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Educational Research in North-East India: a Source Material. INSTITUTION National Inst DOCUMENT RESUME ED 464 880 SO 033 836 AUTHOR Malhotra, Nirmal; Mittal, Pratibha TITLE Educational Research in North-East India: A Source Material. INSTITUTION National Inst. of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi (India). PUB DATE 2001-00-00 NOTE 385p. AVAILABLE FROM National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, 17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016, India. Tel: 91-11-6518218; Fax: 001-301-552-4700. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC16 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Annotated Bibliographies; Developing Nations; *Educational Development; *Educational Research; Foreign Countries; Resource Materials IDENTIFIERS Development Education; *Educational Issues; India ABSTRACT The Northeast region of India has a distinct geophysical structure and concomitant socio-economic development. New educational development initiatives for Northeastern states include bridging gaps in basic minimum services, enhancing teachers training facilities, and preparing state specific holistic plans. This annotated bibliography represents the first bibliography of educational research in Northeast India. It aims to be a useful resource to research scholars, planners,administrators, policymakers, and others concerned with educational development in Northeast India. It covers the following subjects: Admission; Adult Education; Aesthetic Education; Aided Schools; Alternative Schooling; Christian Education; Class Management; Computer Education; Creativity; Curriculum; Distance Education; Dropouts; Educational Achievement; Educational Administration; Educational Development; Educational Evaluation; Educational Finance; Educational Leadership; Educational Psychology; Educational Quality; Educational Sociology; Educational Supervision; Educational Survey; Educational System; Educational Technology; Employment; English Teaching; Enrollment; Examination; Failure; Gifted Children; Girls Education; Higher Education; History of Education; Home Work; In-Service Teacher Education; Intelligence Test; Job Satisfaction; Literacy; Mathematics Teaching; Medium of Instruction; Microteaching; Mid-Day Meal; National Integration; Non-Formal Education; Operation Blackboard; Physical Education; Physical Facilities; Population Education; Pre-Primary Education; Primary Education; Remedial Teaching; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Education; Scholarship; School Community Relationship; School Complex; School Education; School Environment; School Libraries; School Management; School Upgradation; Science Education; Secondary Education; Sports; State Council of Educational Research/Training; Student Achievement; Student Activities; Student Attitudes; Student Movements; Student Socialization; Student Problems; Study Habits; Tea Garden Labourers; Teacher Education; Teacher Problems; Teacher Status; Teacher Training; Teaching Aids; Technical Education; Television; Textbooks; Training Needs; Tribal Education; University Administration; Value Education; Village Education Committee; Vocabulary; Vocational Education; Women Education; and Working Mothers. (Contains a name index, subjectindex, and regional index.) (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 0 0 0 Educational Research in North-East India: A Source Material. Nirmal Malhotra Pratibha Mittal National Inst. of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi (India). cf") 00 Cr) cr) 0c=> C/) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND CENTER (ERIC) DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS This document has been reproduced as BEEN GRANTED BY received from the person or organization originating it. BEST COPY AVAILABLE 0 Minor changes have been made to in. inukhopad41 improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI position or policy. 1 2 Educational Research in North-East India by Nirmal Maihotra Pratibha Mittal National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration 17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg New Delhi -110016 3 500 Copies C National Institute of EducationalPlanning and Administration, 2001 PublishedbytheRegistrar,NationalInstituteof Educational Planning and Administration, 17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Dellii-110016 and Printed by the Publication Unit, NIEPA atThompson Press Services, 96, DSIDC Sheds, Okhla, Phase -II, New Delhi -110020 FOREWORD The North-East region has a distinct geophysical structure and concomitantsocio-economicdevelopment. The central government has laid special emphasis, from time to time, on the economic and social development of the North-Eastern states, to bring them financially and emotionally into the national mainstream. New initiatives for educational development of North-Eastern states include bridging gaps in basic minimum services, enhancing teachers training facilities and preparing state specific holistic plans. Number of research studies have been conducted by research scholars both from North-East India and outside on issuesrelated to educational development inthisregion. However, the information on their findings is not available at one place. This volume on Educational Research inNorth-East India provides information which will help educational planners, policy makers and practitioners. Research provides systematic evidence collected and analyzed according to the canons of science, that provide policy makers with information they can get nowhere else. It yields information about the current situation, trends from the past and analysis of probabilities in the future. There are four important ways in which policy makers tend to use information inthe policy process: Warning- Information provides a signal that trouble is brewing; Guidance- Research can give guidance and direction for improving policies and practices; Enlightenment- Policymakers are often receptive even to research that is critical of current policy. Such research offers them a new way of thinking about issues and new models for making sense of activities and outcomes; Mobilization of support- Research is also used to mobilize support for policy proposals. I am happy NIEPA Librarian, Ms. Nirmal Malhotra with her colleague Ms. Pratibha Mittal have workedon an issue that is relevant, timely and important. The painstaking work in putting together this volume would be amply rewarded if itwere accepted as a useful compendium of reference. Our endeavour is to disseminate research findings as much as possible so thata wider concern for improved educational systemcan develop. This volume is an effort in that direction. B. P. Khandelwal Director, NIEPA PREFACE This is the first comprehensive bibliography of "Educational Research in North-East India". The purpose of this volume is to provide a useful resourceto research scholars,planners, administrators, policy makers, government officials and others concerned with educational development in North-East India. This volume contains 304 Research Studies classified under89subjectheadings.Itispurposelyarranged alphabetically under specific subject and within that subject alphabetically according to Author. With this arrangement a user can have direct and easy access to any subject without losing much of his time. For users who are interested in broader subject classification, under subject index, research works are classified level wise. Take a example of Primary Education, researches conducted on any aspects of primary education are indexed at one place for reference. Each entry contains the name of researcher, title of the study, year of publication, objectives of the study, research methodology used and finally the findings of the study. The following indices are appended to facilitate users to locate and reach the information they are looking for easily and thus make the best use of it in their endeavour: Name Index Subject Index Regional Index As has been stated earlier, this is a pioneering work, the first of its kind on Educational Research in North-East India. As is normal with such efforts, there could be many limitations, infirmities and shortcomings in the compilation. Itis quiet possible that some significant works may have been missed. We can only say in our defence, that we have worked quiet 'hard to make this volume as less incomplete as wecould do. We request that the inadequacies of this work may pleasebe brought to our notice so that they may be removed inthe next up-dated edition. We are grateful to Prof. B. P. Khandelwalfor the encouragement and guidance inthis work and Prof. M. Mukhopadhyay for the inspiration and valuabledirection he gave us to relevantmaterial. We also acknowledge with gratitudethe Authors and Publishers whose work we havereferred in this bibliography. Nirmal Malhotra Pratibha Mittal CONTENTS Foreword iii Preface Admission 1 Adult Education 2 Aesthetic Education 4 Aided Schools 5 Alternative Schooling 7 Christian Education 9 Class Management 9 Computer Education 9 Creativity 10 Curriculum 12 Distance Education 12 Dropouts 13 Educational Achievement 34 Educational Administration 38 Educational Development 86 Educational Evaluation 93 Educational Finance 95 Educational Leadership 95 Educational Psychology 96 Educational Quality 99 Educational Sociology 100 Educational Supervision 103 Educational Survey 106 Educational System 108 Educational Technology 112 Employment 116 English Teaching 117 Enrolment 120 Examination
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