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Item Styles of career choices of professional students(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Sobia SiddiqueCareer choices are considered as the wide-range of chances that exist for the utilization of our abilities. These abilities are set out in a context of policies moving toward individual objectives. Fields of professional, academic, and sociological activities are explored for the determination of sustaining personal, economic, and intellectual goals. In the current scenario people develop and exercise bundle of choices towards opting for career choices. It is not possible to capture all but the most prevalent and exercised may be trapped. This study was designed to investigate “Styles of career choices of professional students”. The study has been designed to chase the following objectives; Explore styles of professional students toward career choices? Categorize career choice styles of professional students and find out the styles of professional students being followed lavishly or otherwise. It was the audio recording that was relied upon in the research; the semi structured interviews of the individuals from the different schools of UMT were recorded and transcribed for the commonality and differences regarding the carrier choices. Researcher briefly describes three of the most common sampling methods used in qualitative research: purposive sampling, quota sampling, and snowball sampling. It was almost a purposive sampling which was used for the collection of data. Two schools were selected, school of engineering and school of social sciences & humanities as sample spots for the study. Three departments were selected from two selected schools of University of Management and Technology. These departments were; department of Education, department of social sciences, and Industrial Engineering. Sample size for the study was 25 students and 5 teachers. Five students each were selected from the programs of the selected departments M.A Education, M.A special education, MSc Sociology, MSc Psychology and BS industrial Engineering and 01 teacher was selected from the each department. 1. Out of the study it may safely be inferred that Professional students and teachers belong to self-employed families, are the wards of businessmen and housewife mothers, their parents are B.A/B.Sc. and they are counseled by their parents. It is made known that students and teachers start thinking at the age of 16-20 to join a job, after getting convinced by their teachers, guidance by scanning is sought by very few students, they exploit their own abilities. Students do not get impressed from anyone except from their families nor from advertisements, newspapers, journals or advocacy campaigns, after studies they endeavor for their careers but normally do not succeed in joining a career. Most of the students do not like to be an applicant for a job. In addition they wanted to be placed on merit though they don’t believe this would happen, they urged to be assessed in terms of their abilities and in case of getting through in interview they may be handed over the letter of appointment in person in contact with administration. Teachers of professional students like to receive the interview call, judged as anonymous person during the process of selection. Professional students liking or disliking played a role in making them join their career, no student ever faced any financial constraint to join a job, it was not the fathers profession which developed the urge for a job, they do not get any information about jobs from their friends, further the students would never like to join petty jobs. Teachers of professional students expressed that their liking or disliking played a role in enabling them to join a career, financial constraints put them on the ebb to join a career, fathers profession do not develop the urge to join a career their friends Informed them about the career opportunities. Professional students and teachers want to learn more and more through the job, they wanted to become unique and competitive in their career. Professional students like continuous growth in their career, they never change their career ladder for the sake of incentives and opportunities, they want to know their powers and responsibilities before joining a career, they do not like to work at one place, they prefer to join the career on the basis of their choice. Teachers of professional students prefer a career which provides for continuous growth, they like to change the career ladder on being offered better incentives, keep on looking for better career path after joining career ladder, like to know their responsibilities and powers before joining a career, like to continue for long at one place subject to the environment of the organization, they joined the career because of scope of growth as teaching keeps one growing all the time.Item A study of teaching and displaying ethics by the teachers(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Asifa ShafiqueItem A study of secondary school teacher’s role in facilitating change in govt schools of baluchistan(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Riaz Ahmed PanezaiIt is something but imperative that there should be a change in all walks of life, even the education following the same rut. Many changes are proposed and brought about into the systems not leaving education aloof. Many policies did come up over the span of time for revamping the system at the national level, but all didn’t find space with the same vigor in all the provinces of Pakistan. The reason for the disparity in the acceptance of change is the availability of financial resources and expertise. Baluchistan is the biggest Province of Pakistan as regards area but per square kilometer habitat is much less than the other Provinces. It is the urge at national level that all the provinces should be brought at par. There might be many constrains in effectuating the desire. The situation at ground is to be explored hence the study on the topic has been conducted; “A study of secondary school teacher’s role in facilitating change in govt. schools of Baluchistan” with the intent to excavate the real state of affairs. The objectives of the study were; to identify the innovations suggested by the Education Department and adopted by the school wing, government of Baluchistan, to know the innovations adopted by the school wing within the past decade, to explore the change agents and their workability in the school setting at Baluchistan province, to identify the aspired role and actual role played by the teaching personnel in the school wing Government of Baluchistan. For the conduct of research one questionnaire was developed after the review of related literature, consultation with the supervisor, discussion with the peer group and interaction with the stake holders and the beneficiaries of the system, and observation of the practices followed by the teachers and students. The face validity was got developed through the expert opinion; the sequence, number of items, and