THE PRINCIPLES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT BY EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES IN PAKISTAN: A MIXED METHOD STUDY

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Dr. Muhammad Rafique, Dr. Basharat Ali Khan.Dr. Asghar Abbas Dr. Syed Asad Abbas Rizvi

Abstract

This study was designed to search out the principles that may act as foundation for developing an explicit strategy for moral development of the students studying in various disciplines of knowledge at university level in Pakistan. The study applied the sequential transformative mixed method research design for the investigation. Phase one of the study was qualitative to explore the ideas of the participants about the research problem under investigation. The population included all teachers of universities of general category in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Theoretical sample for phase one was consisted of 15 teachers selected by snow ball method. Instrument was semi-structured interview for teachers. The second phase of the study was quantitative to further verify the themes emerged from the phase one. Sample size of second phase was 100 randomly selected teachers from the population. The instrument of the study was five-point Likert scale questionnaire. Qualitative data were analyzed by thematic content analysis technique.  Quantitative data were analyzed applying frequency count and computation of  weighted mean score. The results of the study led the researcher to compile principles about definitions and goals of moral development strategy, role specifications, motivation and sanction powers, resources and major rectifications in present scheme of studies of the universities. The study is significant to provide research-based knowledge to develop an explicit strategy for moral enhancement of the students. 

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