scholarly journals Impact of Classroom Environment on Student’s Attitude Towards School

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-167
Author(s):  
LUBNA NAZNEEN ◽  
DR. SUMMAYYA HAYAT ◽  
DR. JUNAID ATHAR KHAN

Current study was undertaken to determine the effect of psychosocial classroom environment on student’s attitude towards school. Using cluster sampling technique 203 students’ including 97 females’ and 107 males, age range 12-14 years were taken from class 7th and 8th of different government and private schools in Peshawar. What Is Happening In This Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire (Fraser, McRobbie & Fisher, 1996) and an Attitude toward School Scale (Anderson, 1999) were administered for data collection. Psychosocial classroom environment was found to be a significant predictor of students’ attitude towards school. There were also some gender differences on different classroom environment variables and their impact on student’s attitude towards school.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-09

Present research was a comparative study of government and private schools of Peshawar on psychosocial aspects of classroom environment. Data was collected from250 subjectsincluding136 boys and 114 girls, having age range of 13-14 years. A cross sectional survey research design was used. Sample was chosen from two private and two government schools of Peshawar, using cluster sampling technique. The classroom environment questionnaire, What Is Happening In This Class? (Fraser, McRobbie & Fisher, 1996) was administered to collect data from the subjects. Significant differences were observed between government and private schools of Peshawar on psychosocial, classroom environment dimensions of Investigation, task orientation and level of cooperation among students. Government school students showed gender differences in the areas of teacher’s support and cooperation whereas private schools showed gender differences in the areas of students’ cohesiveness, Involvement in classroom activities, investigation, task orientation and equity.


2019 ◽  
Vol IV (III) ◽  
pp. 300-308
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shakir ◽  
Mussarat Jahan ◽  
Shaista Noreen

The main purpose of this research was to analyse the children anxiety in both public and private schools. The main objectives of the study were (a) to identify the factor that involve to increase fear among children; (b) to investigate the positive and negative impact of anxiety on students academic performance; (c) to analyse the children learning state of mind during fear and submissive attitude. This descriptive research involved the data collection from ninety (90) teachers, three hundred and seventy five (375) students and forty (40) parents. They were selected by convenience sampling technique. It is found that when children are in fearful environment they feel panic attack and they participate less in class when they are in state of fear while most of the children think that stress, verbal threading and punishment is the basic cause of anxiety among early grades children.


Author(s):  
Yusuf Ronny Edward ◽  

Lecturers are educators at universities who are specially appointed for the purpose of teaching. The main mission of higher education is to develop and establish knowledge through the experience of the three dharmas of higher education. This study aims to determine whether work motivation, work discipline, and work environment affect the performance of lecturers with job satisfaction as a moderating variable at the Faculty of Economics, Prima Indonesia University. The data collection method in this study used a questionnaire. This sampling technique data collection using simple random sampling a total sample of 105 from a total population of 143 permanent lecturers at the Faculty of Economics at the University..The results obtained in this study show 1) there is a significant effect between work motivation variables on lecturer performance, 2) there is a significant influence between work discipline variables on lecturer performance, 3) there is no significant effect between work environment variables and lecturer performance, 4) lecturer satisfaction variable is not a moderating variable that can weaken work environment, strengthen work discipline, and work motivation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Rika Paramitha Saputri ◽  
Elina Endang Sulistyawati ◽  
Meta Kartika Untari

Schizophrenia is a chronic heterogeneous syndrome characterized by irregular mindset, delusion, hallucination, improper behavioral changes, and psychosocial dysfunction. The purpose of this research was to know the pattern of antipsychotic use and rationality of antipsychotic use in schizophrenia patient at Inpatient Installation of Atma Husada Mahakam Psychiatric Hospital Samarinda  in 2016 based on right indication, right drug selection, right patient, and right dose. The study was use descriptive non-experimental method with retrospective data collection from medical record of patients with purposive sampling technique. The samples used was 94 patients who received antipsychotic with age range 17-55 years and had a complete medical history. The data obtained were analyzed according to Guideline Texas Medication Algorithm Project Procedural Manual of Schizophrenia Treatment Algorithms. Based on the results obtained data of single antipsychotic the most widely used was haloperidol as 39 prescriptions (53.42%). The use of the most commonly prescribed combination of two antipsychotic was combination of clozapine-haloperidol as 19 prescriptions (38,00%), while combination of three prescribed antipsychotic was combination of chlorpromazine-risperidone-clozapine and haloperidol-risperidone-clozapine each as 1 prescription (50,00%). The rationale of antipsychotic use obtained percentage of right indication was 100%, right drug selection 95,20%, right patient 100%, and right dose 100%.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1673-1679
Author(s):  
Sumaira Munawar ◽  
Khadija Sittar ◽  
Misbah Malik

Teachers’ mental health not only increases their efficiency, professional growth and development but also their effects their personality. Punjab education department established Monitoring education authorities to improve quality of education by monitoring quality indicators.  Monitoring practices of Education Assistants may affect the mental health of teachers on their workplaces which culminate in low performance. The objective of this study was to determine effect of monitoring education authorities’ practices on school teachers’ mental health. 300 elementary school teachers were selected for data collection through cluster sampling technique in District Sheikhpura. Data collection was done through survey questionnaire with 17 statements. Findings revealed that a significant correlation between teachers’ performance and motivational techniques used by their heads. A pilot study was conducted to validate cronbach's alpha 0.86 which statistically significant. Furthermore, following practices of Monitoring education authorities are effecting mental health index .On the bases of these findings that it is recommended that the government might  give training to MEAs  for  improving  their behaviours  during their visits in schools.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne M. Pertet ◽  
Dan Kaseje ◽  
Careena O. Odawa ◽  
Jackline Ochieng ◽  
Lydia Kirika ◽  
...  

