Classroom social environment of secondary schools: An evidence from Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

The major objective of the study was to analyze the social classroom environment of secondary schools in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. This study was descriptive by nature, and a survey was conducted to collect the data. This study was delimited to the government female school teachers. The population of the study was all the teachers of Government Secondary schools of District Kotli. The researcher selected 204 through a simple random sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed for teachers to find out about the social environment of the classrooms. Data were collected personally by the second co-author of this study after testing its reliability and validity from the study sample. The collected data were analyzed by the SPSS software in terms of mean and standard deviation. Teachers play a vital role in the classrooms through their support, promoting mutual respect, promoting tasks, and cooperation with students in the classes to develop a learning environment.