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Dr. Nauman A. Abdullah

Dr. Nauman A. Abdullah

Assistant Professor
Department: Education
Email: nauman.abdullah@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Educational Administration, Program Evaluation, Open & Distributed Learning, Social Issues in Education, Technology in Education, Faculty Development.
Office Location: Syed Babar Ali Department of Education, GC University Lahore
Contact Number: +92-322-8006591
Biography

I have been associated with the field of Education for over a decade. I have experience in teaching, administration, and research at different top institutions in Pakistan. Research papers are published in reputable international and national peer-reviewed journals.

Education
2020  PhD in Education, Institute Of Education And Research, University Of The Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
2014  MS/MPhil in Educational Administration, Institute Of Education And Research, University Of The Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
2012  Masters in Business Education, Institute Of Education And Research, University Of The Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

Teaching Areas

Educational Administration and Leadership, Educational Technology, Research in Education
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Oct 2023 Continue Assistant Professor Syed Babar Ali Department Of Education, GC University Lahore
Mar 2021 Oct 2023 Assistant Professor Department Of Education, Virtual University Of Pakistan
Mar 2019 Mar 2021 Lecturer Department Of Education, Virtual University Of Pakistan
Oct 2016 Mar 2019 Instructor Department Of Education, Virtual University Of Pakistan
Dec 2014 Sep 2016 Lecturer Department Of Education, University Of Gujrat (Lahore Sub-campus)

