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Factors Contributing To Absenteeism In Undergraduates Nursing Students.
Full text linkAbsenteeism is an act of being excessively away from educational institute which is a major indiscipline problem among students globally. Descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. Data was collected by using by self-administered questionnaire from nursing students of 13 nursing colleges offering 4-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in Punjab province of Pakistan after taking care of all the ethical considerations. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select 130 participants from nursing institutes offering 4 year BSN program. Most influential factors for absenteeism identified were ‘not joined nursing studies as per choice’ (mean=3.77), ‘awaking up late for college’ (mean=3.62), ‘impending assignments’ (mean=3.),‘feel bored with certain subjects’ (mean=3.46),‘when teachers teaching skills are not up to mark’ (mean=3.67), ‘Lack of proper guidance in clinical area’ (mean=3.94), ‘shortage of staff in clinical area’ (mean=3.88), ‘Not want to be treated as workforce in clinical area’ (mean=3.82) very exhaustive and rigid or irregular timetable’ (mean=3.81). Nursing student’s absenteeism is interplay of multiple modifiable factors. Hence, necessary steps may be taken to overcome these modifiable factors to improve the quality of nursing education
ETIOLOGY OF STUDENTS FAIL TO COMPLETE DOCTORATE DEGREE WITHIN STIPULATED TIME
Full text linkDoctorate degree so-called doctor of philosophy (PhD) is amiably recognized as remarkable postgraduate qualification so far. In the walk of technological advancement and globalization the demand of doctorate degree can’t be abandon and commonly, students with vivid academic background, desire to pursue challenging careers, auspicious personal traits with motivation are enrolled for this programme. When such distinctive students failed to complete the doctorate degree within stipulated time, have arise many questions for stakeholders. This study was conducted to articulate the etiology of student failure to complete doctorate degree programme within stipulated time. For this purpose, PhD students were considered population and data was collected through questionnaire. Total 268 questionnaires were distributed and 233 were received. Statistical tools such as EFA, CFA and SEM were applied. For this SPSS-20 and AMOS-24 software were used. Results of study found Institutional Support, Personality Trait and Supervisor Support have significant positive impact on PhD degree completion. It is recommended that all stakeholders need to play their role and there is dare need to develop a systematic formal organize research structure. Also establish National Research Monitoring Cell for centralization and streamline research activities. Supervisors engage students beyond odds hours also inculcate research / innovation habit.
Tracing Institutional Role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Skills for Socio-Economic Development of Women in Baluchistan
Full text linkThis paper describes socio-economic and demographic impacts of TVET provision for women empowerment in rural and urban areas of Baluchistan. Different economic factors and demographic attributes are examined with TVET programs on empirical counts for policy analysis. The analysis is descriptive and questionnaire based data from 178 TVET qualified women by using three stage stratified sampling technique are traced out in rural and urban areas of Baluchistan.The factors like, self-employed status of women, parents’ education, ethnicity, household head characteristics, rural and urban set ups, institutional affiliation, and self-choice for a specific TVET trade contribute to socio-economic and demographic empowerment of women. Rural women are found to get less economic benefits of jobs and income earnings as compared to urban counterparts.The tentative findings suggest for socio-economic and demographic impacts of TVET for women to support to the consensus of development for TVET contributions into human capital theory. The findings guide towards the profound contribution of TVET in theory of human capital formation and its socio-economic and demographic impacts specifically to women empowerment studies in the un-developed regions
Implications of Cultural Capital in Women’s Higher Education Participation and Social Mobility
Full text linkEquality of opportunity in higher education participation is a basic right of people in a society that leads to their social mobility in the long run. Benadusi (2002) endorsed Bourdieu’s explanations that cultural capital acts as an empowering force that predetermines equality/inequality of educational opportunity of people in a society. The study, thus, aimed to explore cultural capital as means of participation in higher education and eventually social mobility of women. A cross sectional survey was used to collect data from 103 working and 97 non-working women using purposive and convenience sampling. The study found positive relation of cultural capital of women with their participation in higher education and social mobility. Significant difference was also found between cultural capitals of working and non- working women, where cultural capital of working women was high as compared to non-working. The study therefore, concludes that education for women must be the core value of our society to enhance their cultural capital as well as social mobility in a society. Because higher is the cultural capital of women; higher would be their participation rate in higher education and social mobility for them.
