1.    Folk Traditions in Konstantine Gamsakhurdia’s Creative Work (Basing on the novel “Stealing the Moon”)
Muzaffer Kır
Faculty of Education and Humanities, International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia

ABSTRACT: The publication presents scientific analysis of the phenomenon of folk traditions in the creative work of Konstantine Gamsakhurdia -classic of the 20^th century Georgian literature (basing on the novel “Stealing the Moon”). Gamsakhurdia’screative work is distinguished in the 20^th century Georgian classic literature for high artistic values. The writer’s works reflect the issues unlimited in time and space. Gamsakhurdia presents old Georgian folk traditions from deep philosophical standpoint: the lunar cult and St. George, “Dali’s” mythological personage, mystery of horse cult and many others. Konstantine Gamsakhurdia’s creations have always been read with big interest. A number of fundamental works in Georgian, Russian, English, German and other languages has been dedicated to his creation.

Keywords: Georgia, Samegrelo, Abkhazia, Svaneti, religion, folk traditions, cult, mystery, Dali, “Mother of Water”.

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2.      Developing Reflection through Activity Based Learning

Karuna Gupta and Vinita Desai

Ex H.O.D, P.G Department of Education, Pillai College of Education and Research, New Panvel

Pillai College of Education and Research, Chembur

ABSTRACT : “Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” – Plato

This paper seeks to explore the importance of activity-based learning in Higher Education for student teachers in the 21st century. The researcher was keen on providing activities to enhance reflective practices among student teachers. .The aim of this paper was to cultivate the habits of reflection keeping the students engaged in the meaningful and enriching activities.

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3.      Determination of Effect of Computer Knowledge on Job Performance among Male and Female High School Teachers In Gorgan – Iran

¹Jalil Toshani, ²Ameneh Sharbatdar, ³Amirali Toshani

¹Department of Educational Management- Mazandaran University– Iran^,
2Department of  Information System Management – Islamic Azad University – Aliabad – Iran
³Department of Information System Management – Islamic Azad University – Gorgan - Iran

ABSTRACT: As one of the most important contributors of societies’ prosperity, teachers have always been in the center of attention for their role in bringing up students in an effective manner. Integration of computer and novel technology into classrooms has recently gained academic interest. The present work aimed atdetermination of the relationship between teachers’ computer knowledge and their job performance. The experiment was performed on 229 male and female high school teachers and data were collected by use of two questionnaires to assess the respondents’ computer knowledge and performance of teachers in seven aspects (i.e. ability, recognition, organizational support, motivation, evaluation feedback, validity, and atmosphere). Validity and reliability of the tools were confirmed by considering viewpoints of expert and by measuring Cronbach’s Alpha, respectively. The results obtained from the present study indicated that there is a positive and significant relationship between the male high school teachers and their job performance. Furthermore, there is a positive and significant relationship between female high school teachers’ computer knowledge and their job performance.

Keywords: computer knowledge, job performance, high school teachers, Gorgan.

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4.      Sleeplessness: Associated Disorders & Remedial Measures

Raaz K Maheshwari, Vanadna Joshi, Vikram Bhardwaj³, Manish Kumar4

¹Department of Chemistry. SBRM Govt PG College, Nagaur, Rajasthan

²Department of Political Science, Govt College, Ratan Garh, Churu, Rajasthan

³Department of History, Karsog, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

⁴Academy for Environment and Life Science, Agra, UP

ABSTRACT: We all have some sense of the relationship between sleep and our ability to function throughout the day. After all, everyone has experienced the fatigue, bad mood, or lack of focus that so often follow a night of poor sleep. What many people do not realize is that a lack of sleep—especially on a regular basis—is associated with long-term health consequences, including chronic medical conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease, and that these conditions may lead to a shortened life expectancy. Additional research studies show that habitually sleeping more than nine hours is also associated with poor health. The expenditure of poor sleep is much greater than many people think: it may have profound consequences for our long-term health. Research has revealed that people who consistently fail to get enough sleep are at an increased risk of chronic disease, and it’s on way to understand why? Treating sleep as a priority, rather than a luxury, may be an important step in preventing a number of chronic medical conditions. Lifestyle factors include not getting enough sleep, having an irregular sleep schedule, and using alcohol or certain medications. Of the more than 70 known sleep disorders, the most common are obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, and restless legs syndrome. Large numbers of individuals suffering from these sleep disorders are unaware of—and have not been diagnosed or treated for—their disorder. This article delineates about various chronic ailments associated to sleeplessness and their prolific remedies.

