performance etc.