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Title COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AT PRE- SCHOOL LEVEL

Author(s) Saba Zahoor

Abstract The current study intended to compare the school environment at pre-school level in public and private sector schools of Rawalakot. The objectives of the study were to assess the space and facilities provided in public and private sector pre-schools of Rawalakot and to compare the physical environment facilities included spatial environment, visual environment, acoustic environment and thermal environment facilities in both sectors of pre-schools. This study was quantitative in nature and research design was descriptive comparative. The theoretical framework for the study was taken from the theory of learning environment of Lev Vygotsky (1962). Latterly this theory was used by many researchers. In 2017 there were four sub-variables included in the physical environment theory; spatial, visual, acoustic, and thermal environment. The population of the study was the public and private sector teachers ofpre-schools of Rawalakot. For the selection of sample from the targeted population stratified Random sampling technique was used. The sample of the study were 263 pre- school teachers in which 94 teachers from the public sector and 169 from the private sectors. A questionnaire was made to collect the information and the reliability of the questionnaire was .834. There were 43 item in the questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by using the SPSS 22nd version. Statistical tests of mean and t-test were applied. It was concluded that the basic facilities of spatial, acoustic and thermal environment were equally available in both public and private sectors while the visual environment facilities were not equally available. It wasrecommended that the researchmay be helpful to compare the physical environment of classrooms and the affect of environment on learning.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Education

Language English

Publication Date 2023-04-27

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Description A strong difference has also been found in the public and privatesector pre-schools in Pakistan. The children of public sector preschools are not equipped with the facilities a private sector preschool is. Moreover, preschool educationis also not gained by all the children within the country, dividing the children into twogroups based on their learning and cognitive abilities. The purpose of this study is to find out and to compare the school environmentof public and private sector pre-schools. In this study, the researcher aimed to analyze the school environment in terms of the physical environment at a pre-school level in Private and public sector schools of Rawalakot Azad Jammu & Kashmir.