Background: Children from nomadic pastoralist communities might not receive all the recommended doses of vaccines at age-appropriate times due to limited access to immunization services.  Skipped, delayed or missed vaccination doses result in under vaccination which in turn make children vulnerable to preventable diseases.  The purpose of present study was to establish completion timeliness and under-vaccination of all the recommended childhood vaccinations in a nomadic pastoralist community.Methods: Authors used a cluster sampling technique to identify children aged 0 to 24 months at the household level.  Vaccine completion was the accumulation of the required number of doses by infants irrespective of the timing. Timeliness was vaccines administered within the recommended age range. Under vaccination was the sum total of days a delayed vaccine was given after the recommended age range.Results: Completion of all individual antigens did not meet the target of 90%. The mean number of days a child remained under-vaccinated in days was: OPV0, 20 days; BCG, 39 days; measles vaccine, 47 days; PVC3, 121 days; pentavalent, 117 days, and rotavirus, 103 days.  Approximately 42% were severely under-vaccinated for more than six months. Vaccine-specific under-vaccination of more than six months was:  pentavalent 3, 20%; PCV 3, 14%; OPV 3, 9.5%; BCG, 3%, and measles vaccine 20%. Overall children remained under-vaccinated for 185 days.Conclusions: A significant proportion of children remained under vaccinated for extended periods leaving them at risk during a vulnerable period of their life.


Author(s):  
Lasmi Maharani ◽  
Setiawati Setiawati

This research is motivated by the high participation of learners English in the course of English Tutorial Center Padang, visible high level of attendance, liveliness and discipline of learners. Researchers suspect that the cause of the high participation of learners is due to the process of reward and punishment by the instructor in the learning activities. This study aims to describe the process of reward and punishment by instructors in English learning activities. This type of research is quantitative descriptive research. The population in this study were all students totaling 500 people. Sampling technique used is cluster sampling, samples taken at each level/study group as many as 50 people. Data collection techniques using questionnaires. While the data collection tool use a list of statements. Data analysis techniques use a percentage formula. The results show that rewards in of point, reward, and praise are categorized both given by the instructor, as well as punishments in prefentive and repressive forms categorized well given by the instructor. This is evidenced by the majority of students expressing "often" from each statement given.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Ume Kalsoom ◽  
Sabeen Rahim ◽  
Huma Akbar

OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to investigate gender differences on Imaginary Audience (IA) and depression among college students. METHODOLOGY: Six hundred college students, both boys (n=299) and girls (n=274) completed cross sectional survey. Data was collected from different colleges of Peshawar (KPK) from September- December 2016 using purposive sampling technique. The age range of the sample was 17-22 (M=19, SD=1.47) years. Two scales, New Imaginary Audience Scale (NIAS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to them.   RESULTS: Analysis of the findings was made using stepwise deletion technique for sample distribution and t-test. Statistically significant gender differences were found on New Imaginary Audience Scale (t=-2.48, p= .001) and Beck Depression Inventory (t=3.07, p= .02). Mean score was on NIAS were among girls, while on depression boys mean scores were prominent. CONCLUSION: The results of the present study concluded gender differences on both variables i-e NIAS and Depression. The findings further suggest that girls have prominent features of new imaginary audience in their student’s life whereas, boys pertain depressive symptoms during this period.


Author(s):  
Julius Njiri ◽  
Levi Mbugua ◽  
Kellen Kiambati ◽  
Dominic Mwenja

In Kenya, the number of private schools has increased more than four times since the introduction of the Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in 2003. The number of children attending private primary schools increased from 4.6% in 2004 to 11.5% in 2007. With such increment, there has been challenges on the determinants of growth of education institutions. It is against this background that the study examined the influence of physical planning on the growth of private primary schools in Kenya. the study was anchored in the resource dependency view where the managers of institutions have the ability to acquire, Plan and maintain resources that are important to the growth of an organization. The target population in this study comprised of 7,418 private primary schools in all eight regions of Kenya. Cluster sampling technique was employed of 50% of the target regions were sampled, leading to four out of eight regions being selected. From these regions random sampling was then used to select 320 respondents who were either the principals’/Head teachers or deputy principal of the schools. A questionnaire was used to collect data and Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyse data. The study found a strong and significant correlation between physical planning and growth of primary schools. This study therefore recommended that physical planning was an important factor in determining growth of private schools. The study further recommends that owners of private primary schools should be aware of the facilities that are crucial and most important to students in the teaching and learning. This will intern influence the growth of the private primary schools in Kenya.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 423
Author(s):  
Febri Ramadani ◽  
Syuraini Syuraini

This research is motivated by the high attendance of the Paket B equality program and the success of the Paket B education program in PKBM Legusa. This research also purpose to describe the tutor's professional competence in the management aspects of the classroom environment, the use of learning methods, the use of instructional media, and the implementation of learning evaluation. This research use descriptive quantitative approach. For supporting this approach, researcher take 50% of the population is 34 people with a sampling technique that is stratified random sampling. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, and data collection tools using questionnaires. Data analysis techniques use a percentage formula. The results showed that the professional competence of tutors in classroom environmental management aspects was very good, the aspects of using the learning method were very good, the aspects of using the learning media were very good, and the evaluation aspects were very good. For tutors in improving professional competence.Keywords: Competension, Tutor, Equality


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