2024

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    Barriers to Decent Employment for Persons with Hearing Impairment and Implications for Special Education Policy in Pakistan
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) FAIZA ABBAS
    Present mixed methods study was conducted to investigate the decent employment barriers faced by the persons with hearing impairment and propose some policy implications regarding decent employment of persons with hearing impairment in Pakistan. Sequential exploratory design of mixed methods approach was followed. The International Labour Organization model for decent employment for persons with disabilities provided the guideline for development of research instruments. Two qualitative interview protocols, one each for employers and for employees with hearing impairment and three quantitative survey questionnaires, one each for employers having hearing impaired employees, employees with hearing impairment, and for unemployed persons with hearing impairment were developed to assess the awareness regarding decent employment barriers in and private organizations. These instruments were administered on the sample selected purposively in qualitative phase and through snowballing and convenience sampling technique for quantitative phase. Phase one of the study was qualitative conducted using semi structured interviews, which were analyzed through thematic analysis. Phase two of the study was quantitative in nature conducted using survey questionnaires and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical analyses techniques.
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    DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL INTENTIONS AMONG PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS IN GILGIT BALTISTAN
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) IMDADULLAH
    This research has designed a community of inquiry of pre-service teachers on social media to promote their intentions toward educational equity and justice. The unit of analysis in this study was the pre-service teachers who are enrolled in the education departments of the universities of Gilgit Baltistan. Census sampling was used to include all the students enrolled in the education departments of the universities in Gilgit Baltistan. This research used two phase mixed-methods approach. A baseline survey was conducted to measure pre-service teacher‘s intentions towards equitable education. A one group pre-test post-test design was applied for intervention. Pre-test and post-test were applied to measure the influence of pre-service teacher‘s participation in the community of inquiry on their intentions towards equity in education.
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    DEVELOPING PROTECTIVE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) MEHEK NAEEM
    It is estimated that more than one billion children are subjected to violence including all forms of Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN). Nearly 45% of the total population of Pakistan is under the age of eighteen years (UNICEF, 2023), out of which around 15% are those with disabilities, according to global prevalence (WHO, 2011). There is a strong link which exists between victimization and disability among children (Rand & Harrell, 2009) and so there is a need to protect all children, especially those at risk from harm. While Pakistan is signatory to various international commitments, is taking part in various global initiatives to combat violence against children and is working towards developing stronger national and provincial child protection mechanisms, there is a need to focus on improving or/ and developing school-based child protection systems (Naeem, 2020).
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    DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIGENOUS PLAN FOR EARLY DETECTION AND INTERVENTION OF DISABILITY
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) SIDRA YASMEEN
    Having a disability from childhood can have a lifelong impact on an individual person’s mental, emotional and physical wellbeing, as well as their social situation. Children having any form of disability, may have special needs regarding physical capacity, health and education. Because of this, they often need to negotiate significant emotional, social and environmental barriers just to be able to engage in everyday life. Early Intervention is a set of services & enabling support that is designed for the development needs of the family & the individual child affected with delay or disability and within the age bracket of 0-5 years. Early intervention services are contextually unique i.e. They are unique in terms of underpinning philosophies of the people, their culture, local policy & legislation. These could be any number of services i.e., education, health communication, social, emotional and developmental. Aim of the study is to develop an indigenous plan for early detection and intervention of disability, in Pakistan.
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    Development of Prevocational Program for Persons with Mild Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) RAZIA SULTANA
    The purpose of present PhD research was to develop a prevocational program for student with Mild Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (MIDDs). Prevocational education is mainly designed to introduce participants to the world of work and to prepare them for entry into further vocational or technical programs. Successful completion of such programs leads to a labor-market relevant vocational or technical qualification (OECD, 2002). Students with MIDDs are more likely to be unemployed and generally earn less and are deprived from social and economic development. To propose a prevocational program, a need assessment of the current provision of prevocational skills was conducted by using two self-developed structured survey instruments with five points multiple directional Likert scale for parents and teachers of the children with MIDDs. Philosophical research paradigm of existing study was quantitative.
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    Development of Resource Guide for the Use of Augmentative Alternative Communication Devices for Special Educators of Students with Communication Needs
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) Atqia Qureshi
    Communication is the ability to communicate with others and empower all persons with communication needs to deal with all affairs of their lives effectively. People with delayed developmental growth frequently encounter difficulties related to speech and language impairment. Unusual and challenging behaviours exist in most of these children as a means of expressing their desires and needs. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices are used to address these challenges. These devices are instrumental tools planned to help people with communication needs express themselves effectively. These devices play a crucial role in supporting people who may face challenges with speech or language, either temporarily or permanently. The purpose of this study was to develop a Resource Guide for Special Education Teachers on the use of AAC Devices, to enable them to recommend suitable AAC Devices, for students with communication problems. The development of the resource guide consisted of six phases. Phase-1 preparation of list of contents of the resource guide, phase-2 selection of topics to be included in the resource guide, phase-3 organization of contents of resource guide and preparation of draft guide, phase-4 try-out of the guide on special education teachers for appropriateness and accuracy of language. Phase-5 validation, and finalization of the resource guide.
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    Effect of Leaders’ Behavior on Faculty Performance at University Level in Pakistan
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) Humera Nawaz
    The main purpose of the study is to examine the effect of leaders’ behavior on faculty performance. The study also identified the behaviours of male and female Head of Departments (HoDs’), and self-perceived level of faculty members’ performance in women and co-education public universities of the Punjab, Pakistan. Moreover, the research explored the factors of faculty’s performance which are affected by the HoDs. Finally, it investigated behaviours of the leader which positively or negatively affect the faculty’s performance. The philosophical paradigm of the study is pragmatism, and mixed methods approach has been employed to conduct the research. More specifically, within the mixed methods approach, concurrent triangulation design - convergence model has been used. The population of the study consists of 197 faculty members from 28 Education departments of 13 public sector universities of the Punjab province of Pakistan. All the 197 faculty members are taken in the sample for the quantitative part of the study. This strategy is labeled as a census sampling technique. Faculty members have assessed their HOD’s behaviours and their own performance.
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    Effect of School Heads’ Leadership Styles on Secondary School Teachers’ Classroom Performance And Students’ Academic Achievement
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) Huma Ghulam Nabi
    Leadership is no longer solely a personal attribute; it encompasses a shared vision that inspires teachers and students to collaborate and perform well. This study investigates the impact of different leadership styles (democratic, autocratic, ethical, transactional, transformational, and authentic) of institute heads on instructors' classroom performance and students' academic achievement. By reviewing previous studies, the study aims to uncover the relationship between leadership styles and teachers' classroom performance (teaching methodologies, classroom management, and professional development) as well as students' academic achievement (learning engagement, change as a success factor, study motivation, and annual results). The study focuses on the effect of school heads' leadership styles on secondary school teachers' classroom performance and students' academic achievement in the Lahore district of Punjab.
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    EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HEARING-IMPAIRED STUDENTS IN SEGREGATED AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEMS ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AS A LEARNING TOOL
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) ATIA UR REHMAN
    The main objective of this study was to explore the emotional intelligence of hearing impaired students and the association between emotional intelligence and academic performance in segregated and inclusive education systems in Punjab, Pakistan. Moreover, the usage of social media by hearing-impaired students was also explored, as was the moderating role of social media usage between emotional intelligence and the academic performance of hearing-impaired students in segregated and inclusive education settings. In the current study, emotional intelligences‟ sub-scales of, such as self-regard, empathy, emotional self-awareness, flexibility, interpersonal skills, impulse control, optimism, problem-solving, assertiveness and stress tolerance, were measured in both education systems and their relationship with the academic performance of hearing-impaired students.
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    FACTORS INFLUENCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CURRICULUM AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN THE PROVINCE OF PUNJAB
    (UMT, Lahore, 2024) AZRA ABDUL MAJEED
    The achievement of effective curriculum implementation is dependent on a variety of factors, including school context, resource accessibility, teacher-learning practices, evaluation, learner attitude, and socioeconomic background. Curriculum designers often give curriculum implementation CI in the form of documents that include instructional suggestions, scripts, lesson plans, and evaluation options linked to a set of goals. Instead of teaching to the test, a new approach to curriculum implementation emphasizes flexibility and invention. Skills are a fundamental need for children's future success. Education must transform for students to succeed as future innovators. Almost every country prepares a curriculum document with sophisticated design with the help of experts to achieve their goals; moreover, these goals have been converted into global demand and sustainability of the planet as Education for All (EFA) goals for the elimination of poverty from this planet through education.
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