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ISSUES OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Kothari Commission begins its report with this remark ‘The destiny of India is being shaped in its classrooms’. No doubt a sound programme of education plays a significant role in nation’s development and the quality of the education programme is greatly determined by the quality of teachers. Hence, in order to improve the quality of education, it is necessary to have a sound programme of professional education of teachers. In our country we have the B.Ed programme to train secondary school teachers.

INNOVATIVE METHOD OF TEACHING ENGLISH: BRAIN STORMING

Brainstorming theory, as a teaching technique is to stimulate creative thinking, usually start from a specific topic and to talk about and discuss a variety of forms of excavation of useful Information to create ideas, and thus broaden students to imagine and think about space, brainstorming, induced collective wisdom, to activate the student's creativity and inspiration.

Task-Based And Activity Based Language Teaching: The Pedagogy Of Learner Centeredness

Task based language teaching and Activity based language teaching is an innovative option in language teaching pedagogy compared to the traditional methods of teaching. This paper shows how TBLT and ABLT  represents a paradigm shift from traditional teacher fronted methods of language teaching, thereby giving learners an opportunity to be more active in the language classroom. The role of the teacher is not diminished in TBLT and ABLT; however the teacher becomes a ‘friend and guide’ and not a ‘sage on the stage’.

SUBJECTIVE LITERARY VS. OBJECTIVE TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION: STYLE, DIFFERENCES AND ACQUAINTANCE WITH B.COM. COURSE BY V.N.S.G. UNIVERSITY

Prior to differentiating between technical communication and literary communication, both these broad categories require some explanation.  These explanations were well given by Donald W. Bush and Charles P. Campbell in How to Edit Technical Documents. Some efforts also poured by H.W. fowler and F. G. Fowler in The King’s English.  The paper also incorporates the style and difference of technical communication and literary communication articulated by Robert A. Day.

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IN-SILICO PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION:HOMOLOGY MODELLING-A REVIEW

Proteins are chains of amino acid joined by hydrogen bond. The linear chain forms secondary structures through hydrogen bond between amino acid in the linear chain. Through further interactions among amino acid groups the secondary structures fold to form three dimensional structures. Thus the structure of protein is largely determined by amino acid sequence. So efforts are made to predict the structure of protein.

APPRAISAL OF WATER AND SOIL QUALITY OF TAPI WITH REFERENCE TO HEAVY METAL SURAT, GUJARAT

In the present study heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Cd and Pb) were detected in water and soil taken from Tapi. Samples were collected monthly from three different stations for the periods of six months (July 2008 to Oct 2008).The present study is included the period before and after Ganpati visarjan. Heavy metals were determined using AAS according to Standard methods (APHA 2005).Concentration of heavy metals in water and soil was fluctuating with respect to temperature and pH.

GLOBAL EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

The paper begins with the brief note on Globalization and is extended further focusing on global education- its aims, need, characteristics of a global student and the measures which need to be adopted to make the education more global has been highlighted.

FACTORS INFLUENCING SELECTION OF MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES - A CASE STUDY OF SURAT CITY

The growth of mutual funds has been phenomenal. The mobilization of funds by mutual funds has been on the rise since 1964. When mutual fund market was thrown open to the private sector in 1993, the corpus of mutual fund in India has swelled tremendously.

THREAT OF STRESS - STUDY OF FINANCIAL SECTOR EMPLOYEES

Stress in the work place has become an inevitable part of life in recent times. Organizational stress originates in organizational demands experienced by the individual. Although, it does have galvanizing effects to some extent making the life more challenging and charming; beyond a certain level, it leads to disturbances in personal as well as professional life. Organizations interested in building high performing culture need to examine the Organization Role Stress (ORS) patterns among their live wires – the employees; and come out with the remedial measures.