WORK OF BLOGGER LALIT KISHORE APPEARS IN BOOK OF ABSTRACTS FOR THE PAPERS OF EIGHTH INDIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE CONGRESS 2019 AT PANJAB UNIVERSITY

 WORK OF BLOGGER LALIT KISHORE APPEARS IN BOOK OF ABSTRACTS FOR THE PAPERS OF EIGHTH INDIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE CONGRESS 2019 AT PANJAB UNIVERSITY

It was proud moment for this blogger for his work being published in “Abstract Book” (see inset pic) of conference held at his alma mater, Panjab University, Chandigarh,  from where he did his doctorate in 1980s.

The abstract of his work goes as follows

Interfacing spirituality and pedagogy with elements of positive Psychology

 Dr. Lalit Kishore , Research Fellow, Disha- A Resource Centre for Multiple Disabilities, Nirman Nagar, Jaipur , Rajsthan, India

Abstract

Spiritual Intelligence (SI) has been incorporated as a component of Multiple Intelligence (MI) Learning Theory propounded by Developmental Psychologist Howard Gardner. Consequently, educators and researchers have been looking for ways to integrate SI through classroom curricular interventions. Further, educating children of deprived and marginalized groups through innovative alternative education methods is regarded as social work by NGOs. Keeping this in view, an exploratory attempt was made to find the interfacing elements between pedagogy and spirituality using the focus group methodology. A focus group (N=3; one hour) consisting of a spiritual educator, pedagogue and a psychologist was organized by the investigator as the coordinator. Discussion on ‘How pedagogy and spirituality can be interfaced for classroom instruction?’ and its discourse analysis revealed that being optimistic and providing the positive psychological foundations to teaching-learning processes using co-operation, caring and sharing as educational values is important for interfacing. Positive psychology based cooperative learning techniques and learners as seekers of the joy of learning were indicated as the main interfacing elements between pedagogy and spirituality can lead to the joy of learning and constructed knowledge being internalized through visual arts and language art forms of poetry and singing speech. 

Keywords: Classroom processes, focus group, interfacing strategy, pedagogy, positive psychology, spiritual intelligence

Link

https://www.napsindia.org/abstract-book-of-ipsc-2016-3/



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