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Learning Approach in Student Life

"Student", when we listen this word, the first thing comes to our mind is a learner having the scope of a bright future. A good student makes his path towards success, but there are so many challenges that a student has to face. It is well said that,the problem comes with its solution but we have to find it. To begin with Nursery class, student has to start with Alphabets and Numbers. This phase is beautiful, but still it has its own challenges. The first challenge for the child is to get out of the comfort zone of home and start a new life with school, teachers and friends.After completing schooling, students enter in the College life with new dreams in their eyes. The open surrounding of the college makes them happy as they were never before. Here, they learn not just the subjects but many things which will be a roadmap for their lifetime. With the growing competition,the child needs to learn multiple skills and acquire knowledge, those who take this challenge positiv...

HANDLING STRESS AT WORK

“In times of great stress or adversity, it is always best to keep yourself busy, to break up your anger and your energy into something positive.” In today’s era of cut throat competition almost every working professional probably knows what it feels like when you are stressed on the job. Stressful elements can come along the way anytime. Imagine the situation when an important project comes without any previous notice, you have three emails already stacked up along with the reminder for tasks to be done , suddenly your phone rings and you have an urgent meeting. How the body reacts in such a situation? The body and mind instantly starts responding, activating a physical reaction known as the fight-or-flight response. In such a situation to manage anxiety and negative self-talk it becomes essential to stay calm and work for the survival of the job. On the other hand inability to deal with chronic work stress can lead to a psychological syndrome known as emotional...

GENDER AND SEX

Historically, the terms "sex" and "gender" have been used synonymously, but their uses are becoming increasingly distinct, and it is important to understand the differences between the two. These two terms are very much different in several ways. This blog helps the reader to understand the concept of these two terms distinctively. CONCEPT OF GENDER According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Gender refers to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men, such as norms, roles, and relationships of and between groups of women and men. It varies from society to society and can be changed." Gender is a socially constructed term to define the roles of men’s and women’s in a given Culture and location. It is different in different societies and cultures as societies and culture also differ. Gender is a term used to denote a wide range of identities of men and women which exist in society due to various relationships to other peo...

Impact of Technology power on Education

No longer restricted or cramped to a single platform Education aided by technology has crossed continents. Video conferences and Skype have created global platform for teachers, learned scholars and students. Now they can share or exchange their knowledge inconvenient manner. Technology has enormously changed the education, especially the relationship between teachers and students.   Teachers, scholars are using technology to replace old Patterns models or outdated system of imparting education by adopting new and latest technology .This helps in improving standard of education and providing education according to the global need.   The impact of technology in schools, colleges and   educational institutions is quite Significant .As technology in education has the power to transform how people learn. By making it more effective and constructive learning. Educational technology is the use of physical hardware, and software, in the education sector for improving perfo...

“Effectiveness of E- Learning Teaching Methods”

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.’ –Albert Einstein Action Research is considered an important tool in education system in order to remove the deviations from teaching- learning process, but now the scenario is taking turn towards a different aspect. Personal interaction between pupil and his teacher is on decreasing edge. Schools and colleges are slowly looking at technology as an opportunity to develop teaching methods and resonate with students on a technology level. Regardless of age, almost everyone owns a smartphone. Google is our information center, and Wikipedia is our guide book, Thesaurus is our word finder, and Kindle is our textbook. At a time like this, learning to change our teaching methods by incorporating technology is a way to bring light to the lives of our students. Textbooks, homework, classroom notebooks, whiteboard, chalk, and markers are now moving into the history of Education Systems. S...

Meritocracy: Journey from Equality to Equity of Values

Education is globally recognized as the main agent in the creation of progressive society. It enables an individual to think globally, to act rationally and to draw conclusions logically. Education system is viewed from different angles by different philosophers or thinkers. Some consider it as mode of change while some take it as seed of imbibing values in child. It not only prepares individual for vocations but also helps him to inculcate progressive values. In today’s age of Artificial Intelligence, the domain of value education is shrinking as technology is superseding the human actions. Due to this dominance, the values which were and are the identification of Indian society are being faded away. Today’s education system is lagging behind technology for making a child technologically sound as well as socially and culturally rich individual because we impart education to child who is more wealthy in place of who is more capable. We keep on feeding the rich mind who does not wa...

Forest fires and climate change

In the first eight months of 2019, there were 16 million cases of wildfires worldwide. It also includes the fires of the Himalayan forests and the forests of Africa and the Amazon. There is no doubt that burning forests around the world can be seen from space. US Earth Agency NASA's "Earth Observing System Data and Information System" (EOSDIS) plays a key role in bringing these events to the forefront. Dense network of satellites registers hot spots worldwide. Spectroradiometers provide images of medium resolution. Apart from these radiometers give infrared photos also. A review of these pictures shows, which part of the earth has a very high temperature and how powerful the fire is. The data of wildfires is tracked in real time. It is shared with environmental entities such as the Global Forest Watch Fires. The map of the Global Forest Watch Fires clearly shows how much of the world is ravaged by these fires. The map also shows that forests in many parts of t...