Scientific Attitude And Cognitive Styles

The major goals of teaching in general, and science teaching, in particular, are to develop a scientific attitude among the pupils and to make them analytical pattern in thinking. Scientific Attitude and Cognitive Styles discusses the concepts, constructs tools and procedures for the measurement of these two variables. Based on an extensive research on school going adolescents, this book first gives a comprehensive survey of the work done in the past and then elucidated the domain wise components of the scientific attitude, obtained through factor analysis of scientific attitude scores. Then it deals with the effect of major educational, psychological and sociological factors on cognitive styles and scientific attitude and the inter-relationship between these two variables. It first describes the extent to which the scientific attitude and the field-dependent and field-independent cognitive styles exist in our school going adolescents. At the end, it discuses the implications of the findings for researchers, teachers and teacher-educators. The book will be useful for post-graduate students, researchers and teachers working in the fields of education, psychology, and sociology.

The book Behaviour Problems in Children and Adolescents – A guide to Parents, Teachers and Mental Health Professional†is a sequel to Teenage Blues written by the author and Dr. Shalini Singh which was published by Mosaic in the year 2000. Deals with some of the more serious behaviour problems coming under the category of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. For example this book deals with these commonly observed but relatively more serious problems which include anxiety disorders, phobias, obsessive compulsive disorders, conduct disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorders, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, depression, stammering etc. The book emphasises on a thorough assessment through correct diagnosis and effective management. This book attempts to help parents and teachers identify symptoms of the various disorders, so that the same could be handled right at the onset and effectively. “Tips to parents†draws attention towards not only easily identifying the symptoms but highlights comprehensive assessment, treatment as well as prevention. The cases presented as vignettes give a peep into the gamut of treatment available for these disorders and how children in the present day can be helped to come back to normalcy. The book will be of value to parents, teachers and counsellors. It would also be useful to school social workers, school psychologists, child mental health specialists, students of clinical psychology, child guidance workers, and others who are working in the field of children and adolescents, who all are referred children with different types of behaviour problems.

We experience here feeling of joy while presenting first issue of 2016. We thank you again researchers who have presented their articles in this issue. This Issue (Volume 3, Issue 2, No. 8) Published, March, 2016

Contents: Introduction, Related Literature, Method of Investigation, Analysis of Data, Findings and Discussion, Executive Summary.

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