Papers by Sulochana Neranjani
3.1 Indivudual Develoment and Problem-Solving Skills
CONTESSA: Contemporary Teaching Skills for South-East Asia, 2021
English Medium Education and Bachelor of Education Programmes in the Sri Lankan University: challenges and realities
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021
English Medium Education (EME) has been in existence for several decades in many Universities in ... more English Medium Education (EME) has been in existence for several decades in many Universities in Sri Lanka. However, there is a scarcity of research on the challenges faced by the lecturers and students in the implementation of EME in the Universities. This study examines the challenges encountered by the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) undergraduates and lecturers involved in the EME in the Faculty of Education (FoE), University of Colombo. It also examines the English Language Proficiency (ELP) needs of the students that hinder successful learning by investigating the perception of the students on EME and the emergent realities. The study was conducted as a survey by utilizing questionnaires, observations, interviews and documentary survey for collecting data and analysis was done using qualitative as well as quantitative methods. The key findings were that lack of ELP skills was the main challenge encountered by the EME students but the students had not perceived their language need...
Children’s Literature: A Tool to Enrich Learning in the Elementary School
Indian Journal of Information Sources and Services, 2020
Children’s Literature (CL) has been identified as an effective tool to develop essential competen... more Children’s Literature (CL) has been identified as an effective tool to develop essential competencies such as creativity and critical thinking in the young learners. Although Literature has been given a prominent place in Sri Lanka, CL has been limited to reading for pleasure. This case study investigated the impact of CL in the development of creativity, critical thinking and positive attitudes in the Elementary School (ES) children in Sri Lanka. Twenty ES teachers in the state schools in Sri Lanka were interviewed to identify their views on using CL as a learning tool in the classroom. Observations and interviews were conducted on three Fourth-Grade classes to examine the exposure of the students to CL and their perception of the themes in CL. Conclusions were made by evaluating the responses of the students to the CL material used in the classroom. Key findings of the study were; although the ES students had access to story books majority of them were not interested in reading or...
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Papers by Sulochana Neranjani