27 books
We are living in the age of the Big Biology. Biological sciences such as genetic engineering, molecular biology, genomics, etc., promise to resolve problems that plagued humankind for centuries, from the provision of enough food to the treatment of fatal diseases. But the achievements of biology can be used to protect life or to create new dangerous substances that can be used as biological weapons. Terrorists could cause unprecedented devastation by unleashing ...
Crime is an act, or commission of an act, that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law. The challenge of crime to society changes with the advance of civilisation, particularly as technology continues to increase. Societal and scientific concepts of crime are related to antisocial behaviour of criminals. It is a common fact that the general public and government ...
Globalisation is a dominant force which is shaping a new era of interaction among nations, economics and people. It is increasing the contacts between people across national boundaries – in economy, technology, culture and governance. But it is also fragmenting production processes, labour markets, political entities and societies. The globalised world is more prosperous, with average per capita incomes having more than tripled in the past 50 ...
The spread of modern information technologies has brought about considerable changes in the global environment, ranging from the speed of economic transactions to the nature of social interactions to the management of military operations in both peacetime and war. The development of information technology makes it possible for adversaries to attack each other in new ways and with new forms of damage, and may create new targets for attack. As information ...
Terrorism is one of the most compelling domestic and international concerns that the globalised world faces. Today, terrorism has a global reach that it did not have before the advent of globalisation and the information revolution. It can ride the back of the web and use advanced communications to move immense financial flows. The new terrorism is increasingly networked; more diverse in terms of motivations, sponsorship, security consequences, and is more ...
The Education of girls and women has been recognized for several decades as a fundamental human right and a developmental necessity. Never the less, large gender disparities in enrolment and learning achievements persist. Eradicating these disparities is well within the power and spending capacity of the world’s governments. Failure to do so constitutes a massive denial of the basic human rights of tens of millions of girls in the developing world. All over the ...
Early childhood care and education (ECCE) refers to a wide range of programmes, all aimed at the physical, cognitive and social development of children before they enter primary school- theoretically from birth to about age 7 or 8. It is a diverse area of learning ranges from formal pre-primary education, which is integrated with the national education system, via kindergartens where care, play And education are all include, to more informal and often home-based ...
In Indian society the status of women has changed from time to time. In ancient India, women enjoyed equal status with man in all fields of life, she received the same education like man. During the medieval period, the status of women went down considerably. The position of women in modern India has changed considerably. Today her position is equal to that of men, socially, economically, educationally, politically and legally. India was one of the first ...
Plant biotechnology is the study of techniques, methods and processes that are adopted and applied to plants generally for genetic manipulation for attaining plant verities with advantageous characteristics that have greater utility in industrial, agricultural, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other purposes. Through biotechnology not only the variety is improved, but yield also improves through growing crops having resistance to diseases, herbicides and ...
Human rights are universal legal guarantees protecting individuals and groups against actions by governments interfere with fundamental freedoms and human dignity. The protection of human right is fundamental to genuine and lasting law and order. As law enforcers, police are the first line of defence for human rights. They are the guardians of the law, including human rights law. In order to protect human rights, police must first know and understand them. ...
Over the past few decades, a particular dimension of technology has come to permeate nearly all aspects of human life: Information technology. The information technologies, comprising computers and their peripherals, computer software, the internet, and electronic multimedia, are becoming part of our daily existence at as ever-increasing rate. This reality also informs the need to integrate information technology into curricula for the various subject areas. To ...
Education is the best investment, any society can make for the health and well-being of its children, as well as its economic and social progress. Education is development. It creates choices and opportunities for people, reduces the twin burdens of poverty and diseases, and gives a stronger voice in society. For nations it Creates a dynamic workforce and well-informed citizens able to complete and cooperate globally- opening doors to economic and social ...
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. It impacts on many aspects of school life, from academic achievement to students’ behaviour, to social interaction among students or between students and staff. Likewise, various aspects of the school’s physical and social environment influence the well-being of individuals and groups who work in it on a daily basis. So a Quality health ...
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has become a human, social and economic disaster, with far-reaching implications for individuals, communities and countries. Each year there4 are more and more new HIV infections, which shows that people either aren’t learning the message about the dangers of HIV, or are unable or unwilling to act on it. Education has a key role to play both in preventing HIV/AIDS and in mitigating its effects on individuals, families, communities and ...
Education Administration is relatively a young social science. Conditions of life were simple and so was educational administration. Educational administration has suffered much for want of a well set theory of administration of its own. The contents of the courses in administration have consisted of description of practices the cautions, personal success stories lively anecdotes etc. The democratic theory of educational administration strikes at a harmonious ...
This book focuses on the issue of classroom behaviour, a topic which has stirred up heated debates among educational committees the world over. Recent episodes of violence in schools and colleges have only added fuel to the fire, and questions are being raised upon the changing sociology of students and teachers, and their low levels of tolerance. The book explores this issue in a comprehensive manner, and gives various strategies and tips to ...
This book has been designed to address the educational needs of students by focusing on numerous dimensions of major teaching styles. It guides educators how to tap into the psyche of their students of know about their modes of learning, and to adapt their own methods of teaching to instruct effectively. It provides numerous pointers to flex your teaching style to the one preferred by the students, and gives numerous case studies too. Teaching behaviours reflect ...
This book has been written keeping in mind the needs of teachers, especially new teachers, with relation to classroom behaviour management. The book suggests effective strategies to combat undue aggression and violence, and provides pointers to understand student's needs and pacify them. Also teaching tips to hold children's attention have been given. The book also emphasizes on the need discipline, and gives a step-by-step process of enforcing it. Teachers ...