
Teachers’ Preparedness about Infusion of Social Skills among Secondary Level Students
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pakistan journal of humanities and social sciences research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-922X
pISSN - 2663-9211
DOI - 10.37605/pjhssr.v3i2.36
Subject(s) - preparedness , psychology , social skills , medical education , variety (cybernetics) , mathematics education , pedagogy , medicine , developmental psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , political science , law
The present study evaluates teacher’s preparedness towards infusion of social skills among students at secondary level in District Lasbela. The study was carried out by using Qualitative research methodology. Within this framework, descriptive survey research methods are used. A total of 38 secondary school teachers (28 males and 10 females) using criterion sampling were approached to collect data. Open Ended questionnaire containing 2 questions was distributed among the participants. Analysis and findings of the study showed that teachers are aware of the importance of infusion of social skills among students and for the purpose of infusing these skills, they use a variety of strategies and methods in their classrooms such as role modelling, co-curricular activities, storytelling etc. This study suggested that for development of social skills of the students, school should create a supporting environment by conducting co-curricular activities on regular basis. Institutions should organize motivational lectures to facilitate students to develop their social skills. Teachers should act exemplary to infuse these skills among students.