Development and Validation of Tool for Assessment of Prospective Teachers Professional Dispositions of Instructional Planning and Strategies (DIPS).
The present study aimed to develop and validate an instrument by employing quantitative measures for the assessment of prospective teachers’ professional ‘Dispositions of Instructional Planning and Strategies’ (DIPS) in line with National Professional Standard for Teachers in Pakistan (NPST) developed by Ministry of Education (MoE) as policy guideline in the context of Pakistan. The instrument was employed to 424 prospective teachers in the Institute of Education and Research University of Punjab using stratified sampling with the representation of prospective teachers form all programs, semesters, and gender. Five dimensions of DIPS Scale namely, Critical Thinking and Multiple-ways of Problem Solving, Team Work and Cooperative Learning, Collaboration and Cooperation, Enabling Students for Independent Learning, Attainment of Curriculum Goals were identified. The Cronbach Alpha reliability of the instrument was found 0.8. The finding provides preliminary evidence of a valid and reliable tool for the pre-service teachers in Pakistan.
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Dispositions, Instructional Planning and Strategies, Perceptions, Values, Commitment
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(1) Huma Lodhi
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Ghazal Khalid Siddiqui
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Green Marketing Strategies : Paradigms and Assessment
The current study also attempts to contribute significantly in this regard, as it attempts to map relationships between value systems and attitude towards green buying behavior. This study postulates that Environmental Value (EnV) forms the GA, which endorses CBB. After a careful literature review it has been revealed that very limited studies have attempted to map this relationship thread lending credence to the current study. The results indicate that the correlation coefficient achieved a value of 0 .275 0 significant at a P-value of 0.001*. The Cronbachs α value achieved for the EnV is 0.747 which is also significant, indicating that the overall results endorse the postulate of the current research that, EnV is also a principle variable other than CV to map CBB for the case of mapping green buying behavior
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Green Consumption values, Environmental Values, Attitude towards Green Products, Consumer Buying Behavior and Value Attitude Behavior Hierarchy Theory.
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(1) Adnan Jamil
Lecturer, Department of Leadership and Management Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Zia ur Rehman
Assistant Professor,Department of Leadership and Management Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Transition in Pakistani Political Norms of Society and Corruption
The Messenger of ALLAH Almighty, the Holy Prophet MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him) has said "Ar-Rashi Wal Murtashi Kila huma Finnar" that mean "the giver and taker of bribes (corrupt) will both go to the fire of hell". This research analyzes corruption's effect on existing social values in Peshawar region of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A total of 150 respondents were selected as sample using stratified random sampling technique for study using Likert scale as measurement tool in interview schedule. The bi-variate and uni-variate analyses were made for reaching results. The existence of the effect of "corruption perception" as independent variable's effects were assessed on the "social values in political institutions" as dependent variable by applying Chi-square test. Furthermore, Gamma (y) statistics' application was made for finding the bond and relationship's direction. It was concluded that a significant association prevails regarding corruption perception with organized corruption alliance between government servants and politicians (P=0.002), politicians who are corrupt do safeguard corrupt interests (P=0.000) and favoured political environment (P=0.000). Moreover, posting candid politicians on significant government posts (P=0.000), removing political influence form bureaucracy (P=0.000), making politicians accountable to agencies related to stopping corruption (P=0.000), recompensing politicians of honesty (P=0.033), sensitizing politicians to be aware of corruption (P=0.000) and applying court's judgements regarding reducing corruption (P=0.000) were found significantly associated with improving state of corruption.
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Corruption, Social, Values, Political and Politicians
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(1) Asad Ullah
Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Mamoon Khan Khattak
Associate Professor of Social Work & Chairman, Department of Social Work & Sociology, KUST, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Mussawar Shah
Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
The Study Exploring the Causes of Moral Decay in Society: A Mixed Method Analysis
This study explored the current status of moral decay in societyfollowed by identifying the causes behind it. The study opted a Mixed
Methods Research Design for the research. The quantitative data has beengathered from conveniently selected 500 participants through a researchermade Thurstone scale to identify the priorities and the method of Borda CountMethod by Benini, (2013) was used to explore the optimum choice ofparticipants, whereas the qualitative data has been collected from purposivelyselected 33 participants through a structured interview. The participants werethe representatives of both male and female, urban and rural society members based at Punjab Province. The results indicated that the existing status of morality is not satisfactory in the province. The study revealed that inadequacy of religious education, the influence of media, poor parenting, injustice in society, economic disparities, materialistic approach, discriminatory rule of law and absence of content in school curriculum are the main causes of the moral decay in society. Thus, the study recommends the integration of moral and character education, Islamic values and ethical practices in the curriculum at all levels with practical and operational approach.
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Moral Decay, Ethical and Moral Values, Community, Thurstone Scale, Borda Count Method
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(1) Syeda Tehzeeb Alvi
Senior Subject Specialist, School Education Department, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Adeela Saleemi
PhD Scholar, Department of Research and Evaluation, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Zoobia Asad
Lecturer, English Language Centre, the University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Ibra, Oman.