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Cognitive development

Introduction:             Cognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child’s development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources perceptual skill, language learning and other aspects of brain development and cognitive psychology compared to an adult’s point of view. In other words, cognitive development is the emergence of the ability to kind think and understand.             A major controversy in cognitive development has been “nature versus nurture” this is the question if cognitive development is mainly determined by an individuals innate qualities “(nature”), or by their personal experiences (“nurture”). Cognitive development refers to the development of thinking across the lifespan. Defining thinking can be problematic, because no clear boundaries separate thinking from other mental activities. Meaning...

Religious Diversity in India

Introduction:           India has no state religion, it is a many religious secular state. It is the land of where almost all the major religious of the world are practiced by their respective followers. Nevertheless the religious diversity has been a major source of disunity and disharmony in the country. This is because in India religious affiliation appears to be overemphasized and many a time people seem to forget the national unity and express their loyalty trust more towards their own religion.             The glaring example of such feeling is the partition of our country due to the development of the two nation theory. But the matter has not ended there. (The communal feeling among different religious groups still persists). Among the major religious in India are : (Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikkim, Buddhism, and   Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism and Bahaism ar...

Techniques of Active learning and their Implications

Introduction: Active learning requirs deeper planning than simply leading students through a classroom behavior. All learning is active in the   sense of changing longmemory. Focusing on behaviour without lognition ignors “both the structures that onstitute human cognitive architecture to Rote –century. “Active learning is an alternate to Rote learning” Active learning techniques can be integrated into a lecture or any other classroom setting relatively easily. Even large classroom can involve learning activities beyond the traditional lecture formet. Definition of Active Learning: Active Learning is “anything that involves students in doing things and thinging about the things they are doing” (Bonwell &Eison, 1991) Definition Felder & Brent (2009) define Active learning as “anything course-related that all students in a class session are called upon to do other than simply watching, listening and taking notes. Principles of Active Learning §   ...