Research
Teacher in a Digital Era
Technology nowadays has entered into every walk of life. In this era of technology, the digital revolution has transformed almost everything from our work at our organizations to our daily routines. It is transforming the way children and young people play, access information, communicate with each other, learn, relearn and unlearn. But now this revolution has profoundly entered in the Education sector and that is also at all levels i.e. school level, College level and University level. Now we talk of use of Interactive smart boards, hybrid or blended learning, flipped classrooms and digital libraries etc. during teaching learning processes. Due to this, most of the teaching and learning processes in the classrooms these days are changing from autocratic style to democratic or participatory style where learners play an active role. On the other hand, Teachers, Instructors and Higher Faculties are facing unprecedented changes with often larger classes, more diverse students with diverse needs, demands from State, Society and employers who want more accountability and above all, all this with ever changing technology. To handle change of this nature, the role of a teacher and instructor becomes more challenging and demanding and hence requires attention. Thus the teachers in this ever changing digital era need a good balance of theoretical and practical knowledge to provide a solid foundation for their teaching.
Women Education: Need for Sustainable Development
Women are the backbone of any civilized society. Be it a role of friend, daughter, sister, wife, mother or a role of a working women, women have facilitated this male dominant society in every aspect. Women constitute approximately 50% of the World’s population. But she does not have equal share at, nutrition, work place, property ownership and especially education. Though the law ensures equality in men and women in all aspects, yet still there are many women who remain uneducated due to orthodoxicity, security concerns, traditions and cultures etc. of many societies worldwide. Sustainable Development is that kind of development which aims at meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Hence if it is needed, we need to concentrate on women education which still remains an unattainable goal in India since independence. In the words of Shahi Tharoor (Times of India, 2013), "Even today after 65 years of Independence, the literacy rate of women is just at 65.5% compared to the more healthy 82.1% for menâ€. So if we want India to develop and to sustain that development, women education need a serious concern. This paper is an attempt to throw lights on various aspects related to women education and its need for sustainable development so that the future remains bright.
Social Harmony for Being Social
Human beings are the most beautiful, competent and Intelligent creatures of the God. Our Epics do firm this belief that God has made men more like him so that they could reach to anything created by him in this world even him too with some efforts. These characteristics of human beings have enabled them to constantly improve themselves and their surroundings. This improvement has helped them to reach to the greater heights of development with each passing day. But alas to this, is their endless urge of self development that has posed threat to the combined development which is mainly the key to social harmony. Our society is diversified into people with many castes, colors, races and genders etc. In addition to this, personal and professional goals do differ from person to person. Societal goals further take a back seat for many in many cases. But this diversification needs to be unified to give path to the long term development. In this paper, author has tried to touch the various issues concerning social harmony and thereby finding out ways to improve social harmony among human beings.
