{"title":"ICT Awareness among Teachers of C.B.S.E. and U.P. Board : A Comparative Study","authors":"Rajive Kumar, Ritu","doi":"10.29070/27/58323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58323","url":null,"abstract":"The researchers have attempted to study the Awareness towards ICT among teachers of C.B.S.E. and U. P. Board. For this purpose, a sample of 100 teachers (50 from the schools of C.B.S.E. and 50 from the schools of U.P. Board) teaching to class IX and X was randomly taken. The researchers constructed a questionnaire for Teachers to assess their ICT awareness. Then, t-test was used to study the significance of difference between the ICT awareness of the teachers of the schools of C.B.S.E. and U.P. board. Results show that teachers of C.B.S.E. were found to have better ICT Awareness than the teachers of U.P. Board, but no significant difference was observed between male and female teachers on ICT awareness.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123070317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nuclear Commerce : An Instrument of Destruction and Profit","authors":"R. Raja","doi":"10.29070/27/58307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58307","url":null,"abstract":"All over the world, it is largely believed and accepted by most of scientists that nuclear energy is a cheap source of energy for generating electricity. Also, it is widely held that nuclear energy is pollution free, therefore, it must be spread because it helps in mitigating the global climate change threat. Apart from the civilian purposes, nuclear energy is also used for manufacturing nuclear warheads for security purposes or avoiding major wars between the rival states. This study tries to explain the dilemma in Indian context that despite nuclear energy is an element of pollution and a threat to biodiversity, the government is planning to construct more breeder reactors in India. In addition, this study highlights that nuclear energy is expensive than other sources of energy. The nuclear industries are selling nuclear equipment to states which are even outside of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This study argues that the nuclear commerce is a new form of capital accumulation in the name of development which might result into the destruction of the globe.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132909176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Transformation of Indian Agriculture","authors":"T. Sundari","doi":"10.29070/27/58309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58309","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculture remains the largest sector of Indian economy which provides employment to 60% of the population. The social conversion and the economic growth depends on the performance of the agricultural sector. Indian agriculture faced arduous trials to grow more food in the past. Even today, many of the problematic challenges are faced by agriculture in India. The challenges antagonizing Indian agriculture include waning productivity, fading and chastening natural resources, declining land fertility and ground waters, frequent pest attach, growing demand for quality food, rotten farm incomes, bitty land holdings and matchless changes in climate. Apart, the economic challenges include declining farmer income, farm productivity, post-harvest loss, huge debts. To trounce these problems, digitization in agriculture has been focused. The convergence of agriculture and ICT is a new growth area to help in efficiency in production, distribution and consumption. This paper focuses on understanding the concept of digital farming and problems on the issues of agriculture.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124006632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feminist Narratology and its Localization Practice in Chinese Contemporary Literature","authors":"Sun Guirong","doi":"10.29070/27/58305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58305","url":null,"abstract":"Feminist narratology is a combination of feminism and narratology. It first appeared in 1980s, and is still an important branch of ‘‘post-classical narratology’’ that is still thriving in international academic community. The practices of feminist narratological analyses are still in a marginalized state in compare with its theory and the interpretation of feminist gender politics. Current research of Chinese modern and contemporary literature has its own creative points in localization practice of feminist narratology, and some even challenge western discourses and improve our own feminist narattological studies; while on the other hand, we also have kinds of deficiencies and should pay more attention to the fluidity of China’s social contexts and the special features of the contexts of Chinese literature. As a kind effective research method, feminist narratology will play a more important role for Chinese literature of 21st century.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124168075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of Alienation among Rural and Urban Undergraduate Students of Government and Private Universities","authors":"Narendra Kumar","doi":"10.29070/27/58322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58322","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the researcher presented the study of alienation among rural and urban undergraduate students of government and private universities in Rajasthan. for this purpose, 200 undergraduate students (100 from government and 100 from private universities) were randomly selected. out of these 200 students, 75 were from rural background and 125 from urban background. students alienation scale developed by Dr R. R. Sharma was used. results show that male and female undergraduate students of both government and private universities do not differ significantly on total alienation and its all dimensions.