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A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER EDUCATION JULY 2011 VOLUME 3
OF

LOVELY FACULTY

OF

EDITORIAL

Inside this issue

Joe Sabah had said that you don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. Every new beginning starts with a gritty mind. It is further said that nothing is achieved without pain. Thus, it has been concluded that more pain means more gain and no pain means no gain. It is very important to take the first step which is always difficult to take. When we are dreaming new changes in life, it is obvious that there comes fear, anguish, sadness and doubts on the abilities and outcomes of the game. But once, the first step is taken, consequent steps follows which leads to success in the venture undertaken. The fructification of success has always been there in the destiny. The destiny took its shape because of the person being confident, steady, true and optimistic. Alongwith continuous dreaming and visualization of positive outcomes cruised into reality. Apart from this, sharing helps in rediscovering ourselves, but never giving up attitude pays its price into tasting success. Just like bits and bytes of incidences make a hard disk full of memories. Similarly, success is like a tree and it will not grow overnight, but one has to be persistent and honest to find out the good results. Also, an individual will be successful when he is having the working knowledge about what he is doing and what it accounts to in totality. Faculty Development Programme of Education and Physical Education As part of Faculty Development Programme, a 3 day workshop was organized on Construction and

Editorial News and Views Achievements Teaching tips Contributions Research Visits and Visitors

NEWS AND VIEWS

standardization of psychological test and e-content Development. The resource person for Construction and standardization of psychological test was Dr. S.K.Bawa, Dean, Faculty of Education and Dr. Ananda Padhan, Professor, detailed about the procedure of development of e-content. The various components of workshop included concept and process of Construction and standardization of psychological test, E-Content:

Concept and application, Demonstration of E content (CEC Website /CD), Instructional design for e-content, Photo shop (Button, Uploading, Front Page and Hyperlink), PPT/animation/figure/graph/picture-selection and preparation, Video Preparation, EditingInsertion

Editor-In-Chief: Dr .S K Bawa

Editor: Mr. Vijay Kumar Chechi

Designer: Ms. Gurpreet Kaur

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of PPT/animation/figure/graph/picture-selection and Intra School Talent Hunt

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preparation. The workshop was followed by feedback from faculty and a test was also conducted to assess their understanding and applicability of what have they learnt. Induction of New Batch Students Faculty of Education started its new session from 17 August, 2011. It had organized the induction programme for the fresh students for different programmes like C.P.Ed, BPE, B.Ed., M.Ed., B.P.Ed., M.P.Ed., MA Education, Education). and M.Phil (Education and Physical Intra School Talent Hunt for Faculty of Education and Humanities was organized on 28
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September 2011. A

total of 53 students participated in different events like light vocal, acting, western vocal solo, classical dance, western dance, folk dance, debate, elocution, on the spot painting and rangoli.

After the completion of the event, 25 students were awarded different prizes. Further 18 students

represented the department in University Youth Festival. Director General, ER. H.R. Singla and Dr. S.K.Bawa, Dean blessed the students and praised for their talent. The students were welcomed by Dr. S.K.Bawa, Dean, Faculty of Education and Humanities. Honable Vice Chancellor Dr. Ramesh Kanwar and Pro Chancellor Mrs. Rashmi Mittal enlightened the students with their enriched views. Experts from Academic affairs, Youth Festival Eighteen students from Faculty of Education and Humanities participated in the University Youth Festival in different events like light music, western vocal solo, folk dance, debate, elocution, on the spot painting, acting and rangoli. First prize was won by Renasha in western vocal solo. It was a fantastic performance of all the participants at this level. The faculty established a

Examination Deptt, Security Division were also made to give students an understanding of the academic processes, examination system, security system,

residential and extracurricular facilities available within the university.

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stall of PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING in which 9 types of tests were conducted.

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The website of the association was also launched with IP address thegera.in. The membership for the same is been opened for interested candidates. Till date number of members registered for the association reached up to 86. Out of this, 16 members are from different countries other than India. Guest Lectures Dr. Sorab Sadri, Dean, Research, Lovely

Professional University, Phagwara Dr. Sorab Sadri, Dean, Research, LPU was invited for guest lecture on 14.09.2011 on Professional Ethics. The lecture was organized for the faculty of department of education, physical education and humanities. Dr Global Educational Research Association (GERA) Global Educational Research Association (GERA) has been registered with the headquarters at the Faculty of Education and Humanities, LPU under the leadership of Prof. B K Passi, Prof. S K Bawa and Dr. S. P. Malhotra. Sadri enlightened the audience with the concept of ethics, its context in various spheres of life. He had discussed ethics from the point of view of Plato, Aristotle, Piaget, Kohlberg etc. The guest lecture was followed by question-answer session.

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Dr. Kanwaljeet Singh, Director, Sports, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar A guest lecture was organized by the department of Physical Education on the occasion of National Sport Day on 29 September, 2011.
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from a lot of diseases like blood pressure, diabetes etc. He suggested the remedies through physical activity.

Prof. S P Malhotra, National Fellow, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi Lovely School of Education organized a guest lecture on Dr. Kanwaljeet Singh, Director, Sports, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar delivered a lecture on Development of Sports in India. He focused on different policies of state and central government for the development of sports from the grass root level which can help the sport persons not only to contribute at international level but can also uplift their socio-economic status.He also highlighted the achievement of Major Dhyan Chand in international sports. Dr. Nishan Singh, Associate Professor, Deptt of Physical Education, Punjabi University, Patiala Dr. Nishan Singh, Associate Professor, Deptt of Physical Education, Punjabi University, Patiala Qualitative Research for the students of M.Ed and M.Phil programme. Prof. S P Malhotra, National Fellow, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi was invited on 17.10.2011.

recognized the problem of modern society and delivered lecture on 08.10.2011. He made students aware about the challenges faced by the society due to their lack of regular physical exercises. Today, people are suffering

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Prof. Malhotra discussed various aspects of qualitative research i.e. its application, context, types and their functionality in research and how it is different from

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quantitative research. Dr Sushil Kr Singh, Training Coordinator of the department organized the session.

Innovative Experience

Practices

in

Teaching:

Our

E Team Teaching E team teaching was practiced in the department with M.Ed students on the topic of types of research using skype software. Dr. S.K. Bawa took the class and three other faculty members sitting in Room No. 207 participated in the process of e-team teaching. E-team teaching gave an opportunity to the learners to get the viewpoint of many teachers on the same topic. Two students volunteered to collaborate with the

teacher and divided the topic among themselves i.e quasi experimental designs and true experimental designs. They taught the topic and the teacher helped by giving the inputs wherever they failed to clear the

concept. The teaching was further made interesting with the help of a game to give encouragement to ask questions. Teachers Day Celebration

Teacher Student Collaborative Teaching To encourage students participation in teaching learning process, teacher student collaborative teaching was practiced on the topic of experimental S.K. Bawa with M.Ed students. designs by Dr.

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Teachers day was celebrated in the faculty of education and a function was organized for teachers in the seminar hall. The guest speaker of the occasion was Er H R Singla, Director General, Lovely Professional University. The games organized for teachers included brain teasers, tongue twisters, mimicry and extempore. Faculty members participated in the event with full vigor. Prizes were also given to encourage the faculty.

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Instructional Strategy using Interactive Board 2
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PLC session on Use of Interactive Board was

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organized by department of education on 4

October

2011. The session was co-ordinated by Mr Ranjit Singh, Pedagogy Coordinator of the department. It was conducted by Mrs. Shivani Gulati (Asst. Professor) and Ms. Ruchika (Lecturer). Mrs. Shivani and Ms Ruchika demonstrated hardware installation and software

requirements and features of the Eyeris Interactive device. EyeRIS Interactive Software acquired by the department is designed for the Perfect User Experience, Faster Calibration Setup, Seamless Multi-Touch

Integration, and Outstanding Data Interactivity. Faculty members were asked to practice the various features of EyeRIS like Smooth Writing, Geometrical Tools, Lesson replay, Several Pens, Color Palette, Area Eraser, Line Attributes, Desktop Annotations, Any Surface Support, Natural Writing Experience Image Annotation, all formats

PLC Sessions
Pedagogical Plan for Courses of Education As part of the Professional Learning Community Activities, the first session of PLC was organized on Pedagogical Plan for Courses of Education on

06.09.2011. The resource person for the session was Dr. Anand Pradhan, HOD of department. He presented the overall view of various types of courses being run in the department i.e. theory, practical, theory plus practical. The pedagogies that can be applied in different types of courses were discussed in detail. The faculty was also encouraged to give their views regarding the pedagogical innovations for various types of courses. support, Desktop annotations, Folder writing, Video Annotations, Intrinsic Multi-Touch Support, Gesture based Natural User Interface, Multi-Touch Google Maps

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application, All windows application support, PowerPoint, Word, PDF Desktop annotations. Pedagogy Plan for Courses of Physical Education As part of the Professional Learning Community Activities, the first session of the PLC of department of Physical Education was organized on 26.09.2011 on Application of Pedagogy Plan for Courses of Physical Education. It was delivered by Dr. Pravin Kumar, Pedagogy Coordinator, Department of Physical

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and regulations, perfection in skills and to develop national integration and to develop social traits like: cooperation, coordination, honesty, sympathetic attitude, brotherhood etc. The students of various programmes were divided into four houses like: Pratap House, Shivaji House, Bhagat Singh House on the name of Martyr Bhagat Singh and Subhash House each lead by one faculty member known as house in-charge. A committee consisted of Dr. Varender Singh Patial- intramural coordinator, head boy -Rohit Chauhan and head girl Parmeet Kaur took initiative for organizing the eventr. First intramural competition was conducted in the month of September 2011. The match was played between Subhash House vs. Pratap House and was won by Pratap House with scores of 6-0 whereas the second match was played between Bhagat Singh House vs. Shivaji House which was won by Bhagat House with the scores of 2-1. The final match was played between

Education. He presented the overall view of the various types of courses being run in the department i.e. theory, practical, theory plus practical, quantitative, courses, courses related to teaching practices and internship and capstone projects. The pedagogies that can be applied in different types of courses were discussed in detail with the faculty members.

Intramural competitions
The Department of Physical Education organized intramural competitions for the students of physical education for the promotion of sports awareness, rules

Pratap House vs. Bhagat Singh House which was won by Pratap House by 4-1. Inter school Sports competitions Department of Physical Education actively participated in inter-school competition being organized by Directorate of Sports, Lovely Professional University. Teams of the department have participated in three competitions in men categories named as Badminton, Cross country and Kho-Kho in which students of the department secured first, second and second positions respectively. Players selected for inter university sports

competition Students of the Department of physical education always took lead role in formation of university teams. 44 students of the department represented university teams in six disciplines in men as well as in women category separately.

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Achievements
Achievements (Faculty) S. K. Bawa published paper titled Parental assistance in relation to personality and self-esteem of competitive exams in Indian Journal of Psychometry & Education, Volume 42 (2), 2011. S. K. Bawa and Ananda Padhan published Book entitled, Reforms in Higher Education, Abhishek Publishers, Chandigarh, 2011. Ananda Padhan acted as Resource Person in

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Ranjit Singh presented paper titled Use of ICT in Virtual Session in an International Seminar of The Learning Community (Association of Learners) organized by HYBDC, Lucknow, U.P. on Innovative Practices in Education from 18-19 June, 2011. Ranjit Singh and Shivani Gulati got published Book chapter entitled, Social Networking Apprehensions in Proceedings of National Seminar on Social Networking Sites - Boon or Bane, Published by S.D. College for Women, Jalandhar, 2011. Ranjit Singh and Shivani Gulati presented paper titled Social Networking Apprehensions in UGC sponsored National Seminar on Social Networking Sites - Boon or Bane organized by S. D. College for Women, Jalandhar on 17th October, 2011. Dr Ramandeep Kaur published paper titled Making Familiar Strange (MFS) approach of Synetics Model of Teaching: A treatment for Enhancing Creativity and Academic Today(An Achievement International of learners of in Education and

