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Item An Analysis of Prepositions Errors Committed by Students from Different Ethnic Groups(Department of English Education, 2009) Paudel, ShashidharThis research entitled “An Analysis of Errors Committed by Students of Different Ethnic Groups” is an attempt to find out the errors made by different ethnic groups in grammatical item i.e. prepositions. The researcher has tried to compare the errors among five ethnic groups and point out some pedagogical implications. The sample population consisted of hundred students studying in class nine of Kathmandu district. Five public schools were randomly selected. Twenty students from each of the selected schools were randomly chosen for the sake of data collection. The tool for the study consisted of three-test items (see Appendix I). He collected related books to errors analysis. The major findings of the study were; the Chhetri students committed the highest number of errors and Hill-Brahmin students committed the lowest number of errors. This thesis contains four chapters. Chapter one deals with the introduction. It consists of general background, the English language and its significance in Nepalese education, ethnicity, ethnicity in Nepal, error analysis, steps of EA, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. Chapter two describes the methodology applied in order to carry out research. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used in the research .The study was limited only to one portion of grammar i.e. prepositions. Chapter three consists of analysis and interpretation of data and chapter four presents the summary of findings and recommendations of the study.Item Indigenous Mathematical Concepts of Gopali Community from their Cultural Perspective(Master of Philosophy in Education., 2007) Dahal, RamchandraThis study is focused on the perception of mathematical knowledge among illiterate Gopali people of Chitlang village of Makwanpur district. The Gopalis taken for the study are recognized as gwala/ sapu in the social community of Nepal. They have the identity of first ruler of ancient Nepal. So, the study concerned with ethno-mathematics this community is the appropriate one. The traditional practices followed by them were the main area of the study. Especially the ethno-mathematical practices, existing in Gopali people were the sources of the study. The study is focused on their measurement system, numerical system, and geometrical practices among them. Illiterate children, women and men were considered for in-depth study and common practices were achieved from the religious as well as cultural activities in the group participation. The participant observation and interview were two tools adopted for the collection of information. The study was guided by ethno-methodology as well as grounded theory. The study concluded that the ethno-mathematical practices has supported in preserving their cultural identity. Naturally, the ethno-mathematics and culture are interlinked. The perception of mathematics preserved by Gopalis differs from the school mathematics. There is discontinuity between traditional and modern measurement system but similar practices are found still among the illiterate group. Natural units are still practiced in present context. In the case of domestic purpose, mathematical concepts adopted by them are sufficient. The study is also concluded that the origin of ethno-mathematics is preserved by them. We can not claim that the formal mathematics is adopted in their traditional practices. Whatever mathematical concepts they have seem practical. The study demands the cultural preservation and academic application at their primary level education from which cultural identity as well as importance of indigenous knowledge is preserved. For these a serious planning is required while designing curriculum and in teaching-learning process as well. The study tried to relate their ethno-mathematical practices in the educational implication. The transformation of learning from old generation to new generation can be exited in the similar context but in different situation it cannot be applicable and has great chance to disappear. The new generation of Gopalis are involved in different occupations and some of them have been migrated which may led to the non existence of indigenous knowledge. So, the documentation and implementation of practices of ethno-groups should give priority for the preservation of cultural identity. The conclusion drawn from the study is the identification of ethno-mathematics existing in their cultural and religious practices which should be preserved and at the same time, it has to chanalyzed in the formal education of the community. It is being the study of ethno-mathematics, the events, and practices of the Gopalis were observed in the mathematical sense or their knowledge related to mathematics is tried to cover by the study. Whatever information was mentioned here is based on the Gopalis situated in Makