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Breaking Down Walls for Women Empowered Women Trainers Serve as Role Models

As gender-sensitive women teachers can be role models for girls, empowered women trainers can help teachers they train to understand and reduce stereotypes and prejudices by drawing on women's experience, or "lived realities." They can turn demeaned and devalued traditional female behaviours into respected assets that benefit themselves, their professions and their societies. All cultures have long recognized that "different" is too often a synonym for "deficient" and seen as a consequence of immutable female "nature." This can confine women to stereotyped and restricted gender roles. Feminism in the 1970's understandably accepted the "gender blind" argument that women's differences were a result of nurture (or lack of) rather than nature and if women were given the same opportunities as men, these differences would disappear. Since the 1980's a voluminous body of literature has acknowledged and heralded women's wa

LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY: AN ANALYSIS

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela In the lap of globalization, the term ‘Legal Education’ touches multi-dimensional approaches. The Encyclopaedia of education defines legal education as a skill for human knowledge which is universally relevant to the lawyer’s art and which deserves special attention in educational institutions.  The first thing which the lawyer must always bear in mind is that he/she must spiritualize the practice of law for service of country. There are instances of eminent lawyers in all countries who led a life of self-sacrifice, who devoted their brilliant legal talents entirely to the service of their country like Mahatma Gandhi. Legal education is an integral and invisible part of human dignity. Respect for the sanctity of life and the quest for liberty, equality, prosperity, stability, order and fairness are some of the core values that furnish foundation for the emergence of human rights across

A Great Teacher Must Be..........

A teacher Great  teachers share knowledge and make learning an enjoyable and effective process focusing on the Three I's'. Inspiration:    Teachers inspire people to want to learn. Implementation:  They provide implementation tools that make learning enjoyable ,exciting ,and easy to comprehend. Integration:    They help people to integrate all they've learned into their daily lives. A Role Model Role models are people that we admire ,who we wish to be like and emulate. Teachers can have a profound impact on us if they are inspiring and bring their subject to life . Sometimes we find ourselves talking ,dressing and acting like them in our own lives . Positive models at work, for example ,teach us about things we must do to be successful at work or in life. A coach Coaches work with people ( e.g. football players, engineers or therapists) on a daily basis, educating them to upgrade their skills through three steps. Encouragement to pinpoint areas of stre

CHANGING ROLE OF TEACHER FROM KNOWLEDGE TRANSMITTER TO LEARNING FACILITATOR

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” ~ Carl Jung The pattern and culture of teaching and learning process has been changing The teacher today is not confined to the classroom but is the catalyst of change in this ever changing world. To prepare the students for the world of today and tomorrow, the role of the teacher has to meet the needs of current culture. Since the teacher is the single most important factor in student success ,” The changes that took place in modern society& in institutions have changed the roles of teachers, too. In the past teachers used to be the major source of knowledge, the leader and educator of their students' school life. Nowadays, teachers provide information and show their students how to tackle them. Although they are still c

SAFETY OF CHILDREN

Children spend more time in schools than anywhere else for most of the year – making it extremely important for school authorities, teachers, and parents to ensure that every child is safe inside the school premises and while commuting to or from school.However, several incidents has raised the questions on the security of the children in schools. Recently, the killing of a 7 year old boy allegedly by a school bus conductor who tried to sexually abuse him has put the spotlight on the safety of children. A study shows half of all children in India have been a victim of sexual abuse. On 9 th September, 2017 the body of a seven-year-old boy was found murdered with his throat slit in his school washroom in Gurugram, Haryana. His father Vinod has approached the Gurugram police to take action against the management of Ryan International School for lax security. The father had made formal complaint to the Gurugram police commissioner against the school. He had dropped off his child at

Marketing it right

Marketing is a vast domain and almost everything doesn’t suits all. Lots and lots of companies have done wonders in the recent past defying marketing principles with their excellent customer insights and visionary approach blended with right product development and appropriate marketing strategies. The market is home to so many exceptional marketing companies and organizations learn from them every day. Today is the era of doing new , and doing new again and again. Successful companies focus more on what’s going to happen tomorrow rather being misguided with the current trends only. They deploy more futuristic approach and prepare themselves for any possible opportunity and threat. Market is flooded with investors and stake takers who don’t mind pumping in huge amount of money once they understand that the idea is worthy and will do well in long run and companies need to take a note of that. Despite it many companies fail to capture and retain customer in long run. Reasons are num