IOSR-JHSS   Volume-5 ~ Issue-1 ~ Nov-Dec-2012

Abstract:Rainwater harvesting emerges as the most suitable alternative to combat the water scarcity issues throughout the world, especially for India where adequacy of monsoonal rainfall is perhaps not a major concern but its unthoughtful wastage through overland flow and surface runoff pose a scope for enhanced attention. Harvesting rainwater and making it available in the dry season could have major implications for agriculture and livelihoods in the rural areas and make living easy in urban areas. The city of Kolkata is carrying unbearable load of population where the civic facilities are insufficient, poor and old for the growing population. Thus various efforts are made in order to reduce such problems both at the macro level and micro level. One of such efforts has been the establishment of a new urban area, namely, Baishnabghata-Patuli located in the southeastern fringes of the city proper. The new area has been the brainchild of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, and the project is highly appreciable in the view of sharing excessive population loads on the city of Kolkata providing all kinds of living accommodations. Baishnabghata-Patuli can be termed as a satellite township decorated with all kinds of civic amenities; it has provisions for resident ial, commercial and institutional plots as per proper town planning norms-maintaining feeder roads at all the possible important junctions to the city proper. The new area provides residences for families of lower, middle and high-income groups with proper sanitation and other civic facilities; even considering the question of environmental problem. Objective of the study here is that how the new planned area copes with the water scarcity issues with the newer methods of Rainwater Harvesting which can be treated as a indicative pathway for the rest.
Keywords:Baishnabghata-Patuli, Groundwater Recharge, Megacity, Rainwater Harvesting, Recharge wells

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Abstract:The demand for valued-education particularly science education and mathematics education is increasing in light of the global technological advancement. However, research on the area of values associated with mathematics teaching and learning among mathematics teachers remains in its infancy in Nigeria. This study was conducted to unveil the effectiveness of the mathematical values inculcation model among secondary schools mathematics teachers in Nigeria. A sample of 509 mathematics teachers was drawn from the six states of the North Eastern Region of Nigeria. A self-constructed survey instrument was used to gather the data of the study. The independent variables of the study consist of ideological, attitudinal, sociological, computational and motivational mathematical values. Structural equation modeling technique and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted. The findings of the study show that there is a significant covariant relationship among the latent constructs for values inculcation in mathematics teaching and learning. There is also adequate support of the values inculcation model among Nigerian mathematics teachers as the model fits the data.
Keywords: Unveiling, Values, Inculcation, Mathematics, Teachers

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Abstract:The SHG method is used by the government, NGOs and others worldwide. Thousands of the poor and the marginalized population in India are building their lives, their families and their society through Self help groups. The main aim of this paper is to examine the impact of Self-help Group in Socio-economic development of India. Self-help Groups have been playing considerable role in training of Swarozgaris, infrastructure development, marketing and technology support, communication level of members, self confidence among members, change in family violence, frequency of interaction with outsiders, change in the saving pattern of SHG members, change in the cumulative saving pattern of SHGmembers per month, involvement in politics, achieving social harmony, achieving social justice, involvement in community action, sustainable quality and accountability, equity within SHGs,defaults and recoveries, and sustainability - financial value. It analyses what is Self-Help Group? Why the Self-Help Group is so important in India? The present status of Self-Help Group in India, impact of Self-Help Group in India, Shortcomings of Self-Help Group in India, Suggestions to improve Self-Help Group In India, conclusion.
Key Words:Poor, Self-Help Group, achieving Social Justice, Sustainable quality, Equity, Empowerment

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Abstract:E-learning has emerged in the world of distance education. It supports valuable aid to many kinds of educational purposes through the use of technology of information and communication. EEPIS as one of institutions conducting distance learning with English class as one of the subjects needs to develop an elearning system which can represent the presence of real language teacher into virtual language teacher. This paper tries to addresses how this kind of interactive teaching media was developed through Research & Development research and has resulted a yielding interactive e-learning module for language teaching as it contains teaching performance video and is completed with evaluation tasks. This multimedia supported learning module is able to provide independent learning service to the students of distance education. Furthermore, the interactive e-learning becomes the mediation teachers and learners to stay in touch virtually as if they were in the class conducting the teaching and learning process.
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Abstract:Mother gives Mother Tongue along with cultural and literary wealth of words, so it must be protected forever. This article intended to describe the significance of Mother Tongue for the development of Education system. Majority of Languages in the world are in danger and disappearing. Language is like a stream may always changes its way, the way should be provided with modern Technology by the society, otherwise there will be no technology without language. I proved in this paper how the Telugu Language is running towards danger to disappear and the way to protect it.

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Abstract:This empirical study aims to investigate the mediating effect of online flow experience on the relationship between personality variables (extraversion/introversion and locus of control) and positive psychology (subjective happiness and satisfaction with life). Using a questionnaire, data was collected in two phases from 221 persons from different professions. Extraversion/introversion and locus of control (IVs) and subjective happiness and satisfaction with life (DVs) were obtained in the first phase, and then the subjects were asked to browse the net for three months on a minimum of four hours per day. Then in the second phase of data collection, online flow experience (mediator) and DVs were obtained from the same subjects. Data were analysed using regression analysis techniques. The findings of the study suggest that online flow experience mediates the effects of personality variables on subjective happiness and satisfaction with life. There is also a positive significant relationship between extraversion, internal locus of control, and subjective happiness and satisfaction with life.
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