++++++++ IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 We dedicate the Fourth IOCES Conference Proceedings to our Esteemed Founders – Dr. Sunethra Karunaratne, Dr. Nina Dey Gupta & Dr. Giovanni Pampanini IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 INDIAN OCEAN COMPARATIVE EDUCATION SOCIETY-IOCES FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Promoting Peace, Harmony & Development through Education in the Indian Ocean 16-17 JUNE, 2015 ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, BANGLORE, KARNATAKA INDIA EDITORS: Dr. Kanishka Bedi – President Dr. (Mrs) T.M.S.S.K. Yatigammana Ekanayake- Vice President Dr. Swaleha Sindhi - Vice President Dr. (Ms) P.R.K.A. Vitharana – Secretary & Treasurer IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 Chief Editor’s Note Welcome to the fourth IOCES conference proceedings, which we are dedicating to our esteemed founders – Dr. Sunethra Karunaratne, Dr. Nina Dey Gupta and Dr. Giovanni Pampanini. I am pleased to include a cluster of selected papers that our worthy members and participants had presented during the third IOCES conference held at Khon Kaen University, Thailand in 2013. This combined volume contains the abstracts and papers presented during the 4th IOCES organized in collaboration with Authentic Learning Associates (ALA) and St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Bangalore, Karnataka, India on 16-17 June 2015. The submitted papers/abstracts by participants in the field of education and other disciplines mostly covered the themes of peace, harmony, development, educational policies, curriculum discourses, comparative education, secondary education, ICT, religion and education, etc. The main theme of the 4th IOCES conference was “Promoting Peace, Harmony and Development through Education in the Indian Ocean”. Peace and development through education have gained significance in recent times. There is a great need to reconsider the objectives of education to ensure that the principles of right living and nonviolence are incorporated into the very process of education. Peace education undoubtedly offers us the themes that touch our lives every day by resolving conflicts, upholding values and ethos of unity and diversity. This volume of proceedings brings out myriad of themes reflecting that peace, harmony and development are highly contested concepts and peace education as an emerging academic field (and as a practice) provides resistance to the prevailing structural violence and perpetual chaos. It is noteworthy that there is a rich body of literature available on diverse themes around education for peace, comprehensive peace education, peace research, peace organizations, etc, upon which many philosophers and educationists like John Galtung, Jane Adams, Maria Montessari, Ian Harris, John Synott, Paulo Freire and many others have contributed either directly or indirectly. This edition of proceedings is certainly a team effort and I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the entire IOCES editorial Team especially Prof. Kanishka Bedi, Dr. Sakunthala Ekanayake and Dr. Pushpa Vitharana who worked tirelessly to compile this edition. Last but not the least, I would like to thank all the authors/delegates who have contributed to this edition. Wish you all happy reading! Dr. Swaleha Sindhi IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 CONTENTS ABSTRACTS OF 4th IOCES CONFERENCE Sr. LIST OF PAPERS Pg. No. No. 1 Child-Centered Education and Activity based learning in India- Miglani, Neha 01 2 A Study on the Extent of the Bilingual Practices and Methodology Applied In 02 Bilingual Science Classrooms: A Case Study in Badulla District - K.M.P.Lakshmi 3 How Effective Language Games are in Improving Vocabulary Among Primary 03 Students- Vidanegama C. L. 4 Physics for all of Us- Samarappuli Navoda Thushari 04 5 Path for a Peace through Multi Cultural and Multi Religious Society- Batepola 05 Sudharma B.A 6 The Support of Mobile Phones in a Private Network for Science Teaching- 06 T.M.Sakunthala Yatigammana Ekanayake 7 A Comprehensive Knowledge In Sinhalese Alphabet- Mallawa Arachchi, 07 M.A.A.P. 8 Content Analysis of Action Research Coordinated by Teacher Center, 08 Nikaweratiya- W.M.C., Herath, H.M.G.D.& Samarawickrama, D.Y.S. 9 Minimize the Percentage of Dropouts at the General Certificate of Education 09 [Ordinary Level] Examination and to Manage the Children to get through the examination- Rathnayake, Laxmie M.T. 10 Quality Handwriting for Better Learning -Jayasundara, J.M.M 10 11 Painting the Lives of Students- Wijesinghe, Mihiri Nisansala 11 12 Inculcating Interest and Skills in Violin Play- Yapaarchchi, Palitha 12 13 A Study to find out Reasons to Misbehaviour of Grade Six Students and to 13 develop stratergies to overcome them- Priyanganie, P.K.Deepa 14 Using Poems as a strategy to Motivate Secondary Level Students to acquire 14 Second Language - Udyani Jayasekara 15 How Does the Citizenship Education of the Secondary School Curriculm in Sri 15 Lanka Help to Build Social and National Integrity- Karunarathna Malkanthi W.M.C. IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 16 Improving the Effectiveness of Teaching Learning Process by Guiding Students 17 for Proper Planning- Samarawickrama, Don Nalin Godfrey 17 Parenting Parents: the Impact of Parental Involvement in Sustaining Bilingual 18 Education Programmes in Semi Urban Schools- Samarawickrama, Dona Yvonne Shyamalie 18 Assessment of Grade Ten Students’ Understanding of Light Concept- Vitharana, 19 P. R. K. A 19 Uplifting Science Results is Schools- Wijayakoon, W.M. Chandana 20 20 Giving Numerical Concepts to a 16 Year Old Child Teenager With Special 21 Needs- Peiris , D.ChulaniMallika 21 Education and Development of Women in India: Analyzing Gaps between 22 Policy and Practice- Rajesh D. Hanbal & Chetan B. Singai 22 Action Research to bring innovative solutions to prevailing classroom 23 operations- Nadunge, P.D. FULL PAPERS OF 4th IOCES CONFERENCE 23 Understanding The Efficacy of Waqf Education in India: A Sociological 24 Perspective- Adfer Rashid Shah & Dr. Mohammed Basheer. K 24 Engendering Peace Education: Exploring Self Compassion in Preservice 35 Secondary School Teachers- Gauri P. Hardikar 25 A Case of Cultural Conflict, Cantering Around “Communal Computer” at a 49 University In Japan as a Transcultural Contact Zone- Inaba, Hisako, Ph.D. 26 Transculturation of A Case Of Japanese Brazilian Immigrant Workers In Shiga, 59 Japan- Inaba, Hisako, Ph.D. 27 Policies and Programmes on Quality Assurance in Secondary Schools of India- 68 Dr.Swaleha Sindhi 28 Effectiveness of Bilingual Education in selected districts of Sri Lanka- 88 A.M.L.Atapattu, and Dr.A.Abeykoon 29 Developing the Exercise Model for Promotion of Quality of Life of the Elderly 100 At Kamphaeng Saen District Nakhonpathom Province- Tanomsuk, Mayuree 30 Science Teachers in Kandy and their Continues Professional Development- 117 Kalupahanage R. P. & Yatigammana Ekanayake T. M. S. K. IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 31 Prospective Teachers’ Perceptions on Lesson Planning- I.S.K. Eriyagama and 120 P.R.K.A.Vitharana 32 Study of and Opinions in the Preparation of Readiness of 1st Year Students of 124 Kasetsart University, Kampaengsaen Campus Entering the Asean Economic Community.- Tharin Kanlueng, Kultida Maopech, Sirichai Sriprom, Komgrich Choupanich, Pornpen Lapho 33 Religious Education for promoting Peace- Karunanayake, Chandrakanthi and 135 Tennakoon, Anjali 34 How Peer-Assessment is Perceived in Chemistry Tteaching and Learning?-J. 144 M. Mohideen and S. Karunaratne 35 Use of Television and Computer as Supportive Tools for Student’s Science 155 Learning- H.M.N. Herat & T.M. Sakunthala Yatigammana Ekanayake 36 Exploring the Readiness and Perceptions of Undergraduate Students Towards 163 the use of Mobile Phones for Learning- T.M. Sakunthala Yatigammana Ekanayake 37 How to Overcome English Language Barriers in Tertiary ICT Education In Rural 175 areas of Sri Lanka: A Model Development Through A Case Study Analysis In Advanced Technological Institute (Ati) –Badulla- M. E. I. L. Silva 38 Enhancing Grade Six Students’ Participation in Science through Activities- M. 189 G. W. S. Premalatha and P. R. K. A. Vitharana 39 Characteristics of Civic Education Teachers in Sri Lanka- Ekanayake, 192 E.M.H.C.K. 40 A Study to find out Reasons for Continuous Failure in the Subject English 197 Literature and to Suggest Remedial Measures to overcome them- R.M.M.C. Rathnayake 41 Peripheral Level Action Research in Sri Lanka: A Case of Nikaweratiya- 214 Wijayakoon, Chandana 42 Mathematics – It’s Tasty- Kumarihamy, R.M.P.M 225 43 An Evaluation of Student Admission Systems on Academic Achievements by the 235 5th – Year Students in Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education and Development Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus- Suppawan Vongsrangsap and Mayuree Tanomsuk IOCES 4th Conference Bangalore, Karnataka, India 16-17 June, 2015 44 Sustaining the Bilingual Education Policy Effectively at School Level- 245 Samarawickrama, Dona Yvonne Shyamalie 45 Does High School Science Curriculum Promote Peace & Harmony?- 254 Deshmukh Narendra Dadarao 46 Remedial measures to overcome confusion between two of the Past tenses in 269 French: imparfait and Passé Composé - Weerokoon, W.M.D.N FULL PAPERS OF 3rd IOCES CONFERENCE 47 Scientific Conception Titled “Force And Law of Motion” of Grade 10 Students 286 Studying By