language was changed on the basis of expert opinion. Before finalization the questionnaires were subjected to pilot testing. For pilot testing the developed questionnaire was administered to the respondents not included in the sample, but having the same position in other district of Loralai Blauchistan. The reliability of the questionnaire was got determined through chronbach alpha as .77, .75 and .79, .73 in respect of students, parents, teachers and Head teacher accordingly. The questionnaires were first of all administered to the students of class X in the secondary schools of Pishin, Zhob, and Quetta and collected back. Through the students their teachers were approached for getting filled the questionnaire and the same way the parents of the students were approached those who were willing to respond to the questionnaire. The Heads of those schools from where the students were selected as sample were requested to respond to the questionnaire meant for them regarding the practices of change facilitation at their schools. Briefing sessions were conducted for all respondents and the task of administration was accomplished within one session. The data thus collected was subjected to SPSS package for necessary processing. The data were presented in the shape of tables and each table was followed by its interpretations. ANOVA was applied to find out the difference in the perceptions of students, teachers, parents and head teachers, along with finding the multiple correlations among the respondents and the parameters of change addressed to in the questionnaire. The conclusions were drawn accordingly revealing that; the planning styles of teachers differ in addressing the problems, the government policies are found to be full of ambiguity, teacher’s personal knowledge and training is also a big hurdle to plan effectively and lastly this research shows that school environments are no longer happy, safe and interesting for teachers so that they can explore, discover and learn about them and school.Item The learning of mentally retarded students(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Alia CheemaPurpose of the study was to explore the role of technology in accelerating the learning of student with mental retardations. The study aimed to rehabilitate children with mental retardation in learning. The investigator developed three instruments to conduct the study. (i) A curriculum based achievement test of mathematic subject was developed on the bases of curriculum selected from different special schools of Lahore city, (ii) thirty worksheets were also developed on bases of thirty items of achievement test and (iii) three data recording sheets were developed by the researcher to record the performance of the students. Millie’s math house and Trudy’s time and place house computer software were used as to treatment. Five students with mental retardation from Pakistan Air Force special education Institute Lahore (PAF) were selected as the sample of the study. Sample was selected by simple random sampling technique. The assistive technology was implemented by using a pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention phases for each participant. All participants showed progress in every step of the intervention and post-intervention phases. The qualitative and quantitative research methods were used to report the results. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) were used to analyses the data. Paired sample t-test was applied on the data and results showed in the form of tables and line graphs by using excel. Analysis of the data showed a significant improvement in participant’s learning and shortens the mathematics items achievement time and number of errors of students with mental retardation. It is recommended that after the selection of appropriate software for developing mathematics skill of students with mental retardation, it should be used in both institutional and home based settings and it should be a part of their syllabus to make them active learners.Item Study of techniques used by the private and public sector heads for motivation of teaching staff(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Bushra SaifQuality of a person’s performance depends to a great extent on the motivation and its level towards the cause. Motivation may take varied forms it may be in the shape of material rewards, certificates, oral appreciation out of turn promotions or certain incentives. The very comfortable way is to provide the best working conditions which apply to education equally good as that of administration. Leaders direct, instruct, nominate support go for capacity building of the staff as a sustained effort. Our process of induction is the qualification knowledge experience and exposure and not the willingness to work which is an essential but a missing link in activating the staff to enjoy the entrusted responsibilities (Qayyum and Siddique, 2003). In organizations in general and educational organizations in particular it is not the number of staff rather it is their zeal to work and exert for the organization. All the beneficiaries of education are required to be motivated; students for learning, parents for channelizing the efforts of their kids to their aim of life and education, teachers for better teaching and up datedness, administrators for getting every nuke and corner of the organization to grow consistently and simultaneously. Motivation is used as a tool for energizing the people. School has been an agency of the society to implement its agenda through its staff and head as one of its leaders. The school seeks for its internal capacity to improve the learning capability of students and teachers flourish, change and keep focus on their assigned duties and targets. Principals are responsible for the professional development of their staff and they manage the school as learning community using development as a school change agent. The researcher studies the role of the secondary school principal as a facilitator for reform efforts and changing the school into motivated entity geared towards the achievement of the students to the optimum. The focus is not just on individual teachers’ professional learning but of professional learning within a community context – a community of learners, and the notion of collective learning the consequences of which become evident in the shape of students performance and accomplishments. A principal’s role in school is creating and facilitating the conditions under which the staff can reflect upon existing learning and teaching through collaboration and training programs. 