ELECTRONIC GADGETS FOR JOYFUL LEARNING
Dr.S.Malaikkani
Education plays a vital role in today’s modern society and it has become a big business and the students are the customers and pay authorities. They expect joyful learning both in the classroom and out of the classroom. The Kothari Commission Report on Education observes that “ The supply of teaching aids to every school is essential for the improvement of the quality of teaching. It would indeed bring about a revolution in education”. In spite of applying all the electronic gadgets to all the educational institutions, the standard of education had not improved. Today the stress is on learning
rather than teaching. Most pf these gadgets are available in the students’ homes. They utilize these gadgets only for entertainment. There should a paradigm shift in the minds of the teachers to guide their wards to make use of these gadgets in their learning.
The Microsoft Giant, Bill Gates once observed that
“The Single most important use of information technology is to improve education.” Unfortunately in India all the electronic gadgets are not used properly in their learning. A Lot of research should be carried out towards the better use of the electronic gadgets like Radio, Television, Tech and Computer. The present paper deals with some innovative uses of these gadgets by the students in their learning.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Plagiarism in Research
STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF RESEARCH IN HIGHER
EDUCATION
Quality of higher education depends on the latest research trend in the universities and colleges. The research in higher education is drastically going down and it has to be arrested immediately. Indian higher education is growing quantitatively rather than qualitatively. The human resource minister ina recent conference of Indian University Vice chancellors made a sharp comment. He observed that “Higher Education has become a sick child”. This statement was not refuted by anyone of the Vice chancellors present there and they silently acknowledged it. Another shocking news is that none of our universities has been included in the top two hundred universities of the world. Yet another bitter truth is that the MNCs ( Multi-national Companies), the foreign job opportunities providing agencies in India demand world class quality from our students.
These MNCs are ready to provide jobs for all the Indian graduates and postgraduates but the pity is that they find only ten percent of them are employable. This is a deplorable condition and the falling of standard of Indian Education system has to be arrested immediately.
Our education system from LKG to University should undergo a sea-change. The solution for these problems lies in the findings of the latest research. Our research guides and scholars should change their mind set and try to find solutions for all the ills at various levels of the present education system.
The first sickness to be eradicated is the prevailing trend to plagiarize theses. Plagiarism has become a plague eating away the pith of the higher education. It has to be found out and condemned and punished severely.
EDUCATION
Quality of higher education depends on the latest research trend in the universities and colleges. The research in higher education is drastically going down and it has to be arrested immediately. Indian higher education is growing quantitatively rather than qualitatively. The human resource minister ina recent conference of Indian University Vice chancellors made a sharp comment. He observed that “Higher Education has become a sick child”. This statement was not refuted by anyone of the Vice chancellors present there and they silently acknowledged it. Another shocking news is that none of our universities has been included in the top two hundred universities of the world. Yet another bitter truth is that the MNCs ( Multi-national Companies), the foreign job opportunities providing agencies in India demand world class quality from our students.
These MNCs are ready to provide jobs for all the Indian graduates and postgraduates but the pity is that they find only ten percent of them are employable. This is a deplorable condition and the falling of standard of Indian Education system has to be arrested immediately.
Our education system from LKG to University should undergo a sea-change. The solution for these problems lies in the findings of the latest research. Our research guides and scholars should change their mind set and try to find solutions for all the ills at various levels of the present education system.
The first sickness to be eradicated is the prevailing trend to plagiarize theses. Plagiarism has become a plague eating away the pith of the higher education. It has to be found out and condemned and punished severely.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Exam Techniques
EXAM TECHNIQUES
All students harbour exam phobia in their hearts and it is due to wrong study habits. Normally students read books or notes and it will not help them to retain the learnt materials int heir memory. Group Discussion, going through model question papers,
Note-making, quick drawing of pictures, use of memory techniques and developing
Good Handwriting are some of the basic ideas students should have in their minds. All the students should be aware of their Mark Scoring Curve. That means the students’ marks should not go down in their exams. Poor HM will heavily bring your marks down.
Good handwriting: some students regret that their HM is very poor and it cannot be improved. This is WRONG notion and anybody’s HM can be improved at any time. Only thing is that they should not write more than five words in a line. The letters should be bold enough to read without any difficulty.
Time Management in the exam hall is another important factor. Many students how to manage their time in the exam hall. To overcome this problem divide the time by marks and find out how many minutes you can use for one mark. Suppose you have write for 100 marks and the allotted for you is 3 hours, you have 1.8 minutes per mark. If you answer a big question of ten marks you cannot write the answer for the question for more than 1.8 minutes. If you write the answer for 20 minutes for the same question, you cannot answer the other questions.
The next most important factor is the facing the answer paper. Most of the students keep their note books not facing them. They should face the answer paper and read the answers while they write. When the students read their own answers, they can correct their careless errors and rectify them. This will help the students to score 5 to 10 marks extra in each paper. This will provide the students with mind-hand coordination.
Underline the key words
Try to please the examiner and write neatly and legibly.
Use separate sheet for rough work.
Don’t write anything on the question paper.
Write the question numbers correctly.
Don’t write excess questions and repeat any question again.
When you commit errors strike them out neatly.
Diagrams should be drawn wherever possible.
Show your creativity and originality.
Read the instructions in the question paper carefully and strictly adhere to them.
At the higher education level group learning based on the syllabus will yield fruitful results.
As soon as you receive the question paper, read it carefylly and without stress.
Answer all the questions without leaving out anything.
Don’t indulge in malpractice.
Don’t try to help your neighbors.
While preparing for the exam, expect the unexpected.
Language teachers are carried by good handwriting.
In all papers avoid spelling and grammatical errors.
To score good marks, write apt quotations in your answers.
Provide more examples.
Show your creativity by writing how the theory part can be useful in a practical way.
All students harbour exam phobia in their hearts and it is due to wrong study habits. Normally students read books or notes and it will not help them to retain the learnt materials int heir memory. Group Discussion, going through model question papers,
Note-making, quick drawing of pictures, use of memory techniques and developing
Good Handwriting are some of the basic ideas students should have in their minds. All the students should be aware of their Mark Scoring Curve. That means the students’ marks should not go down in their exams. Poor HM will heavily bring your marks down.
Good handwriting: some students regret that their HM is very poor and it cannot be improved. This is WRONG notion and anybody’s HM can be improved at any time. Only thing is that they should not write more than five words in a line. The letters should be bold enough to read without any difficulty.
Time Management in the exam hall is another important factor. Many students how to manage their time in the exam hall. To overcome this problem divide the time by marks and find out how many minutes you can use for one mark. Suppose you have write for 100 marks and the allotted for you is 3 hours, you have 1.8 minutes per mark. If you answer a big question of ten marks you cannot write the answer for the question for more than 1.8 minutes. If you write the answer for 20 minutes for the same question, you cannot answer the other questions.
The next most important factor is the facing the answer paper. Most of the students keep their note books not facing them. They should face the answer paper and read the answers while they write. When the students read their own answers, they can correct their careless errors and rectify them. This will help the students to score 5 to 10 marks extra in each paper. This will provide the students with mind-hand coordination.
Underline the key words
Try to please the examiner and write neatly and legibly.
Use separate sheet for rough work.
Don’t write anything on the question paper.
Write the question numbers correctly.
Don’t write excess questions and repeat any question again.
When you commit errors strike them out neatly.
Diagrams should be drawn wherever possible.
Show your creativity and originality.
Read the instructions in the question paper carefully and strictly adhere to them.
At the higher education level group learning based on the syllabus will yield fruitful results.
As soon as you receive the question paper, read it carefylly and without stress.
Answer all the questions without leaving out anything.
Don’t indulge in malpractice.
Don’t try to help your neighbors.
While preparing for the exam, expect the unexpected.
Language teachers are carried by good handwriting.
In all papers avoid spelling and grammatical errors.
To score good marks, write apt quotations in your answers.
Provide more examples.
Show your creativity by writing how the theory part can be useful in a practical way.
Key word method in Teaching
Indian class rooms are overcrowded and even the most experienced teachers find it very difficult to control it. This is true for all the teachers irrespective of the level of teaching. The teachers should know the psychology of their children and know how to motivate them in the right way.
Their mastery of the subjects or their training in B.Ed or D.T.Ed will not help them to overcome this mess in the class. They have to know the learning strategies and teach
them to their students. This will motivate them positively and silence them to learn the materials in the class room itself.
