Browsing by Author "Mehreen Fatima"

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    Cultural Intelligence and its Effect on Faculty’ Classroom Management Practices
    (UMT.lahore, 2024) Mehreen Fatima
    This research work explores the cultural intelligence effect on faculty classroom management practices. Rapid increase in globalization resulted that individuals from diverse cultures share their ideas and symbols with others. Cultural intelligence helps an individual feel confident while dealing with individuals from diverse cultures, helps to take decisions, and maintain their leadership qualities in diverse cultural settings. This research emphasis on the faculty's cultural intelligence level and how they deal with the diversity of cultures in their classrooms. This research aims to examine the effect of faculty’s CQ on their classroom management style in Lahore, Pakistan. The sample size of 265 respondents was extracted using the random sampling strategy while 265 respondents were responded. Researcher used the quantitative research design, data was collected through questionnaires from public sector and private sector universities in Lahore, Pakistan. The key findings indicate faculty’s cultural intelligence has an influence on their classroom management practices. The findings of this study indicates that females have 54.26% level of cultural intelligence while 45.7% males have this level of CQ. Research indicates that respondents with a high level of CQ are conscious of their cultural awareness and love to socialize with cultural diversity. The research also reveals that respondents with high level of CQ can manage their classroom in an organized way.
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    Dreem on: Validation of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure in Pakistan
    (Pakistan Medical Association, 2011) Junaid Sarfraz, Khan; Saima Tabasum; Usman Khalil Yousafzai; Mehreen Fatima
    Objectives: To validate DREEM in medical education environment of Punjab, Pakistan. Methods: The DREEM questionnaire was anonymously collected from Final year Baccalaureate of Medicine; Baccalaureate of Surgery students in the private and public medical colleges affiliated with the University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Data was analyzed using Principal Component Analysis with Varimax Rotation. Results: The response rate was 84.14 %. The average DREEM score was 125. Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analysis was applied under the conditions of eigenvalues>1 and loadings > 0.3. In CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS, Five components were extracted accounting for 40.10% of variance and in EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS, Ten components were extracted accounting for 52.33% of variance. Total 50 items had internal consistency reliability of 0.91 (Cronbach's Alpha). The value of Spearman-Brown was 0.868 showing the reliability of the analysis. In both analyses the subscales produced were sensible but the mismatch from the original was largely due to the English-Pakistan contextual and cultural differences. Conclusion: DREEM is a generic instrument that will do well with regional modifications to suit individual, contextual and cultural settings.