Prem Lata Sharma
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The teaching of music and dance in public schools is very important for the all round development of the personality of children. Besides this the teaching of music and dance is important for the cultural development of the students. Also in view of the developing nature of Indian society, music and dance have emerged as good areas for professional development. It is hoped that this book will fulfill a great long felt need in this area.
In the modern scientific and technological, industrial world the teaching of political science has acquired a very important discussion. Besides theoretical background, lessons in practical politics through student politics, seminars, workshops and elections, can be given. These topics have been discussed very lucidly in this book.
The world has become a global village due to the rapid means of transport and communication. The present day world is very much interdependent and the world community has been making serious efforts to maintain peace and order in the world. The role of education has been emphasised in this process. Educators worldwide are making serious efforts to include education for international understanding in the curriculum. This book emphasises the role of education in ...
This monumental treatise from the 13th century sums up and organises what had gone before, and in doing so provides both master plan and basic topics for subsequent musicological work, even to the present day. The combination of Devanagari text (from the Adyar edition) running concurrently with footnotes, makes the work very convenient. Dr. Shringy's English translation, commentary, and footnotes, makes the work very convenient. Dr. Shringy's English translation ...
The present volume of the annotated translation of Sangitratnakara contains the second, third and fourth chapters of the text dealing with raga, miscellaneous topics pertaining to vocal music and prabandha (vocal compositional forms) respectively. These chapters deal with topics that are directly related to current practice. The format of the first volume has been followed in this volume, except a small deviation in the word-index, where a glossary has not been ...
A number of artistic trends, derived from the Arabo-Persian tradition, contributed to the richness of music in medieval India. The first volume of Nur-Ratnakar offers a compendium of sources on the early manifestations of this cross-cultural phenomenon, from the end of the tenth century to the end of the fourteenth, a key-period in the development of Indian music, especially court-music. Some of the important Arabic and Persian sources examined in the first ...
World educational systems are increasingly becoming uniform in concepts and practices. This has been made possible by the intervention of the United Nations, Scientific and cultural organization or the UNESCO. UNESCO in its role as a world leader in education has considered Educational issues in depth and has suggested ways and means to improve educational system. UNESCO has intervened in matters like the reform in curriculum compulsory and free education for an ...
Due to technological and industrial advances new needs for teaching and learning are emerging. Education of children and education of teachers has become an experimental process. It is their experimenting with newer methods of teaching and learning that the modern teacher can cope with the emerging conditions in the classroom and the schools. Otherwise also Research and Development has become an essential component of the modern industry including modern ...
Jean Piaget is the main propounder of the development theory of teaching. Piaget has studied the working of the brains of the children. He is of the view that experiences help the development of the intellectual aspect of a child’s personality.
Even in the developed countries of the West including America a large population of students is increasing which is not interested in learning. There may be many causes for lack of motivation on the part of the students, but basically there are two things which are important; that curriculum of the school is very monotonous and un-interesting and also the methods of teaching of the teachers are least impressive. Under these circumstances, it is highly imperative ...
The principles and methods of teaching and learning have drastically changed due to the knowledge revolution and educational technology. As has been recently pointed out in a report of Planning Commission of India that there is a great need of engineers, doctors, teachers and lawyers, due to the fact that most of the brains were trained in India at the Indian cost and are driven away by the agencies of the foreign countries who can afford to pay more salaries. In ...
Brhaddesi is a landmark in Sangitasastra for more than one reason. It is the solitary text that forges a link between Natyasastra and Dattilam on the one hand and Abhinava Bharati on the other, the gap extending over more than five hudnred years. Its direct influence on later texts like Sangita-Ratnakara and its commentaries is obvious in various ways, be it nada from the Tantric stream or the etymology of variuos terms or the description of ragas. ...
The participation of the learners in the learning process is a pre-requisite of effective learning. The successful teacher readies his learners before giving the delivery of the learning material. A teacher makes use of questions and answers method as well as the use of audiovisual aids. Also the teacher tries to make out the existing level of knowledge, skills and attitudes of the learners of his class. It is even believed that learning readiness is the ...
The young learners have to become responsible members of the society after the completion of their education. They need students guidance and counseling for selecting the career for their life through which they can make their livelihood and also get job satisfaction. It is very necessary that the progress of the student in the classroom as well as in the Peer groups is constantly followed, and Counselling is offered to all the students. In schools the ...
There is great need for adult education in the modern world. This is also true that adult learning methods would be different from teaching methods for school children. In fact adults of all kinds need continuous learning because the working skills and amount of knowledge are rapidly changing and increasing. During the last century and quantum of knowledge increased 200% and in the contemporary world the addition of new knowledge is tremendous. In view of this ...
The modern world is greatly dependent on new and new knowledge. Old theories of knowledge are changing fastly and are being replaced by new theories and practices. The societies which are investing money in the generation of new knowledge are most likely to survive in the future. These societies which have lower levels of knowledge at their command are likely to become dependent on the more knowledgeable societies.
The problem of training teachers and their recruitment has been engaging the attention of the educational planners administrators and the political leadership for quite some time, especially in the developing world. Teachers were recruited from certain established classes and the issue of providing them with certain teaching skills received attention from the bureaucracy. Now with the adoption of compulsory and free education for all has necessitated the need for ...
Teachers, parents, students and the governmental agencies are involved in the process of education. The social strata from whom teachers and students come go to determine the quality of education. The process like the community from whom the teachers come and the communities from whom the students can go a long way in influencing the curriculum contents and the outcome of learning. The major problem of any system of education is the outcome of learning after ...