بے خبری کی آغوش ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ ارشد معراج (اسسٹنٹ پروفیسر انٹر نیشنل یونیورسٹی اسلام آباد)
انہیں سردی نہیں لگتی
انہیں ذلت کی ساعت نے پرانے سیم نالوں کے کناروں پر گھسیٹا ہے
اور ان کے کالے ہونٹوں پر لگی ہے مہر صدیوں سے
یہ کلر تھور دھرتی میں ہری خواہش کو بونے کی مشقت میں لگے ہیں
یہاں ”سابیریا“ سے آۓ پکھنو جب بھی کوندر میں مچلتے ہیں
تو گارے سے بنیرے لیپ کرنے والیوں کے چولہے جلتے ہیں
کبھی چارے کی گھرلی میں پڑے شلجم ۔۔۔۔۔۔
ورگرنہ ساگ اور آدھی ادھوری روٹیاں
سوکھے بدن میں سوچ بھی لکنت زدہ ، سرگوشیاں ۔۔۔۔۔۔
” چاچا!
خدا دا شکر کر دے ہاں
جے اس ساڈے تے ایہہ ازمیش پاٸی ھیہ
جو او کردا ہمیشہ ٹھیک ای کردا
پر اے دسیں جو نمبردار مر سی
وت اے اوکھت گھٹ نہ ویسی “
کبھی خوابوں کی گھٹڑی کو اٹھانے سے سفر مشکل نہیں ہوتا
مگر سورج تو روزانہ ہی مشرق سے نکلتا ہے
اور آنکھوں کا حسیں عدسہ سکڑتا ہے
زوال آۓ تو مغرب میں وہ چھپتا ہے
ہمیشہ چندر اور مایا کٸی میلوں پہ بستے ہیں
انہیں بستی میں آنے کا کبھی رستہ نہیں ملتا
ہمیشہ پوہ رہتا ہے
پرالی کے سلگنے سے کہاں یہ ٹھنڈ جاتی ہے
Aims Of Study: During COVID-19 people were forced to stay home and this increased the risk of limiting their PA and adaptation of sedentary behaviour hence our objective is to measure the impact of leisure activities on well-being during COVID-19.
Methodology: 366 participants were selected, using Non-probability convenient sampling from UOL and PGC. PA and well-being were assessed using IPAQ-short form and WHO-5 well-being questionnaire.
Results: IPAQ-short form with well-being Pearson Chi square was 638.012, Spearman correlation was 0.956 and p-value Asymptotic significance (2 sided) was .000 which means there is positive strong correlation between variables.
Limitations and Future Implication: Adults having ages 18-40yrs volunteered due to short time period and since our study limited to only 2 settings so to generalize our outcomes for mass population was not feasible. During lockdown gaining past medical history in data collection was impacted, it is suggested to include the role of Physiotherapist in improving health status by PA, create awareness among common population about role of PA and their relation with well-being also including diversity in age groups, ethnicity and localities is suggested.
Originality: Strong positive correlation between PA and well-being.
Conclusion: This study shows that during Covid-19 pandemic, those individuals who remained physically active had good impact on their health. Being physically active not only improves an individual’s physical fitness level but also helps to cope with psychological problems degrading one’s mental health so our study found out direct relation between physical activity levels and health status.
Exploring of the science concept development and change in young children has been a neglected area in most of the developing countries. Research in the developed world indicates that many children do not have a scientific understanding of such concepts like; energy, force, motion and living nonliving things, even by the age of 10 years. The purpose of this study was to explore and to develop young children's (age 3 to 5 years) learning of the concept of living and nonliving things in one of the private schools in Karachi. This exploratory research used the action research approach and qualitative data collection methods like classroom observations, and interviews to investigate the process of conceptual development and change students' learning about living and nonliving things. During explorations most of the students were found to think about living and non living things in a nonscientific way like every moving thing is living and when living things is in pictorial form students consider it nonliving. Students' ideas and understanding about living and nonliving things were limited to their daily life observations and experiences. The study involved classroom teaching over the 6-week lessons of teaching the concept living and nonliving things'. A small group of six students was focused during the study to find out changes in the process of conceptual development. The predominant changes were development of scientific terminology and improvement in the use of criteria for explaining living and nonliving things. The social set up of the classroom and the teaching strategies based on explorations, problem-solving, and hands-and minds-on experiences helped the students to learn in a better way. Students having some prior understanding of the concept of living and nonliving things were identified as being able to benefit from classroom instruction. However, the students who had no prior understanding of the concept were found least able to develop the concept. The study also discusses the factors related to classroom practices of the teachers' that facilitate or hinder the process of scientific concept development and change. Recommendations were made for teaching that the teaching instructions should focus on conceptual development and change rather than enrichment of knowledge alone.