Browsing by Author "Joseph Purayidathil"
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    AN ETHICAL LEADERSHIP MODEL FOR ENHANCING MORAL EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESAN COLLEGES OF PALAI, KERALA, INDIA
    (Digital Production Press, Assumption University, 2018) Joseph Purayidathil ; Kanog-on Rungrojngarmcharoen
    The aim of this research was to develop an ethical leadership model for enhancing moral education in the diocesan colleges of Palai, Kerala, India. The researcher identified four specific objectives for this research. For accomplishing the first research objective, the researcher did the content analysis of 16 books and 114 articles directly related to the subject. These results were validated by twenty experts and from these results the instruments for the data collection for acquiring the second objective were developed. The data for second objective were collected by conducting in depth interviews with the administrators of the colleges and by using survey questionnaires for collecting data from the lecturers and the students. The results revealed the areas that needed improvements. The researcher, by making use of the ethical leadership theories and combining the results of the first and second research objectives, developed a new model for enhancing the moral education. The preliminary model was sent to 20 experts for their review. After having collected their suggestions, the researcher modified the model accordingly and thus the final model emerged. For accomplishing the fourth objective, a new curriculum was developed and the researcher implemented the new model for a period of three months in one of the colleges of the diocese of Palai. Pre-test and post-test were conducted. The results of the analysis of the data confirm that the new ethical leadership model for moral education is effective in terms of values, instructional strategies and moral assessment.
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    Social Networks as a Tool for Education: An Awareness of School Leaders
    (US-China Education Review A, 2015) Nathara Mhunpiew ; Joseph Purayidathil
    By nature, human beings look for knowledge and once he/she gets that, he/she shares it with others who are around him/her. So, it can be said that human beings are both information consumers and sharers. In the present world, social networks play an important role in human life. Studies reveal that human beings have adopted social media into their work, profession and so on, other than just communication and entertainment. Education is one of the fields that that adopted social media and new technologies to increase the course effectiveness. Social media can facilitate students in following professional societies, organizations, or faculty, as well as contributing discussion points or questions across a network. Nowadays, most of the schools have the technologies, but, if we analyze them, we will understand that they are presentational than interactive. This article gives the clear understanding about the social networks and its use in the field of education, and concludes with some important points for the consideration of the school leaders for the use of social networks in the field of education by making use all the potentials of social networks.