
Muhammad Abid MalikShandong Vocational University of Foreign Affairs
Muhammad Abid Malik
PhD in Comparative Education
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Introduction
Dr. Muhammad Abid Malik is currently working with Shandong Vocational University of Foreign Affairs as academic research advisor. He conducts research in Peace Education, Equity and Equality in Education, School and Classroom Culture, Shadow Education, Language Education, Educational Leadership and Management, Higher Education, ICT in Education, Blended Learning, Comparative Education, and Qualitative Research Method. He is working on numerous articles and books at the moment.
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February 2022 - November 2023
Education
September 2013 - July 2016
September 2011 - July 2013
August 2002 - August 2005
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Publications (43)
The study aims to develop and validate Digital Literacy Scale (DLS) based on Chen’s (2015) theoretical framework which includes nine dimensions: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, citizenship, character, curation, copyright, and connectedness. A question pool consisting of 62 items based on the nine dimensions of digital l...
The influence of the mother tongue on second language acquisition is well-known. Pakistan is a multilingual country with scores of mother tongues, yet their influence on English language writing has not been investigated properly. This error-analysis study contributes in this regard by finding out syntactical and semantical errors committed by Paki...
Under the influence of neo-liberalism and marketization, education is increasingly becoming more content-focused than character one. Ignoring the fact that money, science, and technology may take a person to the moon, these are ethical and moral values that take him/her to the even loftier heights of humanity. Recent COVID-19-driven focus on inform...
Teaching practice is one of the most significant components of a teacher education program that prepares prospective teachers for a fast-changing and technology-infused world. However, in many developing countries like Pakistan, it has remained stuck in the traditional methods (face-to-face, without proper utilization of technology) which made it v...
Gathering data from eight Pakistani university teachers through semi-structured interviews, this study investigated their perceptions about the use of ChatGPT, the benefits and opportunities it brings, and concerns and challenges about its use in higher education in Pakistan. Out of eight teachers, only four had used it. All of them believed that d...
AI chatbots and LLMs have made a significant impact in a short time. Despite their benefits, they pose serious threats to academic integrity and ethics by generating human-like text, which is very hard to detect. Various AI-detection tools have been developed to tackle this issue. However, their effectiveness is questionable. This study investigate...
Introduction: The current study explored the influence of Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) on the concepts, parameters, policies, and practices of creativity and plagiarism in academic and research writing.
Methods: Data were collected from 10 researchers from 10 different countries (Australia, China, the UK, Brazil, Pakistan, Ban...
Despite multiple challenges, some teachers in Trinidad and Tobago are able to develop twenty-first-century thinking and skills among their students. Using a single-subject case design, this study investigated the challenges faced and the strategies employed by one such case (a female, elementary teacher) for this purpose. Data were collected throug...
Transgender people usually face social isolation and discrimination. Although the situation is improving in developed countries, it is still grim in more traditional and conservative societies like Pakistan. Gathering data through semi-structured interviews from eight female students, eight female teachers, and eight mothers from two girls-only sch...
There have been a lot of studies about the academic motivation of the students studying through conventional and online modes of education; however, only a few have compared the academic motivation of the students studying through the two modes. Realizing this gap, this study was conducted to compare the academic motivation of students studying thr...
Transgender people usually face social isolation and discrimination. Although the situation is improving in developed countries, it is still quite grim in more traditional and conservative societies. Gathering data through semi-structured interviews from the students, teachers, and mothers from girls-only schools in Pakistan; this study investigate...
Interviewing students with special needs (SSNs) comes with a unique set of ethical and practical challenges that require highly specialised skills and interviewing protocols. Our objectives were to identify the most appropriate tools for collecting data from SSNs, key differences in interviewing students with and without special needs, and ethical...
Students with special needs, well-being, academic status, COVID-19, psychological impact, elementary education COVID-19 affected not only students' academic experiences but also their emotional, psychological, and mental growth and well-being. Although all the students were affected by it, those with disabilities were more vulnerable due to their s...
