Fakhra Aziz

Lahore College for Women University | LCWU · education

Emerging evidence indicates spillover effects of Covid-19 on education, finding it the greatest turmoil of education systems in human saga as it affected more than 1.5 billion learners in more than 200 countries of the world (Pokhrel & Chhetri ,2021). Moreover, in 45 countries of the Europe and Central Asia, 185 million students have been affected...

The research study aimed to probe distributed leadership practices, the most and the least prevailed practices in public universities of Lahore. The study also aimed to find gender-based differences in prevalence of distributed. The study was conducted in a quantitative paradigm and a survey technique was used to collect data. The population was co...

The research examined the nexus and relationship between authentic materials and higher order thinking skills amongst undergraduate ESL learners. The current study directed at exploring the role and function of authentic materials as either effective or ineffective in the inculcation and activation of higher order thinking skills through the use of...

The present study aims to explore how technology is changing the university operations, the challenges and opportunities which the Electronic leadership comes across in Higher Education. 2 public universities were purposively selected from Punjab. Qualitative method was used and interviews were conducted from 12 university leaders, 6 from academic...

The study was aimed to analyse the impact of quality education on students' learning outcomes with moderating effect of teachers' professional development and use of ICT as instructional tool in the primary schools of Lahore. The parameters of quality education observed in this study were context, inputs, process, and outputs.Survey was conducted a...

The study aims to explore EFL students' metacognitive awareness regarding reading comprehension Strategies at elementary level. The objective of the study was to find out the students' metacognitive awareness regarding reading comprehension strategies using MARSI scale at elementary level and to find out the difference in the level of awareness wit...

Current study aims to explore supportive system, and prevention about child abuse perceived by university students. Undergraduate university students were the participants of the study. Four hundred undergraduate students were selected from six universities as sample. The students belonged to first two years of their degree program and were in the...

The present constructive approach aims to develop an e-leadership model for 21st century universities. Four leading universities of Pakistan were selected purposively. Methodology is based on 4 stages. Stage one was about to create a list of e-competencies based on data collected from interviews, survey and observations. Stage two was to develop be...

The quality of online teaching learning in higher educational institutions during the pandemic period has been a growing concern in academic circles. The present study investigated teachers' perceptions regarding quality of online education in a public sector university in Lahore. A sample of twenty-two teachers from a public sector university part...

The current study aimed to investigate research supervisors' expectation and experiences of their supervisee's intellectual capacity. Under qualitative paradigm, semi-structured interviews were conducted. An interview protocol with separate version for both supervisors and supervisees was developed. It was primarily focused on supervisor's expectat...

Purpose of the study: This research aimed to investigate the awareness level of Prospective elementary teachers about the Local Flora. Methodology: Seventy prospective elementary school teachers from the Education faculty of two universities were targeted to collect data. An ad hoc questionnaire was developed to systematically assess the ability of...

Purpose: The following research was mainly emphasized on investigating the impact of leadership intellectual stimulation and faculty's psychological capital on their organizational commitment where the major focus of the study was mainly provided on the mediating role of the faculty psychological capital between intellectual stimulation of the lead...

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this research is to quantify the challenges and way forward in the implementation of a single national curriculum (SNC) in primary public schools in Pakistan. Methodology: The study is conducted through a questionnaire consisting of forty-nine questions related to challenges in SNC implementation in primary publ...

The current article is an exploration of the construction and development of teacher identities at the tertiary level in Pakistan. Identity is the sense of who one is as a professional, and it is becoming evident that it is important for teachers at all levels to develop a clear sense of identity as it leads to better practices and high level of co...

This study investigates how TV commercials in Pakistan construct gender relationships in the contemporary era in appraisal to Islamic values and standards. This study engaged semiotic analysis as a technique to scrutinize Pakistani TV commercials inferring the images, signs and symbols. TV commercials emerge in the intermissions of famous Pakistani...

This article focuses on the lived experiences of Pathan girls living in the slum areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad along with their families. These girls work in the informal economy of Pakistan. The aim of this paper is to analyse the daily lives of Pathan girls in general and the role of family in particular through social relations approach and...

Transformational leadership has been characterized by vision and inspiration while the emphasis of instructional /pedagogical leadership is on framing clear goals and objectives and then achieve them through careful planning and monitoring. Headteachers play the leading role in school improvement and increase and maintain instructional effectivenes...

Transformational leadership has been characterized by vision and inspiration while the emphasis of instructional /pedagogical leadership is on framing clear goals and objectives and then achieve them through careful planning and monitoring. Headteachers play the leading role in school improvement and increase and maintain instructional effectivenes...

Breast cancer is a burning female health related issue and constantly increasing the threat for women around the globe. This study intends to analyze the power of an educational intervention in form of educational message on television to educate Pakistani women in order to improve their attitudes in adoption of precautionary behavior. The effects...

It is very essential to provide quality and effective feedback to the prospective teachers during practicum to provide information about their teaching strengths and weaknesses. Provision of feedback helps them to remove their mistakes and improve their teaching practice. The aim of this study was to examine the role of peer's and mentor's feedback...

This research explores the major problematic areas of writing at secondary level. Mostly student face the difficulty in different areas of the language rules and its usage but the most common problematic area is the grammatical area. Spelling mistakes, using inappropriate vocabulary, translation problems and problems with information organization a...