The standard of education has been going down. A number of researchers has been undertaken to find out the cause and eradicate it. Nevertheless the quality of Indian Education does not improve in any way. The college teachers pass the bug on the school teachers and the school teachers blame the parents for the students’ poor learning.
Further the teachers scold the students for their poor performance and them to bring their parents and make complaints about their children for not learning properly. Even some teachers tease their students and ask them to go out of the class rooms.
The latest trend in teaching is embedding learning techniques in teaching. The teachers should master the learning strategies first and based that they should teach and this help the students to learn every thing in the class room itself. Another method is the key word method. The teacher should take notes and before starting teaching he should write the key words on the blackboard and then ask the students to memorize the key points in the classroom itself. This will lead to joyful learning among students.
Their mastery of the subjects or their training in B.Ed or D.T.Ed will not help them to overcome this mess in the class. They have to know the learning strategies and teach
them to their students. This will motivate them positively and silence them to learn the materials in the class room itself.
The standard of education has been going down. A number of researchers has been undertaken to find out the cause and eradicate it. Nevertheless the quality of Indian Education does not improve in any way. The college teachers pass the bug on the school teachers and the school teachers blame the parents for the students’ poor learning.
Further the teachers scold the students for their poor performance and them to bring their parents and make complaints about their children for not learning properly. Even some teachers tease their students and ask them to go out of the class rooms.
The latest trend in teaching is embedding learning techniques in teaching. The teachers should master the learning strategies first and based that they should teach and this help the students to learn every thing in the class room itself. Another method is the key word method. The teacher should take notes and before starting teaching he should write the key words on the blackboard and then ask the students to memorize the key points in the classroom itself. This will lead to joyful learning among students.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
A FEW SELF-TESTING QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS
A FEW SELF-TESTING QUESTIONS FOR STUDENTS
By Dr. S.Malaikkani
1. What is learning? 2 .What is rote-learning? 3. What is self-learning? 4. What are the basic skills of learning? 5. What is your learning style? 6. What is joyful learning?
7. What is the self-learning formula? 8. What is speed learning? 9. What is tearful learning? 10. What is creativity in learning? 11. How do you make your text books learner-friendly? 12. Do you like to improve your handwriting? 13. What are reference skills? 14. Who is the best learner? 15. What is group learning? 16. What is the Royal Road to learning? 17. How can you learn all the materials in the class room itself? 18. What is life-long learning? 19. What is LTM in learning? 20. What is the final goal of education? What is the best self learning technique?
21. What is motivation? 22. What are the two types of motivation? 23. What is time management in the class room? 24. What is the secret of time management? 25. How do you manage your studies outside the classroom? 26 Do you know how to use electronic gadgets in your learning?
27. What are memory techniques? 28. Do you like to improve your memory power? 29. What is the concentration power of the human brain? 30. What is memory technique based learning? What is the unique memory technique? What is the power of your brain?
31. What is the higher order function of the brain? 32. Do you have the habit of thinking continuously? 33. What is brainstorming? 34. Have you learnt to think like a scientist?
35. What is originality in thinking? 36. What is creativity? 37. Do you know how to
produce new working models? 38. Do you engage yourselves in doing experiments?
39. What is innovation? 40. What is the difference between invention and discovery?
41. What is serendipity? 42. What are the different types of thinking? 43. Have heard of the young scientist award? 44. How do you use your learning to improve your life?
45. How will you improve your Spoken English? 46. Do you know how to use a good dictionary? 47 Which English is important, Spoken English, or Technical English?
48. What is a thesaurus? 49. Do you have a good collection of books? 50. What is life time achievement? 51. What are soft skills/key skills/life skills? 52. What is mark-scoring graph?
By Dr. S.Malaikkani
1. What is learning? 2 .What is rote-learning? 3. What is self-learning? 4. What are the basic skills of learning? 5. What is your learning style? 6. What is joyful learning?
7. What is the self-learning formula? 8. What is speed learning? 9. What is tearful learning? 10. What is creativity in learning? 11. How do you make your text books learner-friendly? 12. Do you like to improve your handwriting? 13. What are reference skills? 14. Who is the best learner? 15. What is group learning? 16. What is the Royal Road to learning? 17. How can you learn all the materials in the class room itself? 18. What is life-long learning? 19. What is LTM in learning? 20. What is the final goal of education? What is the best self learning technique?