Journal Papers

Masood, C., Abdullah, N. A., & Umair, M (2025). "Comparison of Educational Indicators of Pakistan, Japan, and Australia.." Journal of Social Signs Review, 3 (8), 212-223. DOI: https://socialsignsreivew.com/index.php/12/article/view/352
Umair, M. & Abdullah, N. A. (2025). "Diversified media landscape in rural and urbanized communities in Pakistan.." Journal of Media Horizons, 6 (2), 1146-1159. DOI: https://thejmh.org/index.php/journal/article/view/338
Amin, H., Abdullah, N. A., & Amin, S. (2025). "Moderating effect of AI learning behavior on AI awareness and AI anxiety of prospective teachers in ODL environment." Hamdard Educus, 4 (1), 1-16. DOI: https://hamdardeducus.com/index.php/he/article/view/66
Shah, S. S., & Abdullah, N. A. (2024). "Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Pakistan: An exploration of issues, challenges and solutions." Journal of Social Sciences, 15 (1), 34-49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30971/jecce.v8i2.2396
Shah, S. S., Abdullah, N.A., Ali, S. (2024). "Exploring the role of play in the Holistic development of children in perspectives of ECE Teachers.." Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education, 8 (2), 1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30971/jecce.v8i2.2396
Bhatti, N. & Abdullah, N. A. (2024). "Teachers’ and students’ perception of effectiveness of English textbook grade VIII in Public Schools in Pakistan in digital era." Discover Education, 3 (1), 1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-024-00094-x
Abdullah, N. A. (2022). "Analyzing the role of UK aid in school Education in Pakistan." Bulletin of Education and Research, 44 (2), 51-69. DOI: http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/ier/PDF-FILES/4_44_2_22.pdf [Link]
Din, K-U., Abbas, M., Abdullah, N. A. (2022). "Factors affecting university students’ motivation in conducting research thesis: a case study of Karakorum International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.." Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 22 (3), . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2022.2121780
Ahmad, S., Batool, A., & Abdullah, N. A. (2022). "Measuring positive psychological capital: scale construction and validation by structural equating modeling." Pakistan Journal of Educational Research, 5 (1), 1-16. DOI: https://pjer.org/index.php/pjer/article/view/429
Ahmad, S., & Batool, A., & Abdullah, N. A. (2022). "Perceived servant leadership style of principals correlates with job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Pakistan.." International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 11 (1), 62-88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17583/ijelm.9169
Ahmad, S., & Batool, A., & Abdullah, N. A (2022). "Perceptions of distance learners towards importance of English language: A case of Virtual University of Pakistan." International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Control, 14 (1), 113-120. DOI: https://www.mukpublications.com/resources/IJCIC%20V14%20-1-10-2022.pdf
Abdullah, N. A. & Afzal, I (2022). "Role of WhatsApp in teaching and learning process in schools in Pakistan.." Journal of Educators Online, 19 (3), 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9743/JEO.2022.19.3.1
Abdullah, N. A. (2021). "Developing a Scale to Measure Competencies of Online Teachers." The Journal of Educational Paradigms, 3 (2), 177-181. DOI: Doi: 10.47609/0302022021
Abdullah, N. A., Malik, A. M. & Batool, K (2021). "Level of Awareness of Women Protection Laws among Public and Private University Teachers in Lahore (Pakistan).." Journal of Educational Sciences and Research, 8 (2), 1-14. DOI: https://jesar.su.edu.pk/uploads/journals/Article_120.pdf
Ahmad, S., Batool, A., & Abdullah, N. A. (2021). "Psychological strain of Covid-19 and its effect on students learning." Journal of Research Society of Pakistan, 58 (4), 125-132. DOI: http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/history/PDF-FILES/15_58_4_21.pdf
Umair, M., & Abdullah, N. A. (2021). "Significance of media landscape in raising various social issues in urban areas of Lahore." Journal of Humanities, Social and Management Sciences, 2 (2), 188-199. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47264/idea.jhsms/2.2.14
Abdullah, N. A. (2020). "A comparative study of classroom management strategies employed by public and private School English language teachers.." Journal of Education and Educational Development, 7 (1), 71-86. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22555/joeed.v7i1.2642
Abdullah, N. A., & Ashraf, M. (2020). "Comparative study of factors influencing the choice in Area of specialization among management and social science students at university level." Journal of Managerial Sciences, 14 (1), 65-75. DOI: https://qurtuba.edu.pk/jms/default_files/JMS/14_1/14_1_7.pdf
Abdullah, N. A., Jabeen, S., & Akhtar, M. S (2020). "Evaluation of ilm ideas phase I programme of UK aid for Education in Pakistan.." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 7 (2), 101-115. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46662/jass-vol7-iss2-2020(101-115)
Abdullah, N. A. & Mirza, M. S. (2020). "Evaluation of teaching practice of pre-service online and distance education students in Pakistan." International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21 (2), 81-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v21i2.4606 | Impact Factor: 1.734
Abdullah, N. A., Chaudhry, A. Q., & Javaid, A. (2020). "Psychological Capital Development in Street Children through Education at Child Protection & Welfare Bureau, Lahore." Journal of Elementary Education, 30 (2), 155-171. DOI: http://journals.pu.edu.pk/journals/index.php/jee/article/view/2600
Abdullah, N. A. (2020). "State of Education in Pakistan: An analytical review of basic Education indicators.." New Horizons, 14 (1), 1-14. DOI: http://greenwichjournals.com/index.php/NH/article/view/252
Abdullah, N. A., & Akhtar, M. M. S (2020). "Teachers’ organizational citizenship behaviour in Pakistan: An inter-university comparison.." Journal of Business Strategies, 14 (1), 1-16. DOI: https://www.greenwich.edu.pk/images/PDFs/BSJ/BS_V14_N1.pdf
Abdullah, N. A., & Akhtar, M. M. S. (2019). "Contributions of major foreign aid agencies to Education in Pakistan." Paradigms, 13 (2), 33-40. [Link]