30 secondary schools of both genders i.e. girls and boys of. Public secondary schools in the city of Lahore constituted the population for this study. Sample comprised 125 each male and female teachers of secondary schools from Lahore district. The findings suggest that the majority of the high school principals in Lahore city encourage teachers to develop collaborative learning environment and that they feel an obligation to offer the opportunities for professional development of staff. The findings also suggest that teachers are working under the headship of the school principals who promote culture of instructional improvement, provide opportunities for peer observation, encourage staff to work well together and arrange for the activities aligned with school goals and mission. For all schools, in urban areas, there is need to build and sustain sufficient and strong capacity to self-renew to meet the emerging challenges over time through professional development activities and collaborative teamwork by the principal as a leader.Item Enhanching phonological awareness of the children with mental retrardation with the locally available materials and resources(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Arfah TubassamAn educational program for the mentally retarded children of the Special Education Center of Daska City was implemented and evaluated. This study was intended to determine whether a program implemented by researcher could succeed in: (a) helping mentally retarded children to enhance their phonological awareness and (b) producing positive changes in the learning of language development of these students. Sixteen mentally retarded children were selected from the population of children attending the Special Education Centre, Daska City (Pakistan). Check list was used to collect the data.Goal attainment scale was used to measure goals achieved by each student. Pre-post test comparisons were made of the number of goals achieved by the children receiving the intervention. Results indicated that the children's goal attainment changed positively and significantly from the pre-test to the post-test.Item Impact of teacher’s motivating behavior on the performance of students at secondary level(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Rizwana HabibThe purpose of this study is to explore the impact of motivation on the learning outcome of students. The student’s out comes can be improved with the help of motivation. Without motivation learning is not possible so it is necessary for teachers to motivate their students. So many factors are affecting on student’s motivation. By reading this study, the reader is expected to know that what factors are effecting on low and high motivation. In our life, motivation is base of any work because without motivation we cannot achieve anything. If the teachers motivate their students for any task, they will achieve the goal. One of the important factors in realizing educational objectives is the role of the teachers` motivation within the educational set up. The negative performance of student towards educational aims and objectives could be associated to the low motivation of teachers. The general objective of this study is to examine the effect of teachers` motivation on students` performance. The study population comprised of different public and private high schools situated in the areas of Saman Abad, Mozang, Chowk Chuburji, Chowk Yateem Khana, Green Town, and Township Lahore only. The schools included in the population were selected using simple random sampling technique. The study used a self-administered questionnaire to collect data from the sample of study which consisted of the teachers teaching at secondary level both in public or private schools, selected by the use of convenient sampling technique. The study results revealed that majority of the respondent teachers believe that a teachers’ motivating attitude can bring a revolutionary changes in learning of a student by motivating him/her either by using rewards or by praising him/her or by any other positive gesture. Similarly, most of the teachers responded that a teacher having motivating attitude would be more successful as compared to others not only in greater academic achievements but also in developing great human qualities in his/her students. Further, majority of the teachers expressed their belief that enhancing students' associations with educators has paramount, positive and enduring ramifications for students' scholarly advancement. The study results revealed that demographic variables of teachers like gender, age, experience of teaching, positon of teacher, and professional qualification are really playing a significant role in changing the views/thinking of the teachers. These demographic variables make the teachers responding in a different way a significant difference can be seen in the responses of (i) the male or female teachers (ii) younger or older teachers (iii) more experienced or less experienced teachers and (iv) normally qualified or highly qualified teachers. The views of the teachers, however, have not been affected by the demographic variables of status of job and status of organization and no significant difference can be seen in the views of respondents from public or private organizations or the respondents having permanent or temporary or contract jobs.Item A study of practices and problems in promoting research at university level(UMT.Lahore, 2014) Mazhar Ali KazmiThe purpose of this study is to get awareness of the present practices of research at university level. Pakistan has no standing in the field of research as teachers concentrate on text available in the market and the students memorize the same and reproduce that in the exams. Further fabrication and falsification, plagiarism and using unpublished material and self-plagiarism have crept in our university research practices. The other problems in way of promoting research in universities are absence of research agenda, poor research strategies of the departments, inadequate allocation of funds for research, poor infrastructure, improper linkage with other institutions, weak communication of research benefits and lack of proper research monitoring. Seven universities were selected as sample and the teachers involved in research activities were taken as subjects of the study to respond to the questionnaire. The questionnaire, administered by research personally, consisted of 30 questions, was categorized into five factors, the face validity of which was determined through experts. After data analysis, the researcher concluded that plagiarism and theft of the data etc. are very popular among the researchers. Whereas, allocation of insufficient funds for research, lack of well managed and well equipped libraries and academic workload on researcher etc. are real obstacles in the way of promoting research at university level. These responses show the intensity of the problems and clarify that if someone wants to promote research at university level, then serious measures have to be adopted with a view to eradicate these problems and rectify the situation. It was also explored through the study that demographic variables of teachers like age, experience of research, positon of teacher, status of organization and professional qualification are not playing any significant role in views of the teachers. The views of the teachers, however, have been affected by the demographic variable of gender and a significant difference can be seen in the views of male teachers and those of female teachers.