International Journal of Education and Management Studies

Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani ¹, Mohammed Anus ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

The education system in India primarily focuses on teaching students just academic and literacy aspects of life. Increasing knowledge base is the core goal of education in Indian schools and colleges. The purpose of education has been to acquaint students with baste knowledge of languages, social and baste sciences, and mathematics. Spiritual and rehgious base value education has been ignored in the contemporary education system. Educationists and psychologists have realized that the education in schools and colleges need to be broadened and should include teaching and teaming the positive behavioral skills which are adaptive for everyday living. The World Health Organization has also emphasize dont eaching school and college students the basic skills of life known as life skills. Emergence of positive psychology has also shifted the focus of education toward teaching and training in positive psychological states like happiness, gratitude, forgiveness and spirituality. This is often known as positive schooling. Gratitude and forgiveness are also the values cherished by the major religions of the world like Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. Research has shown that gratitude and forgiveness in people are associated with wellbeing and happiness. The current paper will focus on interventions which will increase gratitude in school and college going students. There is also a need to incorporate these concepts in school and college curriculum to enhance well-being of students. There is also a need to place professional counselors and psychologist in schools and colleges for imparting training in these values to students.

Keywords

Gratitude, Education, Positive Psychology.

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Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

In India, parents often start sending their children to school around 3 and half to 4 years. School plays a formative and crucial role in the spheres of cognitive, language, emotional, social and moral development of students. Education at school level is the key and forms the basis for the future development and success of the students. Traditionally, imparting education to a child would mean teaching literacy and numeracy skills i.e. the ability to read and write and learn to identify numbers. The purpose of education at school level, however, is broader than just literacy. Its purpose is holistic development of children in terms of their intellectual, social, emotional, interpersonal, moral and spiritual abilities. The strong educational foundation can only be laid in children if the schools aim and facilitate ways and pathways for the holistic development of their students. In order to achieve this goal, the teachers and staff need to be sensitized about this and should involve students' parents too in the process. Teaching and learning is basically a collaborative process involving motivated teachers, students and their parents. The most significant aspect that need to be focused in current schooling system in India is to teach and train school students to learn to transform their knowledge into action. The purpose of the current conceptual paper is to sensitize the a) Educators, parents, policy makers and common masses about the nature and purpose of holistic schooling b) Educators, parents and policy makers about imparting training in holistic education. The holistic education aims to foster students' cognitive, emotional, behavioural, moral and spiritual abilities so that schooling in India not just focuses on literacy skills but rather the overall development of the students which will make them self-responsible and self-sufficient and later enrich their personal and professional life. This will significantly contribute in our Nation building process.

Keywords

Holistic Schooling, Cognitive, Emotional, Behavioral, Moral And Spiritual Abilities.

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Mustafa Nadeem Kirmani ¹, Mohammed Anus ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, IN

Abstract

The education system m India primarily focuses on teaching students just academic and literacy aspects of life. Increasing knowledge base is the core goal of education m Indian schools and colleges. The purpose of education has been to acquaint students with basic knowledge of languages, social and basic sciences, and mathematics. Spiritual and rehgious base value education has been ignored in the contemporary education system. Educationists and psychologists have realized that the education in schools and colleges need to be broadened and should include teaching and training the positive behavioral skills which are adaptive for everyday living. The World Health Organization has also emphasized on teaching school and college students the basic skills of life known as life skills. Emergence of positive psychology has also shifted the focus of education toward teaching and training m positive psychological states Hke happiness, gratitude, forgiveness and spirituality. This is often known as positive schooling. Gratitude and forgiveness are also the values cherished by the major religions of the world like Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. Research has shown that gratitude and forgiveness m people are associated with wellbeing and happiness. The current paper will focus on interventions which will increase gratitude m school and college going students. There is also a need to incorporate these concepts m school and college curriculum to enhance well-being of students. There is also a need to place professional counselors and psychologist m schools and colleges for imparting training in these values to students.

Keywords

Gratitude, Education, Positive Psychology.

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