Browsing by Author "Ayesha Khan"

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    Attitudes of teachers towards school management in secondary schools
    (UMT Lahore, 2024-08-29) Ayesha Khan
    This study investigates the influence of school management practices on the attitudes of secondary school teachers in Lahore, Pakistan. Employing a mixed methods approach, the research analyzed the impact of workload, strictness, and support from school management on teachers' job satisfaction, teaching capabilities, and anxiety levels. A sample of 300 teachers from both public and private secondary schools was surveyed, with data analyzed using statistical techniques, including ANOVA and correlation analysis. The findings reveal that high workloads, rigid management practices, and inadequate support significantly negatively affect teachers' attitudes, leading to increased anxiety and decreased job satisfaction. Younger and less experienced teachers are particularly vulnerable to these negative impacts. The study underscores the need for more supportive and flexible management practices to enhance teachers' job satisfaction and effectiveness. Recommendations include optimizing workload distribution, improving communication and support, and implementing fair reward systems. Future research should explore longitudinal effects, intervention strategies, and the impact of cultural factors on management practices.
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    Impact of messaging chat slangs on the language of university students of pakistan
    (UMT Lahore, 2019) Ayesha Khan
    Technology has always influenced people’s lives in multiple ways. During the past few years, the increased use of social networks and messaging apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Viber LINE, Instagram etc. have made communication extremely easy and effortless. Resultantly, online communication has become quite commonplace in the recent years. A considerable number of linguistic influences have also emerged as a by-product of this online communication in text and instant messaging. Cyber slangs have evolved as a new kind of language that the users find convenient and time-saving. This kind of language has affected and altered the language of people belonging to all age groups. The growing apprehensions about the excessive use of instant messaging threatening the standard conventions and usage of language has prompted the researcher to find out the impact of chat slangs on communicative language of the students. The researcher therefore analyzed the effects that such kind of language can have on university students’ language by using quantitative research design. The subjects of the study were 60 male and female students randomly selected from two universities of Lahore. Triangulation was done for the purpose of data collection. 240 instant messages conversations of the students were analyzed and a questionnaire comprising of eighteen questions was administered among the participants of the study to explore this impact. The researcher used frequency count method and percentages to analyze and present the results of the study. The findings of the study revealed that chatting language has influenced various conventions of Standard English including punctuation, grammar and spellings but the spelling skill is the most affected area by the use of chat slangs in the university students of Pakistan. Key Words: technology, online communication, instant messaging, chat slangs, spellings
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    Perception regarding sex education among undergraduate female students
    (UMT.Lahore, 2019) Ayesha Khan; Sadia Nawaz
    The basic aim of the study was to explore sources regarding sex education among females, and to know about female’s perceptions and difficulties encountered by them in regard of sex education. Sample was compromised of undergraduate females, between the age ranges of 20-23 years. Sample was gathered by employing convenience sampling. Three focus groups were conducted, each compromised of six participants. Data was analyzed by using thematic approach in which deductive method was used and fifteen themes emerged. According to the female participants, sex education should consider as a basic primary knowledge. Sex education is very important for every age group, but unfortunately majority doesn’t get sex education at appropriate age. It is very important to have comfortable and trustworthy bonding with child. Most of the children don’t share problems with their parents due to lack of bonding. Many female have shared that sex education is considered as taboo because parents usually restrict their daughters while talking on this topic. Some mothers usually talk to their daughters about hormonal changes but neglect sons. Initial sex education helps to reduce childhood abuses but unfortunately most of the individuals get their sex education through different mediums instead of their parents. The difficulties in attaining sex education includes social, cultural and personal values. Rural areas faced the most sexual and medical problems due to lack of education and shame which is associated with bodily changes among both genders. Sexually transmitted diseases remain untreated in rural areas. This study helps to understand different perspectives, sources and difficulties in acquiring sex education. The study will be helpful for further research on sex education in Pakistan.
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    Photographic representation of the subjugation of occupied kashmir
    (UMT Lahore, 2025) Ayesha Khan
    This thesis is based on the photographic representation of the subjugation of occupied Kashmir, investigating how images build up public opinion and communicate power dynamics. This study aims to examine the photographs in Pakistani and Indian newspapers, exploring how the Kashmir war is portrayed. The data are collected from Indian newspapers such as "The Times of India, India.com, and India Today and from Pakistani newspapers such as Dawn Newspaper, The Economic Times, and Hilal English. It examines Kashmir war photographs to determine implicit meanings, ideologies, and narratives, illumining how images persuade, manipulate, or resist. Purposive sampling was employed within a descriptive qualitative research framework to align with the research objectives, and Rose's model (2001) was applied to analyze specific photographs from conflict regions. The linguistic analysis of the photographs contributes to the deeper comprehension of visual communication by revealing the relationship between verbal and visual signs. This approach insights into the role of shaping perceptions of conflict, subjugation and identity. Semiotic analysis examines visual symbols including military presences, political significance and power dynamics. It illustrates ideological biases, ethical considerations and emotional responses. This study uncovers how Indian media portrays Pakistan as the primary instigator of the Kashmir conflict and the harsh challenges faced by Kashmiri civilians.
