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TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LEARNING DURING SUSPENSION OF UNIVERSITIES INVESTIGATING STUDENTS MANNERS OF STUDYING DURING COVID19 IN PAKISTAN

24 Pages : 240-246

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).24      10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).24      Published : Mar 2022

Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan

    The global wave of Covid 19 has affected the entire world economically, socially andadministratively. The entire educational institutions got suspended and shifted towards online learning during the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. The previous researchers have examined the technological barriers faced by the students while attending online classes. This research focuses on investigating student manners' of studying while the suspension of universities during the wake of Covid 19 in Pakistan. Through analyzing the original data obtained from private and public university students of Islamabad during Covid 19, this study establishes the learning behavior of students which has been significantly affected due to their learning environment, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, availability of learning resources, availability of learning aids and their socioeconomic status obstructing their access to online education due to lack of financial support. It has been examined that the learning hours spent by the students during Covid 19 have been significantly reduced. It strongly depicts a lack of motivation on the part of parents and teachers and an inability to interact with classmates to boost their learning.

    Sustainable Learning, Students, Covid-19, Pakistan
    (1) Noor ul Ain
    Research Scholar, Development Studies, Social Science Department, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Abdul Razzaq Khan
    Assistant Professor, Development Studies, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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    APA : Ain, N. u., & Khan, A. R. (2022). Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(I), 240-246. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).24
    CHICAGO : Ain, Noor ul, and Abdul Razzaq Khan. 2022. "Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I): 240-246 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).24
    HARVARD : AIN, N. U. & KHAN, A. R. 2022. Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 240-246.
    MHRA : Ain, Noor ul, and Abdul Razzaq Khan. 2022. "Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 240-246
    MLA : Ain, Noor ul, and Abdul Razzaq Khan. "Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 240-246 Print.
    OXFORD : Ain, Noor ul and Khan, Abdul Razzaq (2022), "Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I), 240-246
    TURABIAN : Ain, Noor ul, and Abdul Razzaq Khan. "Towards Sustainable Learning during Suspension of Universities: Investigating Students Manners of Studying during Covid-19 in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 240-246. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).24