Abstract

The present study aims to get an insight into the learning perspectives of students who obtain 3+ GPA at the Business department of a Public Sector University in Pakistan. This study includes 4 undergraduate business students from 8th semester (2 males and 2 females) who maintained 3+ GPA till 7th semester. A qualitative case study approach was selected. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews i.e. one-to-one and focused group interviews. Open-coding strategy was used to analyze data and data was reported thematically. Findings of this study reveal that students perceive learning as practicality approach. Students perceive that learning is whatever they perform in perspective of physical condition and their learning occurs when they are provided with any situation in real context. Finding also shows the harmful factors which hinder students' learning and also suggestions to address those factors. This study has a number of implications for students, teachers and university policy makers. The study provides some recommendations that could be taken into account by university management, policy makers and teachers and in order to set up and deliver effective learning opportunities for students by recognizing different ways of learning, which would bring benefits to students. This study is a first attempt to explore the learning perspectives of students in a business department of a public sector university in Pakistan and it will contribute to low achievers to get higher GPA by applying the results.

Highlights

  • Perspective is a method of seeing something

  • This study focused on 4 students, who obtain 3+ Grade point average (GPA) in Business Department of a Public University in Sindh, Pakistan

  • As he came to know about its value and the demand of companies because many companies have set a policy of only offering jobs to those students who obtain 3 GPA so, this student set his mind that 3+ GPA is necessary for securing the future and he started maintaining it during his BBA degree programme

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Introduction

Perspective is a method of seeing something. It is a particular way of thinking about something that is influenced by one’s experiences of beliefs. It is a Latin word which means “view” or “perceive” [1]. They are coming from diverse background having different culture, orientation to learning, ethnicities, religion, prior experience and academic capabilities [2]. University students held different perspectives about their learning as their perspectives are influenced by their prior beliefs and experiences. The grade point average “GPA” is a system of evaluating students’ performance. Study of research shows that those students who are engaged in higher order leaning obtain high GPA [2]

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