Education

  Four pillars of education The ‘Four Pillars of Education’ were originally set out in a report for UNESCO by the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-First Century chaired by Jacques Delors (UNESCO, 1996). These pillars underline the very breadth and depth of UNESCO’s vision of education within and beyond schooling. Education, the report holds, must be organized around four fundamental types of learning throughout a person’s life: Learning to know, Learning to do, Learning to live together, and Learning to be. Although they can be defined separately, they form an integrated whole and should ideally be present in all pedagogical encounters and the curriculum as a whole (Scatolini, 2010). The Four Pillars are programmatic and can be summed up as follows: Learning to know: ‘Learning to know’ lays the foundations of learning throughout life. This pillar refers to the basic knowledge that we need to be able to understand our environment and to live in dig

  Direct method The   direct method   of teaching, sometimes called the   natural method . Not limited to but often used in teaching foreign languages, the method refrains from using the learners'   native language   and uses only the   target language . It was established in Germany and France around 1900. Characteristic features of the direct method are: ·          teaching concepts and vocabulary through pantomiming,   real-life objects   and other visual materials ·          teaching grammar by using an   inductive   approach (i.e. having learners find out rules through the presentation of adequate linguistic forms in the target language) ·          centrality of spoken language (including a native-like pronunciation) ·          focus on question-answer patterns Principles 1.     Classroom instructions are conducted exclusively in the target language. 2.     Only everyday vocabulary and sentences are taught during the initial phase; grammar, reading and wr

  ALLAH (GOD)   Allah is an Arabic word.  Allah (God), the one and only God in Islam.  Etymologically, the name Allah is a contraction of the Arabic al-llah, “The God”.   The name’s origin can be traced back to the earliest semitic writings in which the word for God was il or el.  Allah is the standard word for God and is used by Muslims. Allah is the pivot of the Muslim faith.   Islam holy scripture, the Qur’an, constantly preaches Allah’s reality, his inaccessible mystery, his various names, and his actions on behalf of his creature.   Three themes preponderate: (1)    Allah is the Creator, Judge and Rewarder; (2)    He is unique (Wahid) and inherently One (Ahad); (3)    He is Omnipotent and all Merciful. Allah is the “Lord of the worlds”, the most high, nothing is like unto him, and this in itself is to the believer a request to adore Allah as the Protector and to glorify his powers of compassion and forgiveness. Allah is often conceived as the Supreme and principal ob

  What is the Importance of Time Table?   Second school clock, spark plug and a mirror: Time table is said to be the second clock which indicates all the activities undertaken in a school. It shows the hours of school work, kind of work or subjects, the teachers at work and at rest, the rooms being used in a certain period, recreational time, time of roll call, time of morning assembly, time of drill, games and other co curricular activities and time of interval. The school is the spark plug of the school which sets into motion its various activities and programmes. Time table is a mirror that reflects the entire educational programme followed in the school. It serves the following purposes: (1) Eliminates Wastage of Time and Energy: Undoubtedly all planned programmes eliminated wastage of time and energy and it equally true in the case of a school time-table. The work is and by is large, equitably distributed among the members of the staff. It directs the teachers and student

  Meanings of Management The term ‘management’ encompasses an array of different functions undertaken to accomplish a task successfully. In the simplest of terms, management is all about ‘getting things done’. However, it is the way and the process of how one achieves ones target or goals and it is in this respect that management is considered an art and a science as well. The term management may be recently defined, but it existed at a time when men started learning the art of organizing, strategizing (during wars) and/or simply planning. At the core of it, management was quintessentially considered as an art of ‘managing men’ and hence the term “manage-men-T.” Management in all business and organizational activities are the acts of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning , organizing , staffing , leading or directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entiti