This paper investigates the school leaders' autonomy in decision-making, empowerment, and school leadership. Furthermore, it finds out their relationships with socio-professional variables i.e. gender, age, academic qualification, teaching experience, and leadership experience. Using quantitative method, data was gathered through questionnaires. Th...
This study explores the perceptions of the elite class, private sector primary school students in Pakistan about online education during Covid-19, its benefits and challenges, and the quality of education during the pandemic. It further explores if the students want online education to continue after Covid-19 or not. Semi-structured interviews were...
Online organizations usually have a more stressful working style where the employees have to sit in front of computers for long hours. This sit-and-stare culture coupled with a lack of organizational focus on the employees’ physical health and well-being may lead to multiple health issues. Taking data from two online business organizations in Pakis...
Teaching practice is one of the most important components of teacher education programs as it allows prospective teachers to apply their conceptual and theoretical knowledge and skills in the real classroom environment. Whereas Covid-19 adversely affected the whole education system across the world, courses like teaching practice were the worst aff...
This review of literature article looks at the background and historical development of blended learning as a concept. Using research questions-based systematic review of literature approach, it critically evaluates different definitions of blended learning proposed by different researchers, and examines how they evolved over the years. Based on th...
This study investigates Pakistani universities' responses during COVID-19. Permanent faculty members from eight different universities were interviewed for data collection. The participants reported six different strategies that were employed to continue the teaching-learning process during COVID-19: from well-developed LMS to virtually no classes....
Consisting of chapters about USA, China, Australia, Spain, France, South Africa, India, Turkey, Tanzania and Pakistan, it discusses the impact of COVID-19 on higher education at individual, institutional and/or national level. It also discusses how HE sector/institutions responded to COVID-19.
Malik, M. A., Akkaya, B., & Harper, D. S. (Eds.). (202...
Good housekeeping is one of the mainstream American women's magazines. Targeting primarily the middle-class married women, it gives guidance and suggestions on beautifying appearance, latest fashions, housekeeping, cooking, and child-rearing. Using 24 issues of Good Housekeeping published in 2016-2017, this study explores what kind of femininity is...
The present phenomenological study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of veil-taking women. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 purposefully selected Pakistani veil-taking women. Construct validity of the tool was checked through expert opinion from 5 experts from social sciences and qualitative researc...
Academic plagiarism has remained a major concern for higher education institutions, as
it hampers not only the quality of the teaching-learning process and research, but also the overall educational institution. This issue appears to be even more serious in online and distance education institutions. As a result, a qualitative study was conducted o...
Over the last three decades, inclusive education has become an integral part of educational policies throughout the world. Unfortunately, when it comes to its successful implementation, the situation is less than ideal in many countries. One of the main reasons is the lack of teachers' mental and professional readiness for inclusive education. The...
The Ministry of Education (MoE) of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has recently embarked on another teacher training program to equip secondary school teachers with the necessary competencies for ICT infusion in their physical classrooms. This study aims to investigate the impact and usefulness of that program, and challenges that the teachers...
The purpose of the study was to examine the career aspirations and choices of public and private schools grade 8 students. Qualitative research method was employed for this study. A sample of 30 students was taken from district Sheikhupura: 15 from public and 15 from private schools. In-depth semi structured interviews were carried out for data col...
This paper investigates gender representation in grade 6, 7, and 8 English textbooks used in public schools in Punjab. For a comprehensive analysis, both textual contents and pictures were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative techniques. The findings show that the female characters were not only under-represented, but also misrepresented. No...
Distance and online education are becoming increasingly common in the current era. Along with many purely online and distance education universities, many conventional universities are also offering programs through distance education. Students studying in distance education programs have a different environment, culture, study habits, and other fa...
“Emerging Trends and Strategies for Industry 4.0: During and Beyond Covid-19” is a thought provoking book composed of original and previously unpublished chapters, which tries to shed light on the ways of the worldwide business environment.