Book Chapters

Abdullah, N. A (2023). Open Online Courses in Pakistan- Current Practices and What Needs to be done?, . in Massive Open Online Courses - Current Practice and Future Trends S. Goundar Intech Open. ISBN: 9781837695225
Abdullah, N. A. & Umair, M. (2022). Online microteaching as replacement of practice teaching for pre-service teacher education students in Pakistan- A digital Innovation., . in Strategic advantage through innovation Harjeet Kaur and Harpeet Singh Weser Books. ISBN: 9783964923967
Umair, M., & Abdullah, N. A. (2022). Role of education on women empowerment in Pakistan., . in Women Empowerment in Modern Perspective (pp.31-38). National Press Associates. ISBN: 9789390863631
Abdullah, N. A. (2020). Pre-service Teacher Education in Covid-19 - Online Education Options in Pakistan?, . in The Impact of COVID-19 on the International Education System Proud Pen. ISBN: 9781838152406

Conference Papers

9th International Conference in Research in Education (ICore). (2021), Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab.. Lahore, Pakistan. Abdullah, N. A.. , Paper: "Role of UK aid in school Education in Pakistan"
33rd Annual conference of Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU). (2019), Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU).. Lahore, Pakistan. Abdullah, N. A. & Mirza, M. S.. , Paper: "Evaluation of teaching practice of pre-service online and distance Education students in Pakistan"
4th International E-learning and Distance Education Conference (ELDEC). (2017), University of Education and Virtual University of Pakistan. UE, Lahore, Pakistan. Abdullah, N. A. & Mirza, M. S.. , Paper: "Entry qualifications of students as predictor of academic performance in various degree programs."

Projects

Title Role Funded by Amount Year Status
Whether distance learning/ online model feasible in PEF partner schools at the secondary and higher secondary level? Principal Investigator Punjab Education Foundation 100000.00 2025 Completed
Comparative study of media Landscape in rural and urban cities of Pakistan: A case study of Bahawalpur and Lahore City Co-Principal Investigator HEC SSRGP 619270.00 2022 Completed
Developing a Competency based Program for Preparing Effective Online Teachers Principal Investigator ORIC VU 166049.00 2022 Completed
Extremism in Education in Pakistan: A Stakeholders’ Opinion Co-Principal Investigator ORIC VU 44500.00 2018 Completed
Job Satisfaction of University Teachers in Punjab Research Associate University of the Punjab, Internal funding 200000.00 2015 Completed

Thesis/Research Supervisions

Abdul Malik (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Post-Accreditation Performance of Public Sector Teacher Training Institutions (TTIS): A case of Quetta in Balochistan" (Completed)
Komal Batool (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Awareness of Women Protection Laws at Workplace among University Teachers" (Completed)
Amtul Javaid (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Psychological Capital Development through Education in Street Children at Child Protection & Welfare Bureau" (Completed)
Tuiyba Ijaz (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "A Case Study on the Quality of Education on Trust School in Lahore" (Completed)
Majida Khatoon (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Factors causing Absenteeism among Secondary Level Students at Lahore" (Completed)
Nargis Bhatti (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Investigation of Factors that Affect Students’ Failure in Quality of Academic Performance in Public Sector Schools" (Completed)
Mamoona Ashraf (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Factors Affecting the Selection of Area of Specialization by University Students in HEC recognized Universities" (Completed)
Abdalla Salad Hash (2024), Master. Thesis: "The Effects Of Primary Education Policy on The Development of Galmudug Primary Education" (Completed)
Abdi Hussein Adan (2024), Master. Thesis: "Education Policy Reforms Postcolonial Period in Somalia" (Completed)
Nimco Ahmed Farah (2023), Master. Thesis: "The Impact of Early Childhood Education on The Students’ Performance: The Case of Primary Schools in Mogadishu" (Completed)
Hussein Muse Shirawe (2023), Master. Thesis: "The Role of Assessment Techniques in Improving Teaching-Learning Process in Primary Schools in Shibis District, Mogadishu-Somalia" (Completed)
Said Yusuf Mohammed (2023), Master. Thesis: "Factors Affecting The Implementation of Education Sector Strategic Plans in Private Secondary Schools at Hodan District Banadir Region" (Completed)