21. What is motivation? 22. What are the two types of motivation? 23. What is time management in the class room? 24. What is the secret of time management? 25. How do you manage your studies outside the classroom? 26 Do you know how to use electronic gadgets in your learning?
27. What are memory techniques? 28. Do you like to improve your memory power? 29. What is the concentration power of the human brain? 30. What is memory technique based learning? What is the unique memory technique? What is the power of your brain?
31. What is the higher order function of the brain? 32. Do you have the habit of thinking continuously? 33. What is brainstorming? 34. Have you learnt to think like a scientist?
35. What is originality in thinking? 36. What is creativity? 37. Do you know how to
produce new working models? 38. Do you engage yourselves in doing experiments?
39. What is innovation? 40. What is the difference between invention and discovery?
41. What is serendipity? 42. What are the different types of thinking? 43. Have heard of the young scientist award? 44. How do you use your learning to improve your life?
45. How will you improve your Spoken English? 46. Do you know how to use a good dictionary? 47 Which English is important, Spoken English, or Technical English?
48. What is a thesaurus? 49. Do you have a good collection of books? 50. What is life time achievement? 51. What are soft skills/key skills/life skills? 52. What is mark-scoring graph?
A FEW IDEAS AND DEFINITION ON LEARNING
Learning – A habit, an experience, Modification of behavior
1. It occurs through Memorization, 5 senses, 6th sense, and 7th sense and better through an integration of all these senses
2. LSRW – these basic study skills and 5 percent through mere reading, 70 percent through listening,
.3. Group learning – the Royal Road to learning
4. Note making, and note taking – the best self learning techniques and the unique memory techniques
5. 100 percent learning occur through Repetition, reciting, recalling and reviewing
6. A collection of new ideas
7. Learning is for thinking, and creating new ideas
8. Innovation, experiment, and invention are the final goals of education
9. Life Long Learning (LLL) leads to Life Time Achievement (LTA)
10. Brainstorming, Picking the minds of others, creative writing and publishing the new ideas help to further learning
11. Use of electronic gadgets make learning joyful
12. Motivation and time management help in speed learning
13. Each Individual follows a style of learning
14. Interest, attention, concentration, futuristic thinking and motivation help to accelerate learning
15. Mark Scoring Curve is important in learning
16. Ex am techs play a vital role in learning
17. Hand writing is another booster in learning
18. Students should learn self-learning formula
Learning – A habit, an experience, Modification of behavior
1. It occurs through Memorization, 5 senses, 6th sense, and 7th sense and better through an integration of all these senses
2. LSRW – these basic study skills and 5 percent through mere reading, 70 percent through listening,
.3. Group learning – the Royal Road to learning
4. Note making, and note taking – the best self learning techniques and the unique memory techniques
5. 100 percent learning occur through Repetition, reciting, recalling and reviewing
6. A collection of new ideas
7. Learning is for thinking, and creating new ideas
8. Innovation, experiment, and invention are the final goals of education
9. Life Long Learning (LLL) leads to Life Time Achievement (LTA)
10. Brainstorming, Picking the minds of others, creative writing and publishing the new ideas help to further learning
11. Use of electronic gadgets make learning joyful
12. Motivation and time management help in speed learning
13. Each Individual follows a style of learning
14. Interest, attention, concentration, futuristic thinking and motivation help to accelerate learning
15. Mark Scoring Curve is important in learning
16. Ex am techs play a vital role in learning
17. Hand writing is another booster in learning
18. Students should learn self-learning formula
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Survival skills for Students
Study skills
Note making
Time management
Exam techs
Class room learning
Self learning skills
Communication sills
Interview skills
Group learning
Good Handwriting
Good Health
Relaxation techs
Etiqutte
Personality Development
Self motivation
Cognitive abilities
Good Memory
Students who are much interested may contact me over phone or e-mail and learn more about these topics.
My cell no: 94441 74259
e-mail: malaikkani@yahoo.co.in
Note making
Time management
Exam techs
Class room learning
Self learning skills
Communication sills
Interview skills
Group learning
Good Handwriting
Good Health
Relaxation techs
Etiqutte
Personality Development
Self motivation
Cognitive abilities
Good Memory
Students who are much interested may contact me over phone or e-mail and learn more about these topics.
My cell no: 94441 74259
e-mail: malaikkani@yahoo.co.in
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