Name : DR. (Mrs.) A. SURIAKANTHI
Department : Adult Continuing Education and Extension
Faculty : Rural
Social Sciences
Designation : Director
Sex : Female
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Name : DR. (Mrs.) A. SURIAKANTHI Department : Adult Continuing Education and Extension Faculty : Rural
Social Sciences Designation : Director Sex : Female |
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Dept. of Adult Continuing Education and Extension
Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed
University
Gandhigram-624 302. INDIA Phone : 0451 - 2452371 (O)
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E-mail suriavel@yahoo.com
suriavel2003@hotmail.com
suriavel@sify.com
Academic qualifications
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Class |
Subject |
University |
Year |
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Ph.D. |
Education (Child Psychology) | Kerala University, Trivandrum | 1984 |
| M.Ed. |
Advanced Educational Psychology |
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai | 1977 |
| M.Sc. | Child Development & Family Relationships | Madras University, Madras | 1970 |
| B.Ed. | Home Science & Natural Science Education | Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai | 1972 |
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Diploma in Rural Services |
Home Science | Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram | 1968 |
Areas of Specializations
Advanced Child Psychology, Child Guidance, Preschool Education, Exceptional Children, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Guidance and Counselling, Language Development of Children.
Education
Advanced Educational Psychology, Educational Research and Statistics, Comparative Education, Philosophy of Education.
Home Science Extension
Extension Principles and Methods, Programme Planning and Evaluation
Adult Education
Philosophy and Principles of Adult Education, Literacy and Continuing Education, Population Education.
PUBLICATIONS
“Child Development – An Introduction” (1996). Kavitha Publications, Gandhigram.
Booklet titled "Than Sutham” (Tamil) Published by South Indian Resource Group for Child-to- Child.
Booklet titled "Sathunavu” (Tamil) Published by South Indian Resource Group for Child-to- Child.
Booklet titled "Thaduppusi" (Tamil) Published by South Indian Resource Group for Child-to- Child.
Booklet titled "Sutrupura Sugatharam" (Tamil) Published by South Indian Resource Group for Child-to- Child.
Booklet titled "Koodi Vilayadu Pappa" (Tamil) Published by South Indian Resource Group for Child-to- Child.
Co-authored a booklet "Suya Vudavi Kuzhu Kaiyedu" (Tamil) Published by Dept. of ACE & E, GRI (2000).
Booklet titled "Integrated Non-formal Education for Adolescent girls” published by Dept. of ACE & E, GRI.
“Population and Development”- A List of Research Studies by GRI Students
Trainers Training Manual, Gandhigram: ACE&E Tamil, (Coauthor, 1999).
Co-authored a booklet "Quality Matters" published by M.S.Swaminthan Research Foundation, Chennai.
Booklet titled "Reproductive Health Awareness of Newly Married Couples" Published by Dept. of ACE & E, GRI.
"Means of Communication Accessible to Rural Women" Published by Dept. of ACE & E, GRI.
B. CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Suriakanthi, A. (1998). Redefining Women's Power in New Panchayati Raj. In G.Palanithurai (Ed) Major Issues in New Panchayati Raj, New Delhi, Kanishka publications.
Suriakanthi, A. (1996). Micro-level Action for Health Improvement: An Experiment with Rural Children in G.Palanithurai (Ed.) Participation in the Development Process. New Delhi: Kanishka Publications.
Suriakanthi, A. (1996). Recent Researches in Teacher Education. In IAPE (Ed.) Innovations in Training of Childcare Workers Coimbatore: Indian Association for Preschool Education.
Suriakanthi, A. (1994). Preschool Environment: A Study in Anna District. In IAPE (Ed.) Child and Environment. Coimbatore: Indian Association for Preschool Education.
Suriakanthi, A. (1992). Formulation of Research problem and Derivation of Hypothesis. In G.Pankajam (Ed.) Workshop on Research Methodology and Statistical Procedures in Education. Gandhigram: Lakshmi College of Education.
Suriakanthi, A.(2002). “A Study on Attitude of Male College Students on Partnership of Men in Women’s Reproductive Health “Indian Journal of Population Education. No.18
Suriakanthi, A. (2002). “Suya Utavikkuzhukkulum Suya Muyarchiyum”. Thittam
Suriakanthi, A. (2000). “Literacy – Essential for SHGs” in Social Welfare.