Impact of Different Levels of Schooling on Development of Students’ Social Attitudes
Full text linkAbstractOne of the expectations of society from schooling is to develop students’ prosocial behaviors having roots in their knowledge, beliefs and social attitudes. But the assessment procedures related to students’ social thinking and attitudes are generally missing in the instructional system. The study, therefore, to fill the gap diagnosed as whether schooling offered something that developed students’ social attitudes, a prerequisite of prosocial behaviors. Hence, the preset empirical investigation explored the impact of schooling on the development of students’ social attitudes. A sample from 16 schools of 480 students was taken, for which a ‘social attitude scale’, having four subscales, i.e., a) concern for others’ welfare, b) respect for laws, c) respect for others’ property and d) sensitivity to social issues, was developed to collect data. Results of data analysis revealed that the overall impact of different levels of schooling for upward positive increase in students’ social attitude was negligible, although elementary schooling contributed more, as compared to secondary level. Similarly public sector schooling across three stages had more impact on students’ social attitudes as compared to private sector schools.Keywords: Schools, Social attitudes, Prosocial and antisocial behaviors, Public and Private schoolin
A CRICITAL ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH SCHOLAR EXPECTATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
No full textThe study was designed for critical analysis of research scholar expectations in higher education at UOH. The main objective of the study was to find out research scholars expectations from university and to explore the need of enrolling themselves in higher education and the important objective is to assess the educational background of research scholar. 101 students of M. The Phil program and 15 students of Ph.D. program from the department of (education, agriculture, environmental, mathematics, forestry, management, microbiology) were chosen as the sample of the study. one questionnaire was used for collection of data. A questionnaire was used for collection of data. The questionnaire consisted of 22 items which was further divided into four sections. The first section of the questionnaire consists of the educational background of scholar, the second section consists of personal information about the scholars, the third section consists of the economic status of the scholars and the fourth most important section consist of expectations of the scholar. Open ended questions also included at the end of the questionnaire. Research was descriptive in nature and type was research was survey design the researcher personally collected data from the departments of the University of Haripur through a questionnaire
ASSESSING ODL TEACHERS/TUTORS’ OPINION INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES IN ODL
Full text linkIn Pakistan about 2.49% of population is with special needs (Govt. of Pakistan, 1998) including hearing, visual impairment, mentally challenged, physically handicapped and multiple handicaps. Only 1% of this population has access to education and higher education is almost not in access. Formal universities have no capacity, arrangements and skills to include the students with special needs. Open and Distance Learning is most suitable and accommodative mode for them so much of them are getting education through ODL mode. Allama Iqbal Open University is only public sector ODL University in Pakistan and providing free education to disadvantage group people included special need students. More than 400 special need students enrolled in different programs and most of them hearing impaired, visual impaired and physically disabled. But there are number of students emotional, social and behavioural disordered. The study aim was to determine the e-tutors/e-instructors arrogances to include students having emotional, social and behavioural difficulties (ESBD) seeing the impact of physical age, know-how, academic education/degrees and the help they had from AIOU. Additional it was explored the connection between willingness and attitudes to be with ESBD students at ODL classroom/system whereas exploring the obstacles in effective inclusion of ESBD. Researcher selected 200 e-tutors/e-instructors as sample (100 male, 100 female) volunteered to take part on the study and most of them from Islamabad region. The study was mixed design i.e. quantitative and qualitative methods. Data collected in the form of numbers was by questionnaire of two scale and the qualitative through open ended questions. Correlation was used to discover the relationship between physical age, professional practices (experiences), academic education and help they had with arrogances and readiness. The researcher used the thematic analysis to analyse the qualitative data/information. Findings of the study directed that physical age, experiences and help they had been significant predicators. Attitudes of e-tutors had good impact and relationship when they had help from the AIOU in the form training, assistant teachers and financial support. In interviews e-tutors responded that sometime they felt pre-service training programs didn’t equip them to accommodate needs of special students and how to include in ODL. Also they said resources should be available all the time rather than sometime available and sometime not. The study recommended that tutors should be trained to assess the special needs and characteristics of emotional, social and behavioural disordered students. Also modified teaching methods/pedagogies should be part of their pre and in-service teacher training progarmmes. Keywords: ODL Teachers/Tutors, Inclusion, Special Need Student
Exploring 8th graders’ metacognition and its relationship with Mathematical academic achievement
Full text linkAbstractCurrent study was planned to measure the metacognition of grade 8 students and to find its relationship with their mathematical achievement. The study was quantitative by nature and correlational method was used to explore relationship between students’ metacognition and mathematical achievement. A standardized tool Junior Metacognitive Inventory (Jr. MAI) was used to explore metacognition of 90 students of grade 8 in a public school. A pilot study helped to find the validity of the tool in Pakistani context. Data was collected through getting mathematics marks of the students in their last school examination held according to the format given by the Punjab Examination Commission. Data collected was analyzed through descriptive statistics and relation was studied by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results showed a positive correlation exists between metacognition of the students and academic achievement in Mathematics of grade 8 students. Experimental studies are being suggested to explore effective strategies to develop metacognition among students to enhance Mathematical achievement. Key words: Metacognition, Junior Metacognitive Inventory, Mathematics achievemen
A Study on Teacher’s Perception about Components of English Handwriting in Pakistan
Full text linkHandwriting is an essential of school activities for the school going children. Good or legible handwriting remained a constant task for the teachers and students during the whole day. The teachers recognize the legible handwriting at a gland due to their routine work in the schools. The teacher’s criterion that lies behind their decision of good handwriting was a question to answer in this study. The purpose of this study was to identify the components of legibility from the teachers’ perspective. Referencing handwriting experts and a literature review, key variables were categorized and organized onto a 5-point Likert Scale questionnaire. Teachers’ responses to the various legibility criteria were then tallied with regards to primary school students. Mean, standard deviation, exploratory factor analysis and path diagram statistics were applied to the ordinal data. It was concluded that twelve components were important for the legibility of handwriting of primary school students. These include Readability, Margin, Similarity, Line, Space, Size, Shape, Roundness, Form, Slant, Alignment and Recognition
Content Analysis of General Science Text Book for 8th Grade
Full text linkGeneral science textbooks due to integrated contents of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and; Earth and Space, need special attention of curriculum developers. The contents in general science textbooks can be evaluated through different methods and curriculum analysis taxonomy (CAT) is one of these. This research paper explores the contents of general science textbook of 8th grade taught in all government schools and in some private schools of Punjab province. The contents of textbook were broken down in term of Piagetian developmental levels by using Curriculum Analysis Taxonomy (CAT). The findings show that majority of contents of General science textbook were at Concrete Operational level while a small number of contents demands Formal Operational level. This uneven distribution of contents at different Piagetian developmental levels were also observed when contents of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and; Earth and Space were separately studied. It is recommended that the distribution of contents should follow model based on Piagetian development levels and the selection of contents should be on the basis of breadth and depth of the concepts.