With increasing demands of the job market, occupational stress is becoming a matter of great concern for both employers and employees across the occupations. Individuals try different coping strategies and approaches to keep this stress at a manageable level. This study examined the stress coping strategies and approaches used by the school teacher...

The present descriptive study probed into correlation of emotional intelligence and exam anxiety of secondary school students by measuring existing levels of both variables. All higher secondary school students comprised the population of the study. By using random and purposive sampling technique, Four hundred students from 4 colleges located in...

With increasing demands of the job market, occupational stress is becoming a matter of great concern for both employers and employees across the occupations. Individuals try different coping strategies and approaches to keep this stress at a manageable level. This study examined the stress coping strategies and approaches used by the school teacher...

The present study aimed to examine the effect of secondary school students' perceived parenting style on their emotional reactivity. The population consisted of all secondary school students enrolled in public high schools of Lahore city. Two schools were selected purposively and adopted, and research instruments were distributed among 400 students...

This study aimed to highlight the effects of teaching young students of 3 to 6 years in mix aged groups, especially in language learning. The mixed method study employed purposive sampling, where observations of a class with 40 students, and semi-structured interviews of 2 Montessori Directresses were the chosen mode of investigation. The setting o...

Role of Teachers in Students’ Classroom Participation in Universities Abstract Study courses in universities require frequent discussions and collaborative activities. This is also the demand of lecture courses at times. If the whole class is not involved, and just a few students participate by volunteering answers, asking questions, or contributin...

The present study aimed to explore the leadership practices for professional assistance of secondary school teachers.It was assumed that leadership active role in various types of teachers’ professional assistance can enhance their job performance which in turn promotes quality in teaching and learning process. The study reports that school heads...

The present descriptive study investigates the relationship between university teachers 'empowerment and their mental health in Pakistan. The research is quantitative in nature. Survey method was applied by using a questionnaire having two subscales for data collection. The study targets the faculty members of 26 public and private universities in...

The purpose of the present study was to identify the perceived job stress and stress coping strategies used by the teachers in Pakistani universities. The study used a survey research design comprising two segments: a) first section identifies how the presence of negative factors and the absence of positive factors cause stress for university teach...

The purpose of the present study was to identify the perceived job stressand stress coping strategies used by the teachers in Pakistani universities.The study used a survey research design comprising two segments: a)first section identifies how the presence of negative factors and theabsence of positive factors cause stress for university teachers...

This study is an attempt to investigate the impact of educational facilities of a school on various aspects of self-efficacy, confidence, and character building of the underprivileged people in Dera Jutta, a village in Southern Punjab. Trust for Rural Uplift and Community Education (TRUCE) was initiated in the year 2000, and under its auspices, Naf...

Objective - This research is designed to provide knowledge and skills to female teachers to increase their competence to initiate and maintain their own businesses for their economic wellbeing. The study also aims to raise awareness in teachers about the importance of entrepreneurship by utilizing their teaching skills, experiences and motivation t...

Abstract It is evidence based conclusion that students’ classroom participation makes them more motivated, supports their learning, improves their communication and promotes higher order thinking skills. The current study was an intention to investigate the current level of secondary school students’ classroom participation and to identify the unde...

This study is based on the premise that in order to create better schools, good leadership must be developed. This study believes that Authentic Leadership (AL), as propounded by various authors in the past 15 years, provides a useful framework for effective school leadership. Furthermore, Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) of teachers in sc...

This descriptive, qualitative study aimed at identifying disparities in perceptions of males and females regarding gender-based differences in educational leadership. Data were gathered purposively from 20 renowned male and female educationists having a long experience of leadership in various institutes of Pakistan. An open-ended questionnaire was...

The present descriptive study aimed to get an insight into secondary school students’ beliefs regarding English language learning. The survey method was employed for obtaining data from the secondary school students (N = 664). A modified version of “beliefs about language learning inventory” was used to collect data. Five out of nine towns of Lahor...

Problem Statement: An extensive literature on Job satisfaction has shown, teachers who are satisfied with their jobs perform better. Along with various indicators of teachers’ job satisfaction, variables such as organizational justice (Nojani, Arjmandnia, Afrooz, & Rajabi, 2012), organizational culture (Hosseinkhanzadeh, Hosseinkhanzadeh, & Yeganeh...

This paper examined students " performance through diverse assessments in MS first semester curriculum module in a women university. The module " Curriculum models and theories " incorporated three different assessments: a home assignment, a classroom presentation and a final term paper. A three step approach using mixed research method was used to...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the key issues in the principal recruitment and selection process in Northern Pakistan and propose a model to improve the policy and practice. Design/methodology/approach-The study was qualitative involving face to face interviews with principals, policy makers and selectors to identify key influencing factor...

Emotional intelligence leadership skills are necessary for effective and successful leadership. In today's innovative and demanding era, leadership plays a vital role in the success of any organization and emotional intelligence and leadership skills are key traits for successful Heads of departments because they have to handle the problems related...

The present survey study aimed to diagnose the impact of training on teachers competencies. The study was of descriptive nature. The Competencies of teachers having no training and trained teachers were compared. Teachers Competencies Measurement Scale (TCMS) was used to compare competencies of both cohorts. To measure the impact of FPDP (a trai...

This study was conducted to determine the motivation level of male and female teachers in higher education institutes of Pakistan. The study also aimed to highlight the motivating factors for the teachers and implication of Maslow’ s need hierarchy and Herzberg’s two factor theory on teachers at higher education level in Pakistan. In this rese...