Vol 8 No 2 - Page 2

Devdeep Chakarvarti
Academic Heights Public School, Haridwar , Uttarakhand , India

Manohar Lal
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.08

Abstract

The present study was conducted to determine the relationship of emotional intelligence with social physique anxiety and performance of sprinters. It compared the emotional intelligence and social physique anxiety between high performance and low performance sprinters. The study was conducted with of 23 sprinters, including the high performers (N1=8) and low performers (N2=15) belonging to All India Inter-University. To determine the relationship of emotional intelligence with social physique anxiety and performance, the product moment method of correlation was used, and to test the difference of significance between two groups independent ‘t’ test was used. Results revealed that, all the components of emotional intelligence have negative insignificant relationship with social physique anxiety and competition performance among sprinters. Findings further showed that high performance sprinters were insignificantly more emotional intelligent with less social physique anxiety than low performance sprinters.

Key Words: Emotional intelligence, social physique anxiety, performance and sprinters.

Ripudaman Singh

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.07

Abstract

Role of education and particularly female education in the development process is well documented. Economists of the classical period have also highlighted this association. Besides the social and economic benefits of education, female literacy is considered a bet in improving the health and basic child care. Higher literacy rates show lower poverty ratios in different parts of the world. India has also shown a tremendous increase in its literacy rates since independence, but it too has the largest concentration of poor people in the world. This has been postulated to be tested through the case of India. Present paper attempts to determine the spatial patterns of female literacy and economic development in India. Higher female literacy rate districts are noted for lower proportions of poor populations.

Keyword: Asset-less population, economic development, female literacy, India.

Neelam Sharma & Nidhi Sharma

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.06

Abstract

Autism is a multifaceted neuro-behavioral disorder and includes impairments in  language, social interaction and communication skills. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of yogic and recreational activities for improving self injurious and aggressive behaviour of autistic children. The study was conducted on  twenty (20) autistic children of age group of 8-14 years. Further, respondents were bifurcated  into three equal groups namely i.e -yogic group, recreational group and control group. Two years selected training program, based on the interest and connotation of respondents were given to the subjects. Before imparting the session of yoga and recreation activities, pre-test data were obtained through Autistic Distress behavior  standardized scale. Pre-test and post-test data were collected by imparting selected training programme to the subjects. No experimental treatment was given to control group. The results of  present  investigation affirm  positive effects of recreational and Yogic activities on the different dimensions of self injurious and aggression behaviour.

Keywords: Autism,Yoga, Recreation, Self injury, Aggression, Behaviour

Nimisha Beri & Manisha Jain
Lovely Professional University

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.05

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The current study was conducted to find out the personal growth initiative among undergraduate students in relation to emotional self-efficacy and general well-being. The study was conducted by using descriptive survey method and the samples of the study were drawn from 480 college-going students from three districts of Punjab using multi-stage sampling method. Result indicates that female undergraduate students are much better than male undergraduate students in their personal growth initiative, emotional self-efficacy and general well-being. Students from the science stream are much better in personal growth initiative, emotional self-efficacy and general well-being as compared with arts and commerce students at the undergraduate level. A significant and positive relationship was found between personal growth initiative and emotional self-efficacy and general well-being.

Keywords: Undergraduate students, Personal growth initiative, Emotional self-efficacy, General well-being.

Tisha Singh
University of Jammu, India

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.04

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This study was conducted with an objective to explore the direct and indirect effect of emotional intelligence on organisational commitment through psychological well-being. Further, moderating role of work life balance on psychological well-being and organisational commitment was also explored. Data were collected from 209 teachers working in Special schools and NGOs of Delhi, working for differently-abled children, on the bases of convenient sampling. Statistical techniques like confirmatory factor analyses, structure equation model (SEM) and hierarchical regression were employed to analyze the data. Further, reliability and validity tests were also performed. The study finds that emotional intelligence leads to organisational commitment through the partial mediation of psychological well-being. It is also verified that work-life balance moderates the association between psychological well-being and organisational commitment. This study is limited to non-profit making sector of Delhi region only. This study will be helpful for managers in recognising the increasing importance of emotional intelligence, psychological well being and work-life balance that encourages organisational commitment which further enhances the performance of the organisation and may bring innovativeness in working.

 Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Psychological Well Being, Organisational Commitment and Work Life Balance.

Mihir K. Mallick & Simranjit kaur
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.03

Abstract

Learning environment has tremendous effect on the social and emotional development of the student. Learning environment either at school or home has deep impact on students. Academic resilience refers to academic achievement in spite of a challenging or difficult circumstance in the educational process. The study was conducted to explore learning environment and academic resilience of senior secondary school students and to analyze the relationship between learning environment and academic resilience. The nature of the study calls for the descriptive study. 600 high school students were selected from three regions of Punjab (i.e. Majha, Malwa and Doaba region) through stratified random sampling technique. Self constructed and standardized Learning Environment Scale and Academic Resilience Scale were used for data collection. For analyzing data, parametric statistical techniques were used. Study revealed that boys possessed more scores in academic resilience as compared with girls. Student from urban locality possessed high level of academic resilience. Girl students have high level of learning environment as compared with boys. Locality-wise urban students scored significantly high in learning environment as compared with rural students. Significant positive relation was found between learning environment and academic resilience of senior secondary students.

Keywords: Academic Resilience, Learning Environment, Senior Secondary school students

Anshu Narad & Bilkees Abdullah
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.02

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Parental encouragement can nurture the hidden potentialities in children and lead to success in different walks of life. Academic performance is one of the important goals of education and has always been influenced by number of factors including parental encouragement and school environment. Keeping this in view a study was conducted to explore the parental encouragement and school environment of senior secondary school students and to analyze their relationship with academic performance of students. The study was descriptive survey in nature and simple random sampling technique was used for selection of the sample. The participants in the study included 300 senior secondary school girls (150 girls from each type of school i.e. co-education schools and girls’ schools, out of each school 30 girls). For analysis of data, parametric statistical techniques were used. The study revealed that senior secondary school girls studying in co- education schools and girls’ school had similar academic performance. Senior secondary school girls studying in girls schools had higher parental encouragement as compared to their counterparts in co-educational schools. Senior secondary schoolgirls studying in co-educational schools had higher permissiveness as compared to those studying in girls’ school, while those in girls’ school had higher control as compared to their counterparts in co-education schools. Significant positive relationship was found between academic performance of senior secondary school girls with parental encouragement and school environment.

Keywords: Academic Performance, Parental Encouragement, School Environment, Senior Secondary Schools

Dinesh Kumar
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

Special Issue, Volume 8, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF

DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v8n2.01

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The Teacher Education Institutions plays a crucial role in improving the system of education by training, educating and inspiring the future student teachers. A teacher requires understanding and mastering of skills to make his classroom interactive. For this purpose the exercise of instructional designing or lesson planning becomes very essential. Although innovative lesson plans based on behaviourist, cognitive and constructivist approaches are introduced in teacher education, the learner today, who is more ICT-enabled requires modern 21^st century skills and competencies. The classroom interactive process, used by student-teacher during the professional experience programme, needs a critical analysis and the recent trends in education need to be explored to modify the age old traditional approaches to meet the challenges of the present. This evaluative study explored, developed and ascertained the effectiveness of a hybrid micro-skill called developing and using blends. A number of skills, instructional designs and blended learning literature have been critically analyzed to finalize the components of skills. After conducting primary and secondary data analysis, the effectiveness of the developed skill was checked on high school students selected for this purpose. It was found that in science and social sciences, there is a significant effect of developed micro skill on the academic achievement of high school students, but no significant difference is found in teaching effectiveness of student teachers teaching with and without hybrid micro skill.

Key Words: Blends, teaching skills, instructional design, 5E constructivist approach, blended learning, on line learning.