A Comparative Study of the Quality of Teaching Learning Process at Post Graduate Level in the Faculty of Science and Social Science

Ashfaque Ahmed Shah,Gulnaz Shaheen,Uzma Shahzadi

doi:10.5539/ies.v5n2p185

Abstract

The study was intended to compare the quality of teaching learning process in the faculty of social science and science at University of Sargodha. This study was descriptive and quantitative in nature. The objectives of the study were to compare the quality of teaching learning process in the faculty of social science and science at University of Sargodha. Respondent, department and gender wise comparison was also done a sample of 92 students studying in post graduate programs and 30 teachers teaching to post graduate programs were taken from five social sciences and five science departments for data collection. Convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. A questionnaire was developed and Pilot study was conducted to find out the reliability of the questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was found to be 0.794. The results of the study proved that there is no significant difference between the quality of teaching learning process in Science and Social Science departments at University of Sargodha. It was also concluded that there is a significant difference between teachers and students responses about the quality of teaching learning process. The findings will help the teachers to improve their teaching and instructional plans. The findings of this study will be significant to the faculties of science and social science to improve their learning environment.

Highlights

Teaching learning process involves the transfer of knowledge as well as transfer of skills from the one who is disseminating knowledge and transferring the skills to the one who is receiving knowledge and skills.In any educational institution the main activity is the teaching learning process
Hο1: The One sample t-test shows that the null hypothesis “there is no significant difference between gender wise quality of teaching learning process at post graduate level in the faculty of Science and Social Science at University of Sargodha.” has failed to reject at .05 level
H02: The One sample t-test shows that the null hypothesis that “there is no significant difference between respondent wise quality of teaching learning process at post graduate level in the faculty of Science and Social Science at University of Sargodha” has been rejected at .05 level

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Introduction

Teaching learning process involves the transfer of knowledge as well as transfer of skills from the one who is disseminating knowledge and transferring the skills to the one who is receiving knowledge and skills.In any educational institution the main activity is the teaching learning process. In the past few decades this process is getting attention of educationists, philosophers, policy makers, educational managers and psychologists. The more this process is planned the more effective it will be. The globalization and technology has affected the teaching learning process a lot The indicators of the process involves following, objectives, content, methodology, environment, teacher characteristics, timetable, contact hours with instructors and using AV aids. All these indicators are addressed in the present study while comparing the quality of teaching learning process.

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