Teachers’ Opinion about Students’ Ethics and Values: An Ethnographic Study of the Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab

Abstract

This ethnographic study is determined to explore the teachers’ opinions about students’ ethics and values that are practiced during class and within the Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of the Punjab. The population of the study was consisted of teachers of IER. Eight teachers were selected by using purposive sampling technique on the basis of teaching experience and gender. Five teachers had more than ten years teaching experience and three teachers had less than ten years teaching experience including five male and three female teachers. The instrument of the study was semi-structured interview. Interviews were conducted and recorded by researcher herself in the assistance of a facilitator. Data was analyzed by using thematic analysis technique. The findings showed that teachers feel pressure as a single responsible of development the students' good ethics and values without cooperation of the parents, society and even administration of the Institute also less contribute. There is a need of co-operative and holistic environment for effective administration, ideal teaching, and helpful participation of parents that encouraged the student to adopt ideal behavior ethics and values.