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P. N. Menon ¹, Sunil Dutt ¹

Affiliations
1 Technical Teachers Training Institute, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Since independence, India witnesses the birth of a large number of polytechnics of which barring a few, majority are directly governed by the State Board of Technical Education. The state Board of Technical Education, thereby, has come under a heavy strain and seems to be not reaching out in making technician education innovative, and curricula and methods, relevant.

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P. N. Menon ¹, Sunil Dutt ¹

Affiliations
1 T.T.T.I, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Concept Mapping unlike conventional method is an instructional strategy that can help the students learn meaningfully whatever is taught to them without taking refuge to rate learning. In this paper, the nature of concept mapping, and how this strategy can be meaningfully employed at all levels of education have been dealt with. The paper also gives some guidelines to teachers regarding the activities they should take while teaching through concept mapping in the classroom. Apart from being an instructional strategy, it has got certain educational implications which have been briefly dealt with in this paper. This novel strategy can be further developed for instruction by conducting further researches. Therefore, a brief survey has been made regarding what research activities have already been done in this area, and, the scope of future research.

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P. N. Menon ¹, D. D. Sharma ¹, Sunil Dutt ¹, Rakesh Wats ¹

Affiliations
1 T.T.T.I., Chandigarh 160019, IN

Abstract

For the growth of small and medium enterprises, talented people possessing entrepreneural attributes are needed. The present study was an attempt to identify entrepreneural attributes of prospective entrepreneurs and compare the self perceptions of entrepreneurship among students undergoing technician education programme in two institutions. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, entrepreneural attributes were identified by asking a panel of judges to rank a long list of entrepreneural attributes. Finally, a sample of 100 students were asked to give their self-perception on the identified attributes. The data was analysed using weighted ranking technique, and t-test.

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Preeti Thakur ¹, Sunil dutt ², Abhishek Chauhan ³

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1 Ph.D, Department of Education,Panjab University Chandigarh, IN
2 Professor, Department of Education & Educational Management, NITTTR, Sector 26, Chandigarh, IN
3 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UIET, PUSSGRC, Hoshiarpur, IN

Abstract

Poverty, hunger, gender inequality are some of the social problems which seems difficult to overcome in a country like India with the second largest population in the world. India is a country, with diverse culture and traditions where nature is being exploited for the benefit of humans. The greed to have more and more of the materialistic things have not only leaded, to the deterioration of our environment, flora and fauna, but has also increased the rate of crime alarmingly. Education is one of the most important factors which can act as a means to achieve the Goals of Sustainable Development as it can help an individual to think logically and inculcate the habit of questioning and finding answers to the unsolved social problems which has spread it ischolar_mains deeply effecting the economic development of our country. Quality education should focus on the overall development of an individual and should also aid in the social and economic development of a nation. To improve the status of the education, we should not mainly focus on just adding on the enrolment of students but also on the methods of teaching. Globalization and industrialization is booming all walks of life with rapid progress in science and technology. Problem based learning can be a promising method of teaching learning process which can give an insight to the learner to understand various social, economic and environmental problems in a better way by integrating science and technology with education. The present paper is an attempt to associate the use of problem based learning (PBL) for achieving the goals of Sustainable development.

Keywords

Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Sustainable Development, Goals, Education.

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