The fourth stage of Industry Revolution called Industry 4.0 started a decade ago. Private
companies and eve...
“Emerging Trends and Strategies for Industry 4.0: During and Beyond Covid-19” is a thought provoking book composed of original and previously unpublished chapters, which tries to shed light on the ways of the worldwide business environment. The fourth stage of Industry Revolution called Industry 4.0 started a decade ago. Private companies and even...
This study is designed to investigate perceptions of teachers and students about caring behavior of teachers. The purpose of the study is to gain better understanding about factors that play a role in the development of teachers’ caring behavior and teacher-student caring relationship. A scale employed by King and Chan (2011) has been adapted for t...
This book attempts to portray philosophy and its impact and implications on the 21st century learner mainly from Islamic and Western, and secondarily from Christian and Eastern perspectives. It follows the basic premise of this volume, stating that individuals cannot eagerly arrive at their destination unless a vivid enlightenment of knowing the de...
Comparative education is a comparatively new area in the field of education. In the recent decades, it has caught the attention of policy makers, educationists,
researchers and scholars in many parts of the world. Realizing the importance of learning lessons from other countries and systems, many countries especially those with the research and dev...
This study investigates the level of social interaction, its determinants and influence on the instructors' motivation and work efficiency in an online university in Pakistan. Exploratory case study design has been used for this purpose. Data was gathered through participant observations and one-to-one interviews. Ten interviews were conducted from...
Shadow education stands for those for-profit activities which are to improve students' academic learning in school-taught subjects. Shadow teaching is a subcategory of shadow education which stands for paid private supplementary tutoring. It is assumed that such activities cause disparities as those students who do not receive them, might be a disa...
The present study investigated the need of digital technologies for the distance learners of AIOU (Allama Iqbal Open University), and the challenges in its implementation. Within mixed-method approach, an explanatory sequential design was employed to conduct this study. Quantitative data was collected through questionnaires from 963 students to fin...
Leader and leadership are two of the most widely used terms in education and management science research. As a result of their wide use, they have been defined by different researchers and scholars. Because of varied cultural, historical and academic backgrounds of those researchers, these terms have been defined differently. Some of those definiti...
Using 696 questionnaires from grade 12 students from four senior secondary schools in Beijing, this study investigates the types, cost, determinants and disparities caused by shadow education from the perspectives of the students. The paper investigates disparity through the parameters of 'actual disparity'. Unlike disparity which focuses on number...
Gatherings data via 202 questionnaires and 13 in-depth interviews with the students and teachers from a Chinese university in Beijing, this paper investigates Chinese students' lack of oral involvement in the university classes. The findings suggest that their reticence is mostly due to the traditional Chinese beliefs and culture, students' previou...
Shadow education stands for those activities which are designed to improve students' academic learning in examinable subjects taught in a formal school. This paper looks at the historical development of the term, and how it has been defined differently by different researchers. The paper challenges different definitions and conceptualizations about...
The current research investigates the notion that Chinese students are orally less involved in the classroom as compared to international students. Most of the previous research on this topic focuses on the Chinese students in English language classes or those studying in other countries where the language barrier and foreign culture might influenc...
Education system in Pakistan is complex. Unlike most of the other education systems in the world which can easily be divided on the basis of urban and rural, or public and private; Pakistan also has parallel education systems with their own distinctive, sometimes contrasting curriculum, teaching methodologies, examination systems, education culture...
The influence of religion, especially Islam upon gender disparity has been debated for long. Some scholars have cited some of the Islamic values as the cause of high percentage of gender disparity in the Islamic countries, whereas other scholars attribute it more to other factors. Using secondary source data, this paper tries to analyze if gender d...
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In APA 7th manual, three authors are treated like two authors during in-text citation (names of all authors and year like Wilson, John, & Ken, 2010) or like four authors (first author and et al. from the first in-text citation)? I have not got my copy of 7th ed yet, and information on net is mixed.
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