Keywords: Restful sleep; Rheumatoid arthritis; Diabetes; Wakefulness; Thermoregulation Insomnia; OSA; RLS; REM; Parasomnias; Enuresis; Sleep apnea

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5.      Employees Empowerment through In-Service Training      

Hamid Saremi and Behrad Moin Nezhad

Accounting Department, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran

Accounting Department, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran

ABSTRACT: In recent decades, empowerment has become one of the concerns of managers, because managers' workload has been increased rapidly. Therefore, managers need to rely on their subordinates; The in fact the working conditions and competitiveness of  organizations force managers , more than anything else to empower employees  so, nowadays empowerment is the most amazing approaches  of to human resource development is leading to the development of human resources and organization.  Empowerment is a constant movement and its importance is steadily increasing because the basis of the business today is along with social changes, technological development and competitive environment demand and organizations need to people who provide the best use of advanced technology, find innovations to improve their products and services. Due to the changes that occur in the world and in order to adapt these changes, experts thought   to do for "human Resource training and development". In fact  in-service training was considered as best  managers 'tool  to deal whit these changes .Hence ,it was decided to do substantial investment  on employees  .these investments were   for human resource training In truth training in the best utility managers to deal with these changes was considered. Therefore, it was decided to pay substantial investments in human beings. The aim of investments was to train manpower. Training is used, with the objective of improving the quality of skills, knowledge and attitude that lead to empowerment of employees   in doing their task and success of organization.  In-service Training is effective in increasing of job satisfaction of employees in addition impact on the enhancement of effectiveness and efficiency of human resource. Because each employee   in his turn is interested in the development and well acquainted with the latest scientific achievements in the area of his desired ​​specialization, in order to raise the quality of their work and be fruitful. In other words, training  makes a person more compatible with the environment and work organization  and would bind him to his duties and thereby leads to increase employee satisfaction .Training  is not only academic training but  includes in-service training. In this article we explore   the ways to empower employees through in-service training.

Key Words: training, organization of training courses; Empowerment, Employees.

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6.     Quality of Recourse Persons of In-Service Training Programme for Elementary School Teachers: What does Research Say?

Sankar Prasad Mohanty

Department of Education

Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India

 

ABSTRACT:  In-service teachers’ training is a vital indicator for quality elementary education in the country. Various quality dimensions involved in the programme such as: management of programme, learning materials/training package, resource persons, approaches/ methods of transactions, residential facilities in the centre, infrastructure and supervision/monitoring need to be studied. Here, in the present study, the quality of resource persons has been studied through perception analysis of teachers, supervisory personnel and the resource persons themselves though their self appraisal. The data were collected from 420 teachers (trainees), 72 resource persons and 21 supervisory personnel. Simple percentage analysis was done for exploring the perception of such stakeholders. The competency, content knowledge, leadership quality, fluency, qualifications etc were averagely perceived by teachers and supervisory personnel.

Keywords: Quality of Resource Persons, In-service Training, Elementary School, Perception

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7.      Use of Information Technology Approach in Teaching-Learning Process

Minakshi
Saini Girls College of Education, Rohtak, Haryana

 

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study is to find out the difference between the mean scores of Experimental group which was taught through self instruction module of information technology approach and conventional method administered on control group.  Data collection module/lessons were prepared by investigators to measure achievement scores in Information Technology. The sample was selected randomly from the two sections of class 6^th students of New Bright Public School,Rohtak. It consisted 30 students of experimental group and 30 students of control group. To measure the significant difference‘t’ test was applied.  The study reveals that the self instruction module prepared by investigators oral, print and electronic media i.e. power point presentation (ppp)is effective. The students of experimental group scored better as compared to control group. Thus self instruction module of information technology approach shows immense impact on learning of students. Teaching through this method is very helpful to develop the knowledge and understanding domain of all kind of students i.e. having different and varied abilities. This approach is very helpful to teachers as well as students. It was found that students took interest in teaching learning process and they did not hesitate to clarify their concepts.

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8.      The Impact of Using Schema Theory on Reading Comprehension among Eighth Grade Students in Karak Governorate in of Pre-Prepared Knowledge Activities

Mohamed Abd Al- Kareem AI Tarawneh

Al-Hussein Bin Talal University

 

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of using Schema theory on reading comprehension among the students of the eighth grade in Karak Governorate in the light of pre-prepared knowledge activities. To test the hypotheses, a representative sample of the study population was selected by (170) students and distributed on two groups: experiment and control group for the application of the study tool, and after the completion of application of study tool, post -test was conducted on SPSS, and the results were: 1-there are statistical differences at the level of significance (0.05) in comprehension between grade eight students in favor of the experiment group that has been taught using the suggested program.2-there are not statistical differences due to gender at the level of significance (0.05).3-that there are no differences due to the interaction between method and gender at the level of significance (0.05). Those results were discussed and a set of recommendations related to the teaching-learning process were introduced for the decision makers.

Key words:  Schema, Reading comprehension, eighth grade, knowledge activities.

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9.    Preconceptions of Pedagogical Formation Teacher Candidates about Practice before Teaching Practice Lesson

Cengiz ŞIMŞEK

**Fatih University, Education Faculty, Department of Educational Science, Curriculum Development and Teaching Department, Büyükçekmece/İstanbul

 

ABSTRACT: The success of pedagogical formation program in which teaching skills are improved with practices apart from theoretical lessons is observed through internship of teaching Practice lessons. This lesson includes theoretical two course hours, observations and teaching experiences at schools. The requirements of this course are pre-acquisition of skills such as theoretical knowledge, planning, measurement, assessment, material development, guiding for learning and classroom management. These experiences direct the process of education and influence willingness for practice. When the issue is considered in the sense of “first lesson experience”; it is more important to determine preconceptions before the Teaching Practice. For this reason, preconceptions before teaching process of 200 (110 female, 90 male) teacher candidates who receive Pedagogical Formation Certificate Program in 2011-2012 academic year were determined through qualitative research. The participants were asked an open-ended question “Write down what do you expect about teaching at your practice school”, and were given ten minutes to answer. Data were analyzed with content and discourse analyses; and transformed into judgmental statements. The cumulative frequencies of positive and negative aspects of statements were determined. The findings analyzed in terms of the relationship of the profession, preconception years and gender factors. The results showed that most of the preconceptions of teacher candidates have negative quality and under the titles of expectation, fear and knowledge.  Preconceptions about fear in classroom management were observed and mostly inexperienced teachers and female teachers have preconceptions about fear.

Keywords:teacher education, teaching practice, pedagogical formation, internship, preconception, competency

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10. Effect of Smart Schools on Intelligence Quotient of Students: (A Case Study on Boy and Girl
        Students of Sixth Grade of Primary School in Schools of Gorgan)
       ¹Jalil Toshani, ²Hamideh Sookhtehsarayee

¹Department of Educational Management- Mazandaran University – Iran
²Department of Governmental Management – Islamic Azad University - Aliabad Katool Branch - Iran

ABSTRACT: The present paper aimed at determination of effect of smart schools on intelligence quotient of students in Gorgan City. Sample volume was assigned by use of Morgan Table (361 students). Data collection was performed by Test Mosaiquce De Gill. The obtained results showed that the mean IQ for boy students of smart schools was 7.64 while it was significantly lower for boy students of non-smart schools (7.16) (p<0.05). Also, the mean IQ for smart and non-smart schools were 6.56 and 6.45, respectively; the figures had no significant difference (p>0.05).

Keywords: smart school, IQ, primary school, Gorgan.

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11. The effect of Sleep Quantity on Performance of Students in Public Universities, Kenya

Raphael Mwiti Gikunda, Gilbert Odilla Abura, Lucy Kiriungi, Joyline Mugambi

Department of Education, Chuka University P.O Box 109 – 60400 Chuka

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine the subject in public universities. A total of 100 undergraduate students were involved in the study. The study used survey research design. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Data was analyzed with the help of Statistical Packages for Social Sciences. Descriptive statistics specifically frequencies and percentages, and inferential statistics particularly Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation were applied in data analysis.The study achieved a response rate of 92%. The results indicated that majority (54%) had a cumulative average of a B. The study also revealed a positive correlation between sleep quantity and academic performance with a coefficient of 0. 326 (at 0.01 significance level). The study concludedthat lack of adequate sleep negatively affects the performance of students in public universities in Kenya. The main cause of insufficient sleep among university students was stress which resulted from family problems, inadequate pocket money and broken relationships. Therefore, public university students need to evaluate their experience of stress, learn and use effective stress management strategies to deal adequately with it.

Key words: sleep quantity, performance, public university

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12. An Interactional Study of Academic Anxiety in relation to Socio-Economic Status, Gender and School type among Secondary School Students.

Mohd Abid Siddiqui and Atieq Ul Rehman

Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002.

 

ABSTRACT: Academic Anxiety is a common phenomenon prevalent among all the students studying at different levels of education. Moderate level of Anxiety is essential for success in academics. However, severe academic anxiety proves to be destructive for students, because it is negatively correlated with academic performance. Academic anxiety has attracted the attention of various researchers working in the field of education. It has been studied in relation to number of factors like personal, familial, social and educational as proved by review of related literature. Socio-economic factor as reported by many researchers is an important variable which influences aspirations, motivation, adjustment, anxiety levels and other aspects of education. Present study has been selected to find out the levels of academic anxiety with respect to school type, gender, socio-economic status of secondary school students. The study has revealed that low socio economic status school students and female students suffer more from academic anxiety, Interactional effects doesn’t have significant difference on academic anxiety except socio-economic status.

Keywords: Academic Anxiety, Socio Economic Status, School Type,Secondary School Students.

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