Workshop on Training of Mentor Coordinators in the use of ICT for teaching learning process in schools, Organized by NCERT, New Delhi at State Institute of Education, Jammu on 19th July, 2011. Ananda Padhan nominated as member to the editorial board of Journal of All India Association of Educational Research published by Society of All India Association of Educational Research. Pravin Kumar published paper titled Personality Traits among Female Athletes in Journal of Physical

Journal

Education

Humanities), Volume 1 (2), 2011. Dr Sushil Kr Singh published paper titled Globalisation with respect to its impact on Indian Culture in Education

Education and Yoga, Volume 2 (1), 2011. Vijay Kumar Chechi between published job paper titled and

Today (An International Journal of Education and Humanities), Volume 1 (2), 2011.

Relationship

satisfaction

Organizational Commitment in Government and Private Schools in International Journal of Education and Research, Volume 1 (4), 2011. Vijay Kumar Chechi published paper titled Leadership Behavior and Organizational climate in relation to School Size in Gyanodaya: Journal of Progressive Education, Volume 3 (2), 2011.

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Teaching Tips
To engage the students following strategies should be kept in mind: Be enthusiastic Interaction Discuss, interact and reflect Create a link between already learnt material and new material Use in class activities to reinforce new material Use of interesting teaching aids Give examples from own experiences Encouragement of learning communities emphasize continuously the most critical concept

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Expanding access to education: ICTs are a potentially powerful tool for extending educational opportunities, both formal and non-formal, to previously underserved constituenciesscattered and rural populations, groups traditionally excluded from education due to cultural or social reasons such as ethnic minorities, girls and women, persons with disabilities, and the elderly, as well as all others who for reasons of cost or because of time constraints are unable to enroll on campus.

Anytime, anywhere: One defining feature of ICTs is their ability to transcend time and space. ICTs make possible asynchronous learning, or learning characterized by a time lag between the delivery of instruction and its reception by learners. Online course materials, for example, may be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. ICT-based educational delivery (e.g., educational programming broadcast over radio or television) also dispenses with the need for all learners and the instructor to be in one physical location. Additionally, certain types of ICTs, such as teleconferencing to be received

Provide opportunity to students to think, discuss, interact and reflect Encourage students to ask questions Use variety of instructional strategies and resources Use of CL learning techniques Autonomous environment

technologies,

enable

instruction

simultaneously by multiple, geographically dispersed learners (i.e., synchronous learning).

Contributions
The Promise of ICT in Education The reality of the Digital Dividethe gap between those who have access to and control of technology and those who do notmeans that the introduction and integration of ICTs at different levels and in various types of education will be a most challenging undertaking. Failure to meet the challenge would mean a further widening of the knowledge gap and the deepening of existing economic and social inequalities.

Access to remote learning resources: Teachers and learners no longer have to rely solely on printed books and other materials in physical media housed in libraries (and available in limited quantities) for their educational needs. With the Internet and the World Wide Web, a wealth of learning materials in almost every subject and in a variety of media can now be accessed from anywhere at anytime of the day and by an unlimited number of people. ICTs also facilitate access to resource personsmentors, experts, researchers, professionals, business leaders, and peersall over the world.

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Preparing individuals for the job: One of the most commonly cited reasons for using ICTs in the classroom has been to better prepare the current generation of students for a workplace where ICTs, particularly computers, the Internet and related technologies, are becoming more and more ubiquitous. Technological literacy, or the ability to use ICTs effectively and efficiently, is thus seen as representing a competitive edge in an increasingly globalizing job market. Facilitating the acquisition of

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basic skills: The

transmission of basic skills and concepts that are the foundation of higher order thinking skills and creativity can be facilitated by ICTs through drill and practice. Educational television programs use repetition and reinforcement to teach the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes and other basic concepts.

