Browsing by Author "Ayesha Afzal"

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    A study of students’ perception about principals
    (UMT, Lahore, 2013) Ayesha Afzal
    The study focuses on the perception of a student specifically about a principal. How a student perceives his/her principal’s behaviour from his/her own capacity in school is the main objective of this study. A qualitative approach was used to document and analyze the perception of a secondary school student about his/her principal in the context of Pakistani culture. A descriptive method was used to carry out the study. Interviews with the secondary school students were conducted to capture their perception specifically about their principal and generally about schooling. This general perception of a student about schooling was considered relevant with his/her specific perception about his/her principal. Interviewees were both male and female students of secondary school. A questionnaire was developed to use for the interview of students. Although my main objective of thesis was students’ perception about principals yet such a perception about principals could be gauged through a spectrum of other possibilities which enhanced my understanding of the issue at hand. The principal was found knowledgeable and supportive as per norm and not as an exception. The students showed a bit digressed that the Principal does not do as he/she says. He/she goes by the situation norms or the rules. The environment at the school is reported to be preferential for some students not for all in all matters. It is recommended that the job description of the Principal should be clearly known to the students as well as to the principal and the Principal should be exposed to the training in socialization, value characterization, and instructional leadership as the custodian of the school.
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    Analyzing the representation of Pakistan in Bollywood and Hollywood via the lens of propaganda theory
    (UMT, Lahore, 2020) Ayesha Afzal
    The two biggest markets of Film production i.e. Hollywood and Bollywood have produced a plethora of films regarding terrorism. The addition of Pakistani terrorist has always remained a perfect on trend addition to the film content. The research is carried out to reveal the tactics of the two power houses especially Bollywood in pumping the negative stereotypical image of Pakistan. The paper stresses on the point that how this foreign theatrical medium is deeply involved in manipulating the minds of masses across the world by presenting the antagonistic image of Pakistan. The paper explores the ideology of Bollywood and Hollywood to fuel hate and Islamophobia. It also discusses the Major forced involved in the production of such films which only aims to spread hate towards Pakistan and Muslims. The base of the structure of Hate spreading Films is strengthened by (RAW). The negative and indirect representation of Pakistan through language is also highlighted in the paper. The films chosen for this purpose include: Agent Vinod, Phantom and Iron Man. The dialogues from these Movies are included in research for analysis. The analysis of the films is done through the Propaganda Model proposed by Herman and Chomsky. The paper in this aspect shows the use of medium of arts such as films, posters, books, magazines etc. for doing propaganda and gaining political and socio-economic benefits. The study provides a reality check of two Big production markets who are ignorant about their countries participation in spreading violence and extremism where One of them is killing masses of innocent leaving them homeless in the name of eradicating terrorism and the other is declared as the number 1 country in the list of violating minority rights. It discusses the impact of the films on people of Pakistan and Pakistan image around the globe
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    Career Development of Faculty in Pakistan Implications of Higher Education Commission’s Research Policy
    (UMT, Lahore, 2022) Ayesha Afzal
    The faculty is the heart of the academy. To this end, addressing the developmental needs of the faculty should be a central mission of any institution of higher education. The quality of research output of the faculty working in a higher education institution is among the topics of contemporary debates in academia. Pakistan's Higher Education Commission provides a complete framework for faculty development centered on research activities. Implementing these policies is mandatory for all public and private universities of Pakistan. This study's core aim was to discover the role of the Higher Education Commission's research policy in university faculty's career development. The paradigm of the research was pragmatism. The study followed the fourth variant “multilevel model” of the triangulation design of mixed methods. The role of HEC was critically evaluated in three levels as per the requirements of the multilevel model of triangulation design. The decoration of design was level I (content analysis of the HEC’s research policies), level-II (survey analysis) & level-III (interview).
