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The Culture of Trust in the Context of Changing Global Academic Scenario
Full text linkContemporary social, economic and political contexts of higher education raise new challenges in the realm of education and research. On the one hand, we have to put great importance to the preservation of tradition and dignity of the academics and on the other hand, the processes of globalization and internationalization and development of new interdisciplinary fields of knowledge necessitate the search for new forms of functioning of the Academy. Traditional academic culture, of which the culture of trust is a significant element, encounters multi-dimensional changes. In this paper, the focus is on a very narrow example of a culture of trust in the changing academic culture, namely, the one element of interpersonal relationships in academy, that is, the trust in interactions in the process of assessment. Exams of mass-nature in higher education cause a lot of new problems. In this context, the results of research conducted in Polish academic milieu are presented. The objects of analysis are students’ opinions about the proposal of one of the students’ self-governments for monitoring the examination by third parties or using video cameras. Analysis of the collected empirical material indicates the scale of the immersion of the students in the culture of mistrust and suspicion. This can be seen as a sign of change in academia culture
Methodology for Teaching Morality in School: A Theoretical Framework
Full text linkIn the backdrop of fragmented family structure and no-time-for-kids attitude among the increasing number of working parents and indifferent socio-emotional attitude of outside society at large, what to teach and how to teach in order to develop moral character of children and adolescents is gaining more importance and urgency in school and teacher education programmes. In this context, the school education system has to play a major role in shaping the value system of students. The author, through this review article, attempts to address one very important issue in moral education which actually deals with the description and discussion of various teaching strategies employed in developing the moral character of students at school level. The discussion entails the strengths and weaknesses of each method of imparting character education to school students. Needless to say that, this piece of writing will go a long way in helping school teachers to decide which teaching plan or strategy is best suited to develop moral values and attitudes in their students
Contemporary Issues in Teacher Education: A Critical Analysis
Full text linkThe development of the standard of education is closely associated with the question of teacher education. A teacher should arrange himself for this special task before accepting the responsibility of teaching. The teachers’ training institution helps a lot to do this task. In the education policy the importance of the teachers’ training is admitted for a long time. But in this unpredictable society how much development in the standard of education has taken place is the context of the present paper. The aim of the present paper is to highlight the historical perspective with a purpose to improve the teacher education quality in India by focusing on the emerging issues and allied concerns. The paper concludes that teacher education system in India calls for radical changes