This paper examines the apparent internal coherence of a programme of agrarian development in India and the distortions and contradictions arising out of its practical implementation. Our object is to examine official policy with regard to tribal residential schools in India, known as ashram shalas. These schools represent an innovation and are different from the general type of day primary schools seen in rural India. In ashram schools, tribal pupils are provided free boarding facilities, together with free school uniforms, text books and other learning materials. These schools are expected to impart elementary education in areas which are remote and sparsely populated and where, on account of the geographical spread of the numerous hamlets, single teacher schools cannot be established.
Our study is aimed at understanding official policy in the context of ashram schools, and at providing an arena for bringing to the surface the fundamental contradictions played out in areas of the school situation, specifically relating to: (a) the school organisational structure; (b) the teaching practice; (c) dropout; (d) school‐community relations; and (e) area development.
The paper is presented in two major parts: (a) the first section will try to relate the functioning of the ashram schools to how the state plans and administers schools with respect to access to them; (b) the second section examines the ashram school as a locus of a wider and general social problem of relating education to social, economic and developmental purposes. 相似文献
A distinguishable feature of type 2 diabetes besides hyperglycemia and deranged lipid profile is an impaired insulin secretion,
peripheral insulin resistance and obesity which has become a major health concern worldwide. India with an estimated 31million
diabetics in 2000 and 79mllions by the yr 2030 has the highest number of type 2 diabetics in the world. In this study, we
aimed to see if yoga-asanas and pranayamas have any influence in modifying certain biochemical parameters. Sixty patients
of uncomplicated type 2 diabetes (age 35–60 yrs of 1–10 yrs duration) were divided into two groups: Group 1 (n=30): performed
yoga along with the conventional hypoglycemic medicines and group 2 (n=30): patients who only received conventional medicines.
Duration of the study was 45 days. Basal recordings of blood glucose (fasting and post-prandial), lipid profile and serum
insulin were taken at the time of recruitment and the second reading after forty five days. Results showed a significant improvement
in all the biochemical parameters in group 1 while group 2 showed significant improvement in only few parameters, thus suggesting
a beneficial effect of yoga regimen on these parameters in diabetic patients. 相似文献
When you take a look at anything close-by, your brain computes the position of the object you see by solving a lanky triangle
— namely the one formed with the object and your two eyes as its vertices. The brain may call other clues also into service
while figuring out positions, especially when the lanky triangles prove far too lanky to afford trigonometric solutions with
reasonable accuracy. These non-trigonometric alternatives can run into occasional pitfalls, though. Yet even the trigonometric
highway isn’t always foolproof, either. We shall see in what follows that the resulting consequences can be as instructive
as they are amusing. 相似文献
The Multi-channel learning environment is nebulous and incidental configuration where channels reinforce as well as contradict each other. The Multi-channel learning system is a deliberate, planned configuration to create the sync and synergize the power of various media to achieve optimal learning. This articles examines instructional design for the classroom, for self instructional materials, media—and MCLS. 相似文献
This study explored the relationship between school achievement levels and teachers’ expectations, locus of control and efficacy
in four elementary schools in Delta, Mississippi in keeping with the self-fulfilling prophecy theory. Data from surveys of
102 teachers, five focus groups, observations, and secondary information on teachers’ grading pattern were used. Analyses
using t-tests and multiple linear regressions revealed that teachers in high achieving schools tended to exhibit an internal locus
of control and base their expectancies on students’ abilities rather than personal characteristics. School achievement level
was found to be the only significant predictor indicating that high achieving schools had a culture of higher expectations
that affected teachers’ perceptions, motivations, and grading pattern. These findings are substantiated by qualitative assessments. 相似文献
There is a need for psychometrically sound measures of youth experiences of community/home leisure activity settings. The 22-item Self-Reported Experiences of Activity Settings (SEAS) captures the following experiences of youth with a Grade 3 level of language comprehension or more: Personal Growth, Psychological Engagement, Social Belonging, Meaningful Interactions, and Choice & Control. Forty-five youth aged 14–23 years (10 with severe disabilities) completed the SEAS in 160 leisure activity settings. The SEAS has good to excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha from 0.71 to 0.88) and moderate test–retest reliability (mean scale intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.68), as expected due to changes in activity settings over time. The SEAS was able to differentiate various types of activity settings and participation partners. The SEAS can be used to gain greater understanding of situation-specific experiences of youth participating in various types of recreation and leisure activity settings, including youth with different types of disabilities and those without disabilities. 相似文献
RFID is an acronym that stands for the radio frequency identification. RFID uses wireless radio communications for unique identification of people or assets. This article explains the technology, how RFID tags work, and, more important, their various uses in libraries. 相似文献