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Effectiveness of E-Content onAchievement in History
Among Ix Standard Students
J. Muthukumari & Dr. N. Ramakrishnan
1Ph.D. Research scholar (Part-Time) Department of Educational TechnologyTamil Nadu
Teachers Education University Chennai – 600 097.
2Professor and head Department of Educational Technology Tamil Nadu Teachers Education
University Chennai – 600 097.
ABSTRACT
The present study is aimed at finding
the effectiveness of E-Content in comparison
to traditional way of teaching. It was an
experimental study conducted on IX
standard students in achievement in History
- Teachers can use technology to create
suitable environment for teaching. It can
also stimulate teacher thinking about the
process of learning. E-Content is the
advancement of technology to design,
deliver, select, administer and extended
learning – The‘t’ test results shows that the
experimental group students are better than
the control group students in the gain
scores. Teaching of History through the E- Content way has significant impact on the
achievement of the students. Teaching
through the E-Content way is more effective
for the development of achievement than the
traditional way of teaching method.
KEYWORD Educational Technology,
Effectiveness, E-Content, Achievement in
History.
INTRODUCTION
The main aim of education is to
bring about the all-round development of the
personality of the child. The term “All- round-development” means two things: (1)
Individual Growth and (2) Social
development. Under the label of individual
growth, are included the child’s physical
growth, mental growth, intellectual growth
and social growth too. Whereas, under the
label of “Social Development” there is the
inclusion of rituals, customs, traditions,
cultural etc. Education is an acquired
experience of any sort- intellectual,
emotional or sensory motor. Education is a
product of experience. Introduction from
birth to death and the agencies that impart
education are the school, home, press, radio,
television, religion, cinema etc. The life
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involves constant and continuous
modification of experience, ideas, opinions
etc. Education process helps the child to
adjust to this changing world. It is here that
technology comes to our help in
modernizing the society.
“Educational Technology is the
application of scientific knowledge about
learning and the conditions of learning to
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of
teaching and training”. The development of
computer and network technology is
changing the education scenario and
transforming the teaching and learning
process from the traditional physical
environment to the digital environment. This
technology is used to teach a specific subject
or skill directly to a student, guiding the
learner through a sequence of steps
involving the presentation of information,
drills and exercises designed by an
instructor.
In the present era of modernization
and mass education, Educational
Technology has been widely used all over
the world. It has to be in line with the
demand in a competitive environment. Old
ideas and methods have been replaced or
supplemented by new ones. Conventional
chalk-and-talk classroom instruction is no
longer the favoured instructional method.
The traditional role of teacher has been as:
“Presenters of readymade information and
as organizers of learning experiences”.
Application of Information Communication
Technology (ICT) has become an able
assistant to teachers and students in
classroom learning and other academic
engagements. Development, validation and
application of e-content are necessary to
have specific packages for the required
topics.
An innovative application in the
teaching and learning process is the E- content. This may be computer based which
includes text, video, audio, animation and
graphics. E-Content is the advancement of
technology to design, deliver, select,
administer and extended learning. E-content,
today is mostly viewed as a way to preserve
and carry forward cultural or historical
heritage, to disseminate lifestyle, scientific,
educational and business information in
some digitalized format, or to provide some
interactive service to users. E-content is a
very powerful tool of education. E-content is
valuable to the learners and also helpful to
teachers of all individual instruction
systems. E-content is the latest method of
instruction that has attracted more attention
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together with the concept of models.
Education is to enrich the qualities of head,
hand and heart. Education is one of the basic
needs of men and women. The rule of the
education is the attainment of human
excellence and perfection not just in the
field of knowledge or activity but life in
totality. Teaching plays a vital role in formal
education system.
The world itself and everything in it
is dynamic in nature. Man in this ephemeral
world not only confronts big and small
things but also events and experiences in
which every single thing, animate and
inanimate including himself, the Earth, the
planets, and the rest of the universe plays a
part. History is the record of these events
and experiences. It acquaints the future
citizens with the past and prepares a
background by which they may build up
their present and prepare for their future. It
is the basis of all subjects of study and deals
with all aspects of life – social, political,
economic, cultural and religious.
“History is the transmission of our
mental, moral, technical and aesthetic
heritage as fully as possible, for the
enlargement of man’s understanding,
control, embellished and enjoyment of
life...”
-Ariel and Will Durant.
The “Renaissance” is a term which
indicates a certain phase in the development
of Europe. In a well-known but indefinite
space of time, on the one hand, it denotes
the transition of the medieval period of
history and on the other hand, the transition
to the modern period of history. It also
denotes the changes in the intellectual and
more attitude of Western nations by which
the transition was characterized.
Etymologically, the term “Renaissance”,
implies “rebirth” or “revival”. The probable
aspect of rebirth may mean the development
of the sense of desire of intellectual
activities stimulated by the revival of ancient
learning and its application to the arts and
literature of the people of the modern age.
An E-content package helps in clear
understanding of the subject of history as a
whole. The E-content thus helps in effective
learning of the specific topic ” the
Beginning of Modern Age” taken up for
study from the IX standard social science
study material.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The problem has been selected and
stated as “EFFECTIVENESS OF E- CONTENT ON ACHIEVEMENT IN