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121055894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender Equality in Contemporary India : Issues and Challenges","authors":"Satnam Singh","doi":"10.29070/27/58318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58318","url":null,"abstract":"Men and women can be said to be two pillars of society. Yet the society has always attributed different position and status to men and women and that this differential treatment has rendered women counterpart mostly in a disadvantageous position. Indian society has evolved through different phases during which some progressive steps have been taken to do away with the discriminations based on gender. The social reform movement which emerged during 19th century raised the question of right to equality and equal status and opportunity of women. Starting from the struggles to bring in legislations to eradicate certain social evils like ‘Sati Pratha’, we have travelled quite a distance guaranteeing one third of women’s participation in the local bodies through 73rd and 74th amendments. However, despite many constitutional and legal provisions in place, the idea of a gender just society still remains a far cry. The rights of women continue to be violated and in many cases they even fail to channelize their grievances and claims. In our Indian society marked by patriarchal values the male counterpart continues to control both the production and reproduction process thereby establishing its dominance. The increasing rates of crime against women including sexual harassment at workplace and rape clearly suggest that they continue to remain vulnerable even today. Since mere legal provision is not sufficient to address the question of gender justice, we must also therefore critically engage ourselves to question the culture and tradition privileging the male over female. I further assert that the","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115528110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Muslims in India and the Process of Development","authors":"Khalid Mohammad Tabish, S. M. Sajid","doi":"10.29070/27/58312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58312","url":null,"abstract":"India is known worldwide for its religious, cultural, lingual and geographical diversity. It is second most populous state in the world. It has achieved remarkable success in several spheres and its economic growth and development, particularly during the last two decades has been significant. Currently it is recognized as the second fastest growing economy of the world following China. This paper aims to discuss the problem of development deficit with regard to the largest religious minority group namely Muslims in India. Though historically Indian Muslims have accomplishments and glory to their credit, they now stand at a disadvantageous position in all spheres of development viz a viz social, economic, educational and political. They are found to be lagging behind other religious groups. Muslims face multiple disadvantages and in the present context doubts are being raised more vociferously on their loyalty to the nation. Large number of communal riots since independence have not only made them suffer economically but has also instilled a sense of insecurity and fear among them resulting in their ghettoisation and relegation to the margins. Their educational, economic and social backwardness is further accentuated by the threats to their distinct religious and cultural identity. The process of development since independence which was initially through planned economic development based on the trickledown approach and subsequently under the structural adjustment programme has resulted in the marginalization of the weaker sections of which Muslims constitutes a significant part.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116648592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study on the Effectiveness of Using Computer Simulations in Teaching Circuits vs the Use of Hands-on Laboratory Equipment","authors":"Cornelio B. Javier, Ma. Angela T. Lomuntad","doi":"10.29070/27/58314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58314","url":null,"abstract":"This action research aimed to investigate the use of interactive computer simulations as a tool for inquiry based learning and instruction of Physics, among Grade 10 (Year IV) students of SSC Manila. Two sections were chosen as experimental and control groups. We compared the students’ achievements when taught using the PhET simulations and hands-on laboratory equipment. The results show that the post-test scores of students who experienced the simulation and the hands-on instructional method differed significantly. Action plans are suggested based on these findings.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115261196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Branch Productivity of Selected Indian Public and Private Sector Banks","authors":"Kavita S. Vadrale, V. Katti","doi":"10.29070/27/58315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58315","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the comparative performance of branch productivity of selected Indian public and private sector banks during 2001 to 2015. Ten branch productivity ratios have been selected for measuring the branch productivity. Study finds that private sector bank branches are more competent than public sector bank branches as out of ten indicators in terms of ratios, nine ratios reflect better performance in case of private sector banks and one ratio i.e. burden per branch was same in both banks. One tailed ‘t’ test result shows that the burden per branch of both public and private sector banks is same. However, the public sector banks are improving in branch productivity as their CGR has upward trend and comparatively the growth rate is greater than private sector banks.","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128320755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autonomous Character of Indian Universities and Role of Judiciary","authors":"Manish Rohatgi, Meenu Gupta","doi":"10.29070/27/58313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29070/27/58313","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":166691,"journal":{"name":"Contemporary Social Sciences","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125621617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}