Synchronizing Psycho-Social Development Of Postgraduate Learners In Pakistan

Abstract

The current study was designed to identify the role of teachers in promoting postgraduate students’ social, emotional, moral and behavioral development in Pakistan. The study used descriptive research method. The target population was all institutions of public & private postgraduate level in Pakistan, both Science and Arts groups from different departments and all the teachers and students of the selected institutions. Sample of the study consisted of 600 teachers and 1200 students were randomly chosen from sample postgraduate institutions. Questionnaires were used for quantitative data. The gathered data were examined and using methodology of[1] quantitative techniques. Descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean score, and standard deviation, were applied to analyze the quantitative data. The finding showed that   teachers always take care of their feelings; they also agreed that their teachers often think before they act with them and their teachers are sometimes good at solving conflicts with them. The study concluded that teachers always treat them with good social relations, and most of them said that their teachers always teach them with respect whereas the majority of the students said that their teachers always listen to them when they have problems.