Enhancing teacher training: ICTs have also been used to improve access to and the quality of teacher training.

Improving the quality of education: Improving the quality of education and training is a critical issue, particularly at a time of educational expansion. ICTs can enhance the quality of education in several ways: by increasing learner motivation and engagement, by facilitating the acquisition of basic skills, and by enhancing teacher training. ICTs are also transformational tools which, when used appropriately, can promote the shift to a learner-centered environment.

For example, institutions can take advantage of the Internet to provide better teacher professional

development opportunities to in-service teachers.

Transforming the learning environment: Research has shown that the appropriate use of ICTs can catalyze the paradigmatic shift in both content and pedagogy that is at the heart of education reform in the 21st century. If designed and implemented properly, ICT-supported education can promote the acquisition of the knowledge

Motivating to learn: ICTs such as videos, television and multimedia computer software that combine text, sound, and colorful, moving images can be used to provide challenging and authentic content that will engage the student in the learning process. Interactive radio likewise makes use of sound effects, songs, dramatizations, comic skits, and other performance conventions to compel the students to listen and become involved in the lessons being delivered. More so than any other type of ICT, networked computers with Internet connectivity can increase learner motivation as it combines the media richness and interactivity of other ICTs with the opportunity to connect with real people and to participate in real world events.

and skills that will empower students for lifelong learning.When used appropriately, ICTsespecially

computers and Internet technologies enable new ways of teaching and learning rather than simply allow teachers and students to do what they have done before in a better way. These new ways of teaching and learning are underpinned by constructivist theories of learning and constitute a shift from a teacher-centered pedagogyin its worst form characterized by

memorization and rote learningto one that is learnercentered. The various types of pedagogies have been explained in table 1 as shown below:

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Aspects

Less (traditional pedagogy)

More (emerging pedagogy) Activities prescribed by learner Small groups Many different activities Pace determined by learners Working in Teams Heterogeneous groups Supporting each other Productive learning Find new solutions to problems Integrating theory and practice 0052elations between subjects Thematic Teams of teachers Student-directed Diagnostic

Active

Activities prescribed by teacher Whole class instruction Little variation in activities Pace determined by the program

Collaborative

Individual Homogenous groups Everyone for him/herself

Creative

Reproductive learning Apply known solutions to problems

Integrative

No link between theory and practice Separate subjects Discipline-based Individual teachers

Evaluative

Teacher-directed Summative

Information & Communication Technology is universally acknowledged as an important catalyst for social transformation and national progress. If there is one truism that has emerged in the relatively brief history of ICT use in education, it is this: It is not the technology but how you use it! Technology then should not drive education; rather, educational goals and needs, and careful economics, must drive technology use. ICTs, therefore, cannot by themselves resolve educational problems in the developing world, as such problems are rooted in well entrenched issues of poverty, social inequality and uneven development. What ICTs as educational tools can do, if they are used prudently, is enable developing countries to expand access to and raise the quality of education. Prudence requires careful consideration of the interacting issues that underpin ICT use in the schoolpolicy and politics, infrastructure

development, human capacity, language and content, culture, equity, cost, and not least, curriculum and pedagogy. Ms Savita Gupta, Asst. Professor Lovely Faculty of Education Success Success is known by everybody in the world to be thing that we really want to achieve during a lifetime. But it is not only always the same thing for different people. You can give all kinds of names to success. Some people think that success means being successful in their business while some think that winning competitions is success. On the other hand, success is the sum of accomplishments you experience for quite some time. Success is durable. It is not only one happening as accomplishment and it is what marks the life or the career of an individual.

