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Essay On Deprivation, Poverty And Well-Being., Diganta Mukherjee Dr.
Essay On Deprivation, Poverty And Well-Being., Diganta Mukherjee Dr.
Doctoral Theses
Issues like inequity, deprivation and poverty have been a focus of interest for social scientists for a long time. The present thesis explores a few aspects of the above issues. It ermbodies the fruit of my intellectual perambulation in the Economic Research Unit of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) during the years 1995 - 97. The text is divided into six chapters. The first chapter gives a general overview of different aspects of measuring inequality, deprivation and poverty. The second, third and fourth chapters take up the issue of deprivation measurement in detail. They contain discussions on deprivation ordering, indices and …
Using Multimedia Microworlds To Motivate And Engage Adult Learners, Susan B. Stoney
Using Multimedia Microworlds To Motivate And Engage Adult Learners, Susan B. Stoney
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
As educational institutions come under increasing pressure from outside forces to restructure the way students learn, efforts are being made by researchers to find ways to assist students to learn through independent thought and to solve problems in a resource-based, self-paced environment. Such an environment needs to be sufficiently interesting and novel to motivate students who begin to use it, and to continue to engage them as they progress through it. This study has sought to identify what such a learning environment needs to encompass in order to motivate and engage adult learners so that they will not only want …