A Gender-Based Study of Teachers’ Social Role in Cultural Transformation
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https://doi.org/10.55737/trt/v-vi.318Keywords:
Cultural Transformation, Social Role of Teachers, Higher Education, Gender-Based Study, University Teachers, M.Phil./Ph.D. ScholarsAbstract
The present study aimed at exploring the social function of the teachers of higher education in the process of culture transformation from gender perspective in public universities of Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. The goals of the study were to explore the perspective of the University teachers and M.Phil/Ph.D scholars about the role of teachers in cultural transformation and to compare the views between male and female teachers. A quantitative method with descriptive research design was used. A 7-point Likert scale questionnaire was self-developed and used to collect data from the respondents, who in this study were made up of 93 male teachers, 30 female teachers, 121 male M.Phil./Ph.D. scholars and 127 female M.Phil./Ph.D. scholars, using random sampling of the population as per the sampling criteria of Krejcie and Morgan (1970). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and an independent samples t-test with the help of SPSS. The results showed that teachers as well as the M.Phil./Ph.D. scholars had positive perceptions of the role of teachers in culture transformation. The mean scores of male teachers were slightly lower than that of females, and the mean scores of female scholars were slightly lower than that of their male counterparts. In both the perceptions of teachers and scholars, the t-test results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the males and females (p > 0.05). The study finds, that higher education teachers have an important role in cultural change and that this role is seen the same by both male and female stakeholders. The study suggests that teacher professional development needs to be further strengthened and that cultural values be included in university education.
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