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    Effect of the teachers’ personality and communication styles on students
    (UMT.Lahore, 2015) Ayesha Afzal
    Teachers have an important role in the life of students. The central premise of this study is to ascertain the effect of teachers‟ personality and communication style on students‟ engagement in higher education. The study attempts to corroborate that how teachers „walk and talk‟ in the academic matters of their students. A quantitative survey comprising 40 items was used to know students perceptions about teachers‟ personality and communication style, which keeps them engaged in academic behaviors in the university in the context of Pakistani culture. The data was collected from three universities of Lahore, one public and two private. 521 students, both male and female participated in the survey and their responses were recorded and analyzed using SPSS 21. Descriptive and inferential analysis techniques were used to determine relationships among various constructs of personality and communication of the university teachers. The objective was to find out what influences students and what disappoints them. Teachers‟ personality and communication enriched with empathy and genuine feedback were found to be the most influencing factors engaging students in constructive academic behaviors, whereas, strict behaviors and use of harsh and difficult words by the teachers disappoint students. Keywords: Teachers’ personality, Teachers’ communication style, Teachers’ influence, University students, Student Academic Behavior, Student Engagement
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    Gendered violence and psychological suppression on women in light of “the young wife and other stories” by zaib un nissa hamidullah (1958)
    (UMT.Lahore, 2021) Ayesha Afzal
    This study is particularly aimed at exploring the acts of violence and the psychological suppression of women in the award-winning composition of Zaib un Nissa Hamidullah, “The Young Wife and Other Stories,” (1958). Hamidullah has chiefly unveiled feminine issues of marginalization, objectification, and gendered violence in her short stories. Spivak (1998) in “Can the Subalterns Speak?” has unearthed that women have been continuously deprived of raising voice for themselves throughout history. Using this specific notion of Spivak, this paper argues that Hamidullah's female characters are forced to be silent, and to sustain this situation, men unleash violence on them. Connell (2005) states, “hegemonic masculinity was understood as the pattern of practice that allowed men's domination over women to continue” (p. 832). The study has been carried out in a qualitative descriptive manner via the theory of 'The Excitable Speech' by Judith Butler (1997) to explore Marxist feminist perspective, the acts of violence, and measure the dreadful impact of patriarchal society on suppressed women. The acts of violence are both physical and verbal. Verbal violence is the injury caused by hurtful speech acts. As Butler (1997) says in ‘Excitable Speech: A politics of the Performative’ “Linguistic injury appears to be the effect not only of the words by which one is addressed but the mode of address itself, a mode: -a disposition or conventional bearing- that constitutes a subject, (p. 1).” The study will provide a gateway for future feminist literary critics to explore and analyze the concerns of hegemonic masculinity, cultural stereotypes, and gender roles in the post-colonial paradigm.
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    A study of students' perception about principals
    (University of Management and Technology, 2013) Ayesha Afzal
    The study focuses on the perception of a student specifically about a principal. How a student perceives his/her principal’s behaviour from his/her own capacity in school is the main objective of this study. A qualitative approach was used to document and analyze the perception of a secondary school student about his/her principal in the context of Pakistani culture. A descriptive method was used to carry out the study. Interviews with the secondary school students were conducted to capture their perception specifically about their principal and generally about schooling. This general perception of a student about schooling was considered relevant with his/her specific perception about his/her principal. Interviewees were both male and female students of secondary school. A questionnaire was developed to use for the interview of students. Although my main objective of thesis was students’ perception about principals yet such a perception about principals could be gauged through a spectrum of other possibilities which enhanced my understanding of the issue at hand. The principal was found knowledgeable and supportive as per norm and not as an exception. The students showed a bit digressed that the Principal does not do as he/she says. He/she goes by the situation norms or the rules. The environment at the school is reported to be preferential for some students not for all in all matters. It is recommended that the job description of the Principal should be clearly known to the students as well as to the principal and the Principal should be exposed to the training in socialization, value characterization, and instructional leadership as the custodian of the school.