Authors' Contribution AR, SN, SG, HA, MSS and NUK collected and analysed the data, drafted and co-wrote the manuscript. TU, NA and IK designed the work, co-wrote the manuscript, revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the version to be published.
A phenomenological study was conducted on 19 special students from higher education to study the educational condition and to analyze the impact of online classes on their motivation after the lockdown of COVID-19. Data was collected through a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. Collected data were analyzed using the percentage and frequency method. According to the findings, the majority of students enjoyed online classes and were comfortable with this abrupt change in educational methods. The majority of the students were motivated because of the advantages of online classes. Τhe most liked aspects of online learning were flexibility and saving money on travel expenses. Regrettably, it has drawbacks such as the ability to interact, disruptions, and one-sided learning. Τeachers’ negligence and lack of support for some disabled students were not addressed, and online safety and security issues were not addressed. It is suggested that education should be tailored to the needs of individual students, and teachers should make an effort to comprehend the uniԛue needs and challenges of students with disabilities in order to involve them in online learning environments.
This research investigates cacoepy of science terminology encountered by the secondary level school students of Kohat district. The problem of cacoepy of scientific terms needs investigation due to the assumption that mispronunciations if learned in secondary level were still frequently performed by the advanced level students or may be throughout their life. The current research was designed in order to identify the cacoepy of common science terminologies by secondary school students and to study the science teachers’ views on secondary level science textbooks produced by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook board. It was found that majority of the students like science subjects and find the terminologies difficult in which most of the terms contain more than 7 alphabets and were considered as complex terms. Due to this complexity, students feel difficulty in learning of scientific terms. Most of science terms were derived from Greek, Latin and other ancient languages, so students cannot understand their meanings. Almost every chapter of secondary school biology, chemistry and physics is overloaded with difficult terms and students felt difficulty in preparation of those subjects in which mostly difficult terms were found in biology. Mostly science teachers emphasize goals for school science that are directed only toward preparing students for the next academic level (for further formal study of science) and finishing his course within session ignoring the students` pronunciation of scientific terminologies. It is recommended that authors should use simple terms and avoid terms containing more than 7 alphabets. It is important to expose the students of secondary level to such a workload which is appropriate for their studying needs instead of annual books`s revision and insertion of high workload. Teachers should insert few terms into science lessons for practising daily, and it is enough to devote a minute or two to some pronunciation issue so that fluency during lecture is not interrupted a lot. Pointing out a pronunciation problem when it has just arisen in the course is a good way of introducing correct pronunciation into the class. English plays an important part in the development of students because of its present and future as an international language. Real life activities or examples should be associated with important topics. Textbooks should be altered for language of explanation to match the level of students in secondary schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and some outdated themes should be replaced with new themes to meet the needs of the 21st century. It is suggested that the textbook board in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should include the urdu phonology and meaning of the found terminologies at the start of each chapter.
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