A Study of Social Skills Development among the Students of Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

The substantial purpose of this study was to identify the level of social skills development in prospective teachers of the Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of the Punjab. As it is stressed that the development of social skills in necessary in teachers as if teachers possess these characteristics, it will affect their students and will also improve the quality of teaching process. Descriptive survey research method was adopted to conduct this research. Five departments were randomly selected. 162 subjects were requested to participate in the study. T-test and ANOVA were run for the purpose of data analysis. The results of the study showed that there is no significant difference in the development of social skills in the students of various departments of IER. It was also evident from the results that there is no significant difference in the development of social skills on the basis of students’ background studies.