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    Role of grit in relation to academic resilience, perceived academic stress, and academic burnout among accountancy students
    (UMT Lahore, 2022) Ayesha Khan
    The present study is intended to explore the role of grit in relation to academic resilience perceived academic stress and academic burnout among accountancy students. Moreover, the study examining the level of grit in terms of consistency of interest and perseverance of effort by focusing directly and indirectly on the levels of academic resilience, perceived academic stress and academic burnout. The data was collected through questionnaire survey forms from 400 among these 202 participant’s male students and 198 were female students. The participants were studying professional qualification in different schools of accountancy SKANS (CA), SKANS (ACCA), RISE, CFE, and HISAB School of accountancy respectively in Lahore aged between 19-26 years, accumulated by a non-probability purposive sampling technique specifically for accounting students. Four scales were used to collect data from participants (i) 12-Item-Grit Scale Duckworth et al., (2007), (ii) The perception of academic stress scale (Bedewy & Gabriel, 2015). (iii)Academic Resilience Scale (ARS 30) (Simon Cassidy,2015) (iv) Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (Campos et al., 2013) along with demographics. The correlation research design was used and it revealed that grit was found to have a positive correlation with academic resilience (+0.50), weak correlation with Perceived academic Stress (+0.22), and weak negative correlation with academic burnout. Gender and family types were found relevant in studying the variables such that men had advantage over women with respect to grit and academic resilience, and participants from nuclear family were observed to be grittier and academically resilient. The simple linear regression demonstrated that grit was a highly negative significant predictor of academic burnout. Education was a positive significant predictor of perceived academic stress. The grit was also a highly negative significant predictor of perceived academic stress ultimately, partial mediation was also observed of the role of academic resilience between grit and academic burnout. The present research is helpful of understanding these issues will be of immense value in developing effective counselling and resilience enhancement interventions to facilitate personal development of accountancy students in terms of developing grit and academic resilience by decreasing academic burnout and academic stress.
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    Self-esteem, happiness & mental wellbeing in young adults
    (UMT.Lahore, 2025) Aqsa Khalid; Ayesha Khan
    The study explored the relationship between Self-esteem, Happiness and Mental Wellbeing (emotional, social and psychological) in Young Adults. In this study it was hypothesized that (a) There would be positive correlation between Self-Esteem, Happiness and Mental Wellbeing in young adults, (b) Self-Esteem and Happiness would be significant predictors of Mental Wellbeing, (c) Men will have significantly higher Self-esteem, Happiness, and Mental Well being compared to women in young adults. Sampling size was calculated using g power formula. Total 250 Participants (Men=121; Women=129) were included and convenient sampling was used in a correlational cross-sectional study design. In person data collection method was conducted. Self-Liking and Competence Scale-Revised (Tafarodi & Swann., 2001), Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky and Lepper 1999) and Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) (Keyes et al. 2008) were used. Results revealed positive correlation between Self-esteem, Happiness and Mental Wellbeing. Moreover Self-esteem and Happiness were found to be positive predictors of mental wellbeing. Independent sample t-test results showed that there were no significant gender differences in Self-Esteem, Happiness and Mental Wellbeing. The study highlights the implication for policymakers, educators and mental health professionals to design programs focused on boosting self-esteem, happiness and mental wellbeing.
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    Women against women
    (UMT, Lahore, 2020) Ayesha Khan
    This paper attempts to implement the theory of the Lacanian Symbolic Order on the genre of an autobiography authored by Pakistani female writers who have been in lawful or unlawful relationships with social or political figures of Pakistan. It is believed that Pakistani society hails patriarchy because it is phallocentric, thus leaving a bee space for women to disintegrate patriarchy. The autobiographical novel My Feudal Lord by Tehmina Durrani is taken as the feminist voice. This indicates that female literature canonized female readers and critics who misinterpret feminist autobiographical literature in the autobiographical genre. By associating oneself with the phallic structure, the author positions herself as a heroine through self- victimized narration. This raises questions on the impact of autobiographies written by females when the authors made it to the social and political headlines after being in a consensual, cordial, or matrimonial relation with eminent social or political figures. This research will unleash the notion of "women against women" by analyzing the rivalry amongst female characters and their portrayal in My Feudal Lord. This paper attempts to establish that autobiographies can be utilized to claim Lacanian phallus. This serves as a tool to incorporate, promote and impose patriarchy for women of other classes.