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Can there be something above success? Yes, true success is above the success. True success is what must mark your life to make it happy and special when you put your heart, your emotions, your feelings, your mind, your understanding and your very best entirely to gain something. Then, you are truly on your way to success. Success will come to you if it is associated with the effort and hard work. There are many areas in a person's life, self, friends, family, work, community and so on. To be truly successful, each of the areas needs to be properly balanced. You can improve by minor improvements, then, your life will gradually expand and become truly successful. So, just keep trying and growing. Success is not one short deal. It takes persistence and continuous attention. Success is like a journey that does not have an end, so keep working and enjoy the journey of success. Randeep Arora, B.Ed. Student Regn No.: 11112647 The Educational Learning Process I would like to say something on the teaching learning process. Firstly, I will talk over the education process of B.Ed. I think that it should be completely free from the theory and theoretical process. It should be full with practical knowledge. We should explore the psychological motivation only through the practical point of view. We should encourage the students about how to teach with the help of appreciation and imitation method. Whatever the student is in the past, we should explore the best method, which is taught by the teacher and that should be totally without prejudices. This will put education in its proper perspective and will make easy the goal of education to be achieved. Children must learn the basics. This aspect of education requires very careful preparation and methodology. It will lead to real

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preparation for life. Education does not mean just seeing the child through board examinations. It should not be totally information based to equip him to live as critical thinkers and active workers. Before the coming of the Britishers, India had an education system that could be packed back to 7000 years. The colonial rulers replaced this with a system that suited their own interest. When we got

independence 55 years ago, it was thought to create a new system of education. But the picture has not changed; two thirds are girls do not go to school. Not because they do want to go to school, but because the atmosphere of schools is so bad that the parents see no point in sending them there. The government school system is lifeline to education for the vast majority of our children. It must be realized and made to function well in such a way that it is not in any way inferior to any other school system in the country. Education must be seen not just as a sub set of society, but also as a superset that can transform society just as the industrial force changed the face of England in the nineteenth century. Education revolution can regenerate the society in 21st century in India. There is general enlightenment that good education will bring the socio economic upliftment of the people. The road to success is simple, instead of reciting the obvious mantra of making school going compulsory, we should make it compulsory to have good schools. This task is awesome in its perception but fairly simple in its execution. So, my request to you all is to help build good schools not only as requirement but as duty for nation. It will shape the future of the nation. Barun Kumar Tiwari, B.Ed. Student Regn. No. 111011083

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The God's of Greece and Rome Sr. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Greek Aphrodite Ares Artemis Irene Zeus Eros Cronus Roman Venus(Goddess of love and beauty) Mars(God of war)

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Diana virgin huntress(Goddess of the moon) Pax(Goddess of peace) Jupiter(Supreme ruler of gods and man) Cupid(God of Love) Saturn(Father of Supreme God-Zeus)

Ms. Renu, Asst. Professor Lovely Faculty of Education RESEARCH As part of curricular requirements, M.Phil and M.Ed students of the Department of Education undertake research work on various social, psychological, developmental and pedagogical issues in Education. The area wise number of research work undertaken by M.Ed students are Educational Psychology-28; Educational Sociology- 12; Elementary Education- 5; Educational Administration- 2; Teacher Education- 3; Adult Education- 1; Non Formal Education- 1; Women Studies- 5; Measurement and Evaluation- 12; Environmental Education- 1; Early Childhood Care and Education 2; Curriculum and Teaching Learning Strategies- 19; and Distance Education- 2 as depicted in the following graph:

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Similarly, the area wise number of research work undertaken by M.Ed Part time students are Educational Sociology- 1; Measurement and Evaluation- 1; Educational Technology- 1; Curriculum and Teaching Learning Strategies- 4; Educational Psychology- 5; and Teacher Education- 5.

The area wise number of research work undertaken by M.Phil students are: Educational Technology- 1; Educational Psychology- 5; Elementary Education- 1; and Early Childhood Care and Education 1.

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Dr. Kanwaljeet Singh, Director, Sports, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Dr. Nishan Singh, Associate Professor, Deptt of Physical Education, Punjabi University, Patiala

Prof. S P Malhotra, National Fellow, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi