GAPS IN TEACHER EDUCATION - MODELS FOR BRANDING AND SUCCESS

It is rightly said, “The destiny of a country is shaped in its classrooms”. Teachers are the back bone of any education system and under their care the future of the country is shaped. The present paper is an attempt to study the successful teacher training models globally, analyze & reflect on the gaps in teacher training models in India and recommend the teacher training models to train “teachers by choice”. The recommendations of different committees and commissions set up for Education by Government of India and UNESCO will be reviewed and analyzed. The paper also covers the Comparison of Business and Educational Management, methodology and curriculum content which can be adapted from other professional training models like medicine, engineering, law etc. The paper discusses at length the strategies to attract the best minds into teaching, giving a professional touch to teacher training and branding.

By Shailendra Gupta

Keywords: Teacher Education, Branding, Success, Models, Models for Branding and Success 

(Full article is published in Voice of Research-An International Journal)

TEACHING COMPETENCY AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS: A STUDY

One of the major goals of Education is to develop students who are capable of and dedicated to life time learning. This means helping them to understand their goals, needs, interest and problems and the ways of solving them. The teachers become the guides philosophers and counselors. They guide the students to formulate their goals and how to achieve them. The main objective of education is to help the student develop those qualities and abilities that will serve him and the community. Teacher acts as an important formative force in the development of society. It is only a competent teacher who can in some measure be worthy of the trust that is placed on him by society. Therefore it is no doubt to say the teachers of present day have no interest in their profession. The most important points is the lack of recognition of the teachers in the society compared to the doctors, lawyers, police or any other Government servants.  Job satisfaction refers to a person’s feeling of satisfaction with the job, which acts as a motivation to work. Here, it is not merely satisfaction, happiness or self- contentment, but it is always in relation to the job. Job satisfaction is necessarily one “on the job.”

By S. K. Panneer Selvam

Key words: Teacher’s Competent- Teaching Experience-Job Satisfaction- Teaching Competency.

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DEVELOPING FIELD WORK COMPONENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING

In the psychology field work have immense importance. A field experiment applies the scientific method to experimentally examine an intervention in the real world rather than in the laboratory. The use of experiments in the lab and the field has a long history in the natural and life sciences. Social psychology has a history of field experiments, including work by pioneering figures Philip Zimbardo, Kurt Lewin and Stanley Milgram. This paper examines various psychology field work components useful for developing curriculum for lifelong learning. As well as paper also emphasizes the need for hands-on reflective experiences for deeper understanding of the complexities of human behaviour. The benefits, advantages and limitations of undergoing field study by learners are also discussed.

By Nilesh Thakre

Keywords: field experiments, psychology, lifelong learning

PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN CHILD’S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AT ELEMENTARY STAGE OF EDUCATION

Parental involvement in child’s environmental education has been a topic of interest among those concerned with optimal developmental and educational outcomes for preschool and elementary school children. The study describes, the correlates and forms of parental involvement, as well as teacher and school influences on involvement, has been an important part of the current effort to understand why parents choose to become involved and why their involvement often functions to create positive outcomes for their children. This research focused on parents perspectives on involvement. Recommendations for policy and practice are necessarily focused on parents and on school interaction with parents. If parents come to the school-family relationship with strong to moderate standing in both areas, they will likely find through parent-initiated interactions with schools ways to be effectively involved in their children’s environmental education. And the need for environmental education is today recognized by every reasonable adult. 

By Asha Thokchom

Keywords: Parents, Environment, Education, Correlates, Involvement.

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PERSONALITY FACTORS HARRIA VS. PREMSIA: A STUDY IN RELATION TO SOCIO - ECONOMIC STATUS AND TYPES OF CHILDREN

The present study was conducted to explore the development of personality factors harria vs.  premsia among handicapped and non-handicapped children of various socio- economic status on children ranging between 8 to 12 years of age. Children personality questionnaire (1972) constructed and standarized by Potter and Cattell 1972 and socio-economic scale constructed and standardized by Bharadwaj 2006 were used to measure the Harria vs. Premsia personality factor and socio-economic status of the children. It was revealed that spastic and blind children possess more harria than normal children. In addition to it, socio-economic status doesn't affect this factor and no interaction exists between handicappedness and socio-economic status while affecting the harria vs. Premsia personality factor.

By Ritu Aggarwal

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COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGY AND GROUP COHESIVENESS

The Indian society including the present educational system is mainly based on competition. This scenario is also found in the system of teacher education. If the prospective teachers need to be productive and efficient collaborator, then the same need to be ingrained at the stage of the pre service education In order to improve collaboration the factors affecting teamwork must be examined to identify. One factor contributing to teamwork is group cohesiveness. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Cooperative Learning Strategy on group cohesiveness. Subjects (N=84) were randomly placed into two groups. The experimental group was subjected to intervention using a Training Package on Cooperative Learning Strategy of fifty hours duration and Post test was administered to both the groups after completion of the intervention. The results of posttest of both the groups were compared to determine the effect on group cohesiveness. 

By Usha Borkar, Madhura Kesarkar

Key Words: Cooperative Learning Strategy, Group Cohesiveness, Student teachers, Teacher Education, Training Package

PERCEPTION OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS TOWARDS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Adolescence is a crucial period of life, since dramatic physiological and psychological changes take place at this age. Likewise, lifestyle and healthy/ unhealthy behaviour are established during these years may influence adult behaviour and health status. Hence this study was taken to collect information on perception of adolescent girls towards physical activity with objectives such as To assess the perception of the adolescent girls with regard to physical activity, the attitude of the adolescent girls with regard to physical fitness and the physical activity level of the adolescent girls.

Survey method and questionnaire was the tool used. Sample consisting of 120 adolescent girls were selected through purposive random sampling technique. A Likert scale was used in the questionnaire to assess the perception on physical fitness, Barriers and benefits of physical activity among adolescent girls. The data revealed that higher percentage of the respondents fall under light active physical activity level. Most of the respondents had some barriers to engage in the physical activities.

Higher percent of the adolescent girls agreed that physical activity enhance concentration, sense of achievement, increased flexibility, self esteem, confidence and feeling physically good, stress relief and relaxation. Further 44.2 percent remained neutral for pride as a perceived benefit of physical activity.

Perception on physical fitness by adolescent girls varied from low to moderate.

Key words: Adolescent, Physical activity, Physical activity Level, Health

By. Mamatha, B

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EMPLOYMENT TRENDS IN INDIA-1983 TO 2009-10

This paper is principally focused on the employment trends in India during 1983-2010 with a focus on the latest employment figure from NSS, 2009-10. The results indicate that Work Participation Rate has declined for all segments of population except rural male, particularly in 2009-10. Among the industrial distribution, agriculture and manufacturing made negative contributions to the increase in employment, whereas construction played the dominant role followed by finance, insurance and real estate and business services and electricity, gas and water sector. The proportion of both male and female in both the areas engaged in the agricultural activities gradually fell. On the other hand, there has been an increase in the proportion of both male and female engaged in industrial and services sector. In terms of status of employment, SE group has declined with the increasing share of CL and RW employment where the CL benefited most of it.

By Deepak Kumar Vivek Bhatt 

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EFFECT OF RELIGIOUS FASTING OVER HEALTH OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY (URBAN AND RURAL)

The present study was undertaken to identify the effect of religious fasting on health of women in urban and rural society. Fasting means absolute abstention from taking any kind of food for a definite period with a view to give rest to the different organs of the body and their processes, thereby helping them to get cleaned. Waste products and impurities which can show seeds of disease in the human body can be removed in simplest, easiest and most natural way through means of fasting. In other words fasting have several health benefits including increasing insulin sensitivity, stress resistance, reduced morbidity and increase in life span. The present study was conducted on hundred respondents of Sonbhadra district of which fifty respondents were from rural population and fifty were from urban population The data was collected by a pretested and predesigned questionnaire-cum interview schedule method .The study revealed that the rural population follow more rigid fasting pattern than urban population without taking any food sometimes even water which is not true for health. Restricted food and meals during twenty four and twelve hour fasting cause weakness, headache, flatulence, acidity and constipation more in rural women than urban women. The study shows that although rural women fast strictly on the fasting day but on the day next to fasting they take extra or compensatory diet to overcome the weakness whereas in urban population a less per cent (fourteen) does the same, because they were liberal in food intake during fasting.

Key words- fasting, health benefits, complications, flatulence.

By Richa Singh and Sunita Singh

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ENCOURAGEMENT OF POSITIVE EMOTIONS AMONG HANDICAPPED AND NONHANDICAPPED CHILDREN OF DIVERSIFIED SOCIO- ECONOMIC LEVELS

The present study was conducted to study the encouragement of positive emotions amongst blind,spastic, normal of different socio-economic status by implying a 3x3 two factor factorial design. The elements of the sample were 600 out of which 270 elements were selected as the final sample as per requirement of the research paradigm. Two standardized tests ; the emotional competence scale (2007) and socio-economic status scale (2006) constructed and standardized by Sharma and Bhardwaj and Bhardwaj were used for the collection of data. It may be concluded that encouragement of positive emotions have been found more in spastic children high socio-economic status in comparison to both the normal and blind children of same status. Both the normal and blind children of low socio-economic status also have more positive emotions as compared to spastic ones of low socio-economic status.

By Dr. Ritu Agrawal 

(Full article is published in Voice of Research-An International Journal)