COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

  The behavior of the child soon after birth cannot be defined as mental. Gradually the mental abilities and capacities of the child are developed and he picks up various sensations such as new relations, recognizing details and differences, followed by the...

INSPIRING IDEAS -FROM DR. RADHAKRISHNAN

INSPIRING IDEAS –   FROM Dr. R. RADHAKRISHNAN   It is increasingly recognized that a balanced view of education should be developed. In addition to intellectual training, imagination should be fostered and emotions refined. The inquisitive mind and the...

CHILD NATURE

The human organism is a composite entity. It comprises physical, psychological and social aspects. Bone, muscles and nerves belong to the physical aspect. Intellect, emotions, attitudes, needs, desires, love hate etc. belong to the psychological and social aspects. In...

NATIONAL INTEGRATION – A GREAT CHALLENGE

“We should become parochial, narrow-minded, provincial, communal and caste-minded, because we have a great mission to perform. Let us, the citizens of the Republic of India, stand up straight, with straight backs and look up at the skies, keeping our feet firmly...

PSYCHOLOGY OF SOCIAL STUDIES

Educational aims are two- fold, individual aim, and social aim. The whole paraphernalia of education with its curriculum, methods and techniques of teaching, and evaluation should promote intellectual powers of the individual and foster ‘socially desirable...

QUIET CRISIS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Education is the most promising answer to many problems such as poverty, hunger, inequality and oppression for future generation of children. Education changes the level of an individual forever and makes the person economically independent. Moreover, education also...

MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE

It is high time that we concentrate on several aspects of the problem of securing mass involvement in the process of change that is now taking place in India. It is necessary to understand the meaning of these changes and equip them to meet their demands. Change is...

INCULCATING READING HABITS IN CHILDREN

A casual observation of pupils shows that pupils between 10 and 19 years of age have greater desire to read more and more books. Unfortunately, most of the materials available to them have been drawn from stories of crime, violence, cheap magazine articles, and lurid...