Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Y. K. Anand , D. D. Sharma ¹, P. N. Menon ²

Affiliations
1 EDIC Dept., IN
2 Education Dept., TTTI, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has specified the norms for according approval to technical institutions. These norms mostly cover quantity and quality of physical, human, instructional, financial and other requirements. In addition to this, achievement of the institutions are seen for their relative grading. The criterion developed by AICTE does not provide a framework to the evaluators and institution developers for identifying and initiating action. For institution building Coalignment Model comprising of Domain, Mission, Credibility and Network can be used for performance appraisal framework for polytechnics. In this paper, critical factors related to these variables and related processes have been suggested. The above approach, if adopted by National Board of Accreditation, will help in determining status, weaknesses, corrective measures, and intervention and strategy to an institution progressing on the task of building up excellence in addition to approval of the institute.

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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

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

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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

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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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Y. K. Anand ¹, P. N. Menon ², D. D. Sharma ³

Affiliations
1 CDC Department, TTTI, Chandigarh, IN
2 Education Department, TTTI, Chandigarh, IN
3 EDIC Department, TTTI, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Prosperity of any nation to a large extent depends on the development of entrepreneurial traits among its people. For instance Japan and South Korea, inspite of paucity of raw material resources, achieved highest industrial excellence mainly due to the development of these traits in their people, right at the beginning of their education.

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