The effects of shyness at high school level in teaching and learning process

Shyness is an important social and religious value in Pakistan. Haya () is the word being used for shyness in Urdu, Persian and Arabic language. Jhijhak() and sharam () are words translated in Urdu which mean hesitation and shyness in English respectively. In Western world, shyness is taken totally as a negative personality trait. In Islam, there are two different perpectives of shyness i.e. social and academic. There are many clear commandments in Islam to describe the importance of shyness in social perspective. In teaching and learning, Islam has never ordered to shy but unfortunately it is totally misunderstood in our society. The aim of the study was to identify the effects of shyness due to misunderstanding in teaching and learning process. The pupose of the study was to highlight the bad impacts of shyness which is misundestood but socially accepted value. The study highlighted the bad impacts of shyness on students’ personality as well as on teaching and learning process. The study will also assist teachers in understanding and coping shyness in high school enviroment.