COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHING STYLES USED BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF KARACHI

Abstract

Teaching is a complex art. Teaching style helps teachers as well as students to improve the abilities of critical thinking and involves students in the learning process. Secondary education is the backbone of any education system and it is also a turning phase of an individual’s life, so the most excellent teaching style should be implemented at this level according to the needs of the learners. Public and private schools are the two primary segments of the education system. The study’s aim was a comparative analysis of the teaching styles used by public and private secondary school teachers of Karachi. The secondary schools in Karachi were the sole focus of the investigation. There were two hypotheses put forth. There has been a thorough analysis of the literature. Surveys were used as a research strategy. The population included every secondary school teacher. Through the use of a stratified random sampling design, 300 secondary school teachers were selected as a sample. Data was gathered using an interview protocol and questionnaire, questionnaire containing six items and interview has four questions. Data were analyzed and it is found that private school teachers have used different motivational and instructional techniques and have better teaching style as compare to their counterparts’ public secondary school teachers.