Bio
Dr. Ritu Sharma is an academic and researcher based in India, with a strong focus on education, learning disabilities, and socio-emotional development. She holds an M.A. in English, an M.Ed., and is pursuing a PhD on the socio-emotional adjustment and guidance needs of elementary school students with learning disabilities. Dr. Sharma has served as an Assistant Professor at Sharda University, Greater Noida, and Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, and has also been affiliated with Cambridge College of Education, Jhajjar, Haryana. Her published works include titles such as "Ego as the Cause of Unethics and Approaches to Dissolve it," "A Study of Educational Guidance Needs of Elementary School Students with Learning Disabilities," "Mechanism of Learning Process," and "Development of a Deep Sleep Simulating Silence Technique for Discovering Peace." With 36 works, 52 citations, and an h-index of 4, Dr. Sharma actively contributes to the field of education and serves as a reviewer for the Global Journal of Human-Social Science (GJHSS).
Educational Journey
M.A.( ENGLISH), M.Ed., PhD( PURSUING) TOPIC: socio-emotional adjustment and guidance needs of elementary school students with learning disabilities.
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Cambridge College of Education
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2014 - PresentResearch
Development of a Deep Sleep Simulating Silence Technique for Discovering Peace
An investigation was carried out to find out the conditions conducive to deep sleep and to work out a deep simulating technique for discovering peace in waking state. The results showed that till the element of I-ness and my-ness along with an effort to sleep exists, sleep does not come. The moment these elements disappear on their own, sleep sets in. In the deep sleep, one is in extreme peace state as his association with the body and its associations with the world is completely cut off. Besides the sleeper also goes beyond time, mind and sense of doership and enjoyership. The experience of the deep sleep showed that the peace is inside us but needs to be discovered. The deep sleep simulating technique is worked out to discover peace even in the waking state consisted of sitting in utter silence for ten to fifteen minutes to start with, in a nobody state without any sense of ownership of body and its associations or relations at a belief level. While sitting in silence, one does not do anything nor does he expect anything to get or lose and accepts the happenings as such with an open mind without any reservation , in other words with an indifferent attitude, thus paving the way to go beyond likes and dislikes of mind. This silence technique was tested on twenty adults in a yoga class conducted during 2018 and 2019 in the morning hours. The results showed that all of them experienced rest, contentment and peace.
Mechanism of Learning Process
An attempt was made to understand mechanics of learning. The information showed that children generally use right brain to learn while adults use left brain. Learning is a function of conscious mind, subconscious mind, intellect and ego. The conscious mind learns with the help of sensory organs, the capacity of which is limited and its memory is also short-lived. To convert the short term memory into long term one, the material learnt by conscious mind has to be driven to sub-conscious mind by repetitions. More the repetitions, more strong the long term memory. The knowledge in the sub-conscious mind can also be stored if it is linked with things that are easy to remember. However, the recalling of information from subconscious to conscious mind is not possible in a disturbed state of mind. To alleviate this problem, a silent exercise, consisting of doing nothing for 10-15 minutes duration, is described. Besides, the silent exercise also helps in increasing the capacity of conscious mind to understand and learn. The intellect is the discriminative faculty of mind. Its main job is to protect the ego. If a learner considers himself to be excellent, intellect will do every effort to protect his excellence. The chanting of gayatri mantra is also advised as it sharpens the intellect of the learner.
A Study of Educational Guidance Needs of Elementary School Students with Learning Disabilities.
The present study was conducted on 140 learning disabled students from elementary classes ( 6,7,and 8). Sample was taken from rural and urban schools of Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. A self constructed scale on guidance needs was employed to measure the educational guidance needs of the students. Results showed that all the students possessed average level of educational guidance needs. Students did not vary in their educational guidance needs.
Ego as the Cause of Unethics and Approaches to Dissolve it
The investigation has been carried out to understand the mechanism of creation and dissolution of ego and in turn the ethical value of the teachings of Lord Krishna. Ethics emphasize on the fact that one is to enjoy only that which is rightfully his. The Lord showed that our body consists of two faculties, one is the soul and the other is the body. Soul gives life force to the body and makes it functional. Soul is also the source of ethics but is neglected to the extent that human beings identify themselves only with their bodies and this leads to the creation of ego. To overcome the problem of creation of ego, the Lord advocated three approaches, namely, karma yoga, gyan yoga and bhakti yoga. The karm yoga is meant for action-oriented, while gyan yoga for the intellectuals and bhakti yoga for persons who have faith in God and surrender to him completely. In case of karm yoga, body is not considered our own but an exaction of God. The karm yogi utilizes his body and his resources for the welfare of others. The case of gyan yoga is slightly different; the gyan yogi gets absorbed in the soul and believes that all things are happening by natural forces. He believes that soul is not the doer, so does not claim any doer ship or ego. The philosophy of bhakti yoga has a totally different mode of functioning. The bhakti yogi works for the happiness of God as he feels that everything belongs to God and not to him. When one follows any one of these approaches there is no way one can be unethical, then only ethics prevail.
