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Understanding Gender Equality/Inequality in a School: Experiences and Voices of Female and Male Students of Grade Six and Seven

Thesis Info

Author

Shahnaz Barkat

Department

Professional Development Centre, Karachi

Program

MEd

Institute

Aga Khan University

Institute Type

Private

City

Karachi

Province

Sindh

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2015

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

Education

Language

English

Added

2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676728007952

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This qualitative case study explores the gender equality/inequality related experiences of male and female students in the context of a not-for-profit co-education school in Karachi. In particular, the study examines students' perceptions about their experiences of gender equality/inequality inside and outside classroom. Focused group discussions, semi-structured interviews, observations, drawings and discussion, and document analysis were the main sources of data generation. The study revealed that students' perceptions about themselves were guided by their experiences of gender equality or inequality at school. Their interactions with their teachers and peers appeared to help them define themselves as girls and boys. As such, the boys and girls considered themselves as the two ends of a continuum. They not only experienced gender segregation but many of them desired for such an environment in school. The study showed that both girls and boys experienced different treatment by the teachers inside and outside the classroom which determined their participation in teaching and learning and sports activities. To explore the possibilities of creating a gender equitable environment in the classrooms as well as in the schools, a collaborative action research can be carried out with students. Besides producing contextually relevant knowledge, such a study will help improve gendered practices in schools.
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فرقت

فرقت

دل رو رو وقت گزار گیا
غم یار دا سانوں مار گیا

جدوں ماہی دے کول وسدے سی
دکھ ویکھ اسانوں نسدے سی
لوکی روندے تے اسیں ہسدے سی
کوئی دشمن دا چل وار گیا

دل یار نوں ڈھونڈن چلیا اے
کر وعدہ یار نہ ولیا اے
میرے دل وچ بھانبھڑ بلیا اے
تیر شوق دا ہو ہن پار گیا

دل یار بناء ہون رہندا نئیں
اے درد ہجر دے سہندا نئیں
دکھ درد کسے نوں اے کہندا نئیں
سکھ چین تے نال قرار گیا

عشق دے روگوں رب بچائے
یار بنا ہن چین نہ آئے
شوق سجن دا ودھدا جائے
کیوں سوہنا یار وسار گیا

قادری سائیںؔ عشق بازار نہ جاویں
جاویں تاں سچا عشق کماویں
ہک دن درشن یار دا پاویں
سوہنا ملے تاں دکھ ہزار گیا

وجوه الإعجاز عند المتكلمين: الرماني والخطابي نموذجا

There are several points which illustrate Qur’ānic I‘jāz and probably rely on Islamic Theologians -Mutakallimin’s- efforts as well as exertions regarding Qur’ānic I‘jāz. Mutakallimin for having good command over Arabic rhetorical structures have demonstrated Qur’ānic I‘jāz in two contexts: theoretically and empirically. They actually validated, that Qur’ān is the book of Allah Almighty, through comparing both standard Arabic texts: prose and poetry into face of Qur’ānic text. All these cherished efforts of Mutakallimin are rooted in Arabic rhetoric which stands for that Arabic Rhetoric and ‘ilm al-Kalām; both have very primary relation resulting in that cannot be ignored while analyzing I‘jāz phenomenon.

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