Suriakanthi, A. (2000). Role of Women in Non-formal Education (Tamil) in Thittam.
Suriakanthi, A. (1996). “Parents As Educators”, Balak, 3, 1-2.
Suriakanthi, A. (1995). “The Preschool Teacher and the Disabled”, Balak, 1-2.
Suriakanthi, A. (1994). “The Forgotton Art of Stody Telling”, Balak, 4, 1-2.
Suriakanthi, A. (1994). “Women Bear the Brunt”, Social Welfare, 41, 11-12.
Suriakanthi, A. and Pankajam, G. (1994). “Plants and Scientific Truths (Tamil)” Chittu Kuruvi, Published by TINP, Madras.
Suriakanthi, A. and Titty George (1994). “Teachers views on punishment”, International Educator, 9, 1&2, 45-48.
Suriakanthi, A. (1994). “School Phobia in Preschool Children”, Balak, 2, 1-2.
Suriakanthi, A. (1994). “Towards Joyful Learning”, Balak, 1, 1-2.
Suriakanthi, A. (1993). “Safeguarding the Immediate Environment of the Child”, Balak, 4, 1-2.
Suriakanthi, A. (1992). “Professional Ethics: What It Means to Teachers”, Educational Review, XCVIII, 26-28.
Suriakanthi, A. and Uma Devi, S. (1992). “Delivery Care Practices of Trained and untrained Traditional Birth Attendants”, Research Highlights, 2, 26-30.
Suriakanthi, A. (1992). “Creative Dramatics: Experiences with Rural Children”, GRI News.
Suriakanthi, A. and Binita, P. (1991). “Correlation Between Academic Achievement at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels”, The Educational Review. XCVII, 131-133.
Suriakanthi, A. (1991). “What Happened to Me During My Ph.D. Research? Transformations in the Self”, Experiments in Education. 19, 193-185.
Suriakanthi, A. and Arasammal, M. (1990). “Bilingualism and Academic Achievement among Primary School Children”. The Educational Review, XCVII, 61-63.
Suriakanthi, A. and Uma, P. (1990). “Teachers’ Views on Moral Education”, Journal of Educational Research and Extension, 27, 104-110.
Suriakanthi, A. and Meenakshi, D. (1989). “Parental Views on the Usefulness of Television Programmes to Children”, Experiments in Education, 17, 174-177.
Suriakanthi, A. (1987). “Value Education and the New Education Policy”, The Educational Review. 28, 10-12.
Suriakanthi, A. (1986). TamilNadu Chief Minister’s Life Oriented Education. In T.Dhandapani (Ed.) Facts of Educational Policy. Gandhigram Rural Institute.
Suriakanthi, A. (1984). Awarding Grades for Written Answers. In M.K.Selvaraj (Ed.) Evaluation Instruments for M.Phil. Courses. Gandhigram: Gandhigram Rural Institute.
Suriakanthi, A. (1983). English Words in the LI Vocabulary of Rural Preschool Children: How to exploit them in Teaching of English? In M.G.Gopalakrishnan (Ed.) English for Communication. Gandhigram: Gandhigram Rural Institute.
Suriakanthi, A. (1982). “An Analysis of Development of Self Concepts among Children Belonging to an Orphanage”, Journal of Educational Research and Extension, 18, 149-154.
Suriakanthi, A. (1982). Teaching Methods in Higher Education. In M.K.Selvaraj (Ed.) Restructuring University Education. Gandhigram: Gandhigram Rural Institute.
Suriakanthi, A. (1970). “Influence of Education of Women on Limiting Family Size”, Indian Journal of Home Science, 2, 26-28.
Life Member of Indian Science Congress
Life Member of Indian Council for Child Welfare
Life Member of Home Science Association of India
Life Member of Indian Association for Preschool Education
Life Member of American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad
Life Member of South Indian Teachers’ Union for Educational Research
No. of Ph. D Guided : 3
No. of Ph.D. guiding : 4
No. of M.Phil. guided : 7
No. of Post-graduate guided : more than 22
List of projects completed
University Grants Commission Minor Research – Organisation and Evaluation of Play Groups in Rural Areas (95-96)
Tamil Child-to-child funded by Van leer Foundation, Netherlands 1995 – 1997.
Life Oriented Education sponsored by Tamil Nadu Government (1986)