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    Social responsibility, tourism and sustainable development
    (New Century Publications, 2018) Kaur, A; Padmanabhan, Jubilee
    India is a developing country and advancements are taking place rapidly in every area such as education, health, science & technology, agriculture, development etc. Tourism is one of the fields that is flourishing swiftly and contributing for the social and economic growth of the nation. As it is directly linked with the society and environment, social responsibility and sustainable development becomes more imperative issues to be concerned. There is a strong need to be aware of the effects of development in tourism on the population and environment. In recent years, there has been much focus on development of tourism, while taking into consideration such activities and standards that guarantee the conservation of ecological balance and avoid the overuse of resources. Codes of good practice in tourism must be respected and implemented by the persons who are involved in this field. Along with this, each and every person is indirectly related with or can play a significant role in promoting tourism in a more socially responsible and sustainable manner. This paper aims to highlight the perspectives of social responsibility and its principles in tourism, how to have tourism that supports sustainable development and various practices linking tourism with sustainable development.
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    Does integrated approach to ESD affect critical thinking on sustainable development?
    (New Delhi Publishers, 2016) Padmanabhan, Jubilee
    The concept of Sustainable Development (SD) has been of great significance during the last couple of decades due to the exploitation of nature and natural resources in a drastic way. ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) emerged with an immediate urge to preserve and conserve our nature and natural resources for the future generations to come. The concept of ESD aims for a society that attains sustainability by merging the dimensions of environmental, economical, social and political dimensions. The paper discusses about the effect of an integrated approach to ESD on the students’ critical thinking on SD. A curriculum was developed by integrating SD concepts into science and social science of VII standard of NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) syllabus of India with various learning activities for their transaction by incorporating several pedagogical strategies that lead to constructing knowledge, keeping in mind the social perspectives or the context of students. The study was of quasi experimental in nature wherein a control and an experimental group were employed. A non equivalent control group design was used whereby the integrated curriculum was taught to the experimental group for about five months and the control group was exposed to the conventional curriculum and methodology during the same period of time. It was found that the experimental group taught by the integrated approach to ESD had a higher mean score on critical thinking test compared to the control group. On the basis of the findings, it was concluded to highlight the importance of integration of SD components in various disciplines at all levels.
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    A critical analysis of studies on Sustainable Development
    (Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 2016) Padmanabhan, Jubilee
    An attempt has been made to discuss about the review of related literature and researches carried out in the area of sustainable development. Literatures from various sources were reviewed to study the trend in the area. The reviewed literature and researches are categorized into i) studies on Environemental Education (EE) - one of the components of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), ii) studies related to issues on ESD, iii) studies on sustainable development, iv) studies on ESD and curriculum, v) studies on ESD and various learning approaches, vi) studies of ESD on the consequence variables like critical thinking, problem solving and values on ESD. From the studies, it was found that there is a huge gap between the theory and practice of sustainable development.
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    Integrated approach to ESD towards enhancing Knowledge on sustainable development
    (Scientific Publishing House, 2016) Padmanabhan, Jubilee; Singh, Shireesh Pal
    Sustainable Development (SD) is one the most discussed issue now days, which is gaining priority day by day due to the exploitation of nature in a drastic way. It is from this apprehension that ‘Education for sustainable development’ (ESD) emerged with an immediate urge to preserve and conserve our nature and natural resources. The concept of ESD entangles the different countries and states across the world as a whole for a sustainable society, which merges the environment, economic and social dimensions. The paper discusses about the effect of integrated approach to education for sustainable development on the students’ knowledge on sustainable development. The investigator developed a curriculum by integrating SD concepts into science and social science of VII standard of NCERT syllabus and various learning activities for their transaction by incorporating several pedagogical strategies that lead to constructing knowledge, developing social perspectives and analytical abilities.The study was of quasi experimental in nature with two group pre-test- post-test design, whereby the integrated curriculum was taught to the experimental group for about five months and the control group was exposed to the conventional curriculum and methodology. It was found that there was a significant difference on the knowledge on sustainable development between experimental and control group. The experimental group had a higher mean knowledge score than the control group.On the basis of the findings from the study, it is concluded that there is a sheer need to highlight the importance of integration of SD components in pedagogy at all levels.
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    Children with Specific Learning Disorder: Identification and Interventions
    (New Delhi Publishers, 2017) Kaur, Amandeep; Padmanabhan, Jubilee
    Specific Learning Disorder (SpLD) as a ‘Disorder’ has started attaining considerable attention recently because of the felt need to ensure timely identification and intervention for the betterment of the present and future suffering of such children. For achieving this purpose, better understanding of every aspect of SpLD is very essential for the teachers, as he/she has the responsibility towards such students being specially able children and it is necessary to guide and train them in proper direction. While highlighting the need and importance of early identification of the students with specific learning disorder, this paper will focus on the various tools and techniques for the screening of SpLD; national and international level programs and policies and school based interventions that can facilitate the learning which can give wings to the dreams of such students.