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Promoting Organizational Learning to Improve the Quality of Education in School of Pakistan

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Thomas, Martin

Program

PhD

Institute

Iqra University

City

Karachi

Province

Sindh

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2017

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Education

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/12037/1/Martin%20Thomas%20education%202017%20iqra%20uni%20karachi%20prr.pdf

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676724949926

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The education system in Pakistan is strongly criticised for not establishing a sustainable mechanism whereby school personnel could learn from each other in both the formal and informal social contexts of schools and contribute to the provision of quality education. The current research used the philosophical underpinnings of organizational learning and proposed the School Organizational Learning Model (SOLM) to improve the quality of education in poorly performing schools in Pakistan. The quality of education provided by the schools is contingent on the fees they charge. Thus, the low cost public and private schools were noted as poorly performing schools in Pakistan. One way to improve quality is to utilize learning from well performing schools and improve the quality of education in the low-cost schools. The current research followed the explanatory mixed design and applied the Dimensions of Learning School Questionnaire (DLSQ) originally prepared by Watkins and Marsick (1997) and later adapted by Akram, Watkins and Sajid (2013) for schools of Pakistan. This was done to gather data from 502 sample cases from the medium-cost schools and used learning from them to improve conditions in a low-cost private school. Using the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) technique variables that contributed to the organizational learning of the medium-cost schools were identified. It was noted that out of four independent variables, individual level organizational learning was negatively correlated whereas school level organizational learning was positively correlated with the knowledge performance school outcome in the medium-cost schools. The remaining two variables, team level organizational learning and global level organizational learning, indicated insignificant impact on the knowledge performance of the schools. Thus, a semi-structured interview schedule based on individual and school level learning was developed and employed to gain additional relevant data from four selected teachers, four head teachers/coordinators. Using theoretical underpinnings of the organizational learning theory (Akram, Watkins & Sajid, 2013; Watkins & Marsick, 1997) and the data gathered during Phase I of the research which included both quantitative and qualitative data in the mixed methods design, the SOLM was developed and implemented through action research (AR) in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) section of a low-cost private school to improve the quality of education of the school. Evidence which indicated that the quality of classroom teaching of six teachers was improved emerged and thus the SOLM was considered a contribution to the existing knowledge concerning organizational learning.
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ارادھنا
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اے خالق عصر۔۔۔اے مالک ’’کن‘‘۔۔۔!
مسجدوں کے دروازے بند ہیں
مندروں میں ہُو کا عالم ہے
آنسوئوں سے بھیگی صدائوں میں!
قاتل ہوائوں میں!
بچے گلیوں میں نکلتے نہیں۔۔۔کرفیو کا نفاذ بھی نہیں
اہلِ زباں۔۔۔حسن بیاں کے پھول کھلتے نہیں
اے خالق ارض و سما۔۔۔!
عنکبوتی تاروں کی طرح وبا کی موجودگی میں!
اسلوب کنعان میں ڈوبی جوانیاں،
موج زلیخا کی دلفریب روانیاں۔۔۔!
روایاتِ اذیت سے ڈرتے ہوئے گھروں سے نکلتی نہیں
اے ازل کے مالک۔۔۔اے ابد کے خالق۔۔۔!
یہ دنیا تیری ہی بنائی ہوئی ہے
جس کے سر پر وبا موت بن کے چھائی ہے
نشاط روح، سرور ازل ، وعدئہ اول کو یاد کرتے ہوئے!
شبنمی گلابوں پر اُداسی چھائی ہوئی ہے
کوئلیں ، فاختائیں اور عندلیبانِ چمن۔۔۔!
نہ جانے کن گمنام جزیروں کی طرف نکل گئی ہیں
اے رب دو جہاں۔۔۔کچھ معلوم نہیں
رحم فرما ۔۔۔رحم فرما ۔۔۔اے حافظ حفیظ رحم فرما
بہلول مسکراتے ہوئے بولا۔۔۔ اچھا تم نثری نظم لکھتے ہو۔ عہدِحاضر کی اک معروف شخصیت جسے ریاض مجید کہتے ہیں۔ وہ اسے نثم کے نام سے یاد کرتا ہے۔ اس صنف کے لیے دونوں نام بہتر ہیں۔ لیکن میں ’’نثم‘‘ کو ذاتی طور پر پسند کرتا ہوں جو اس نام کو پسند نہیں کرتے ، نثری نظم پر بضد ہیں ۔مجھے اُن سے بھی اختلاف نہیں۔
ادبی دنیا میں اک مندائیت کی شکل میں فرقہ ہے جو اس صنف کو آج بھی نہیں مانتا۔
تم جانتے ہو۔۔۔مندائیت کیا ہے؟
میں نے نفی میں سر ہلاتے ہوئے جواب دیا، اور خاموش رہا۔ کیونکہ بہلول دلچسپ شخصیت کا مالک تھا اور میں اُسے صرف سننا چاہتا تھا ، کہ وہ کیا کہتا ہے۔
اُس نے میری طرف دیکھتے ہوئے ،بولنا شروع کیا۔۔۔!
مندائی ایک فرقہ ہے۔ جو آدمؑ ،شیثؑ ، نوحؑ، سامؑ اور ادریسؑ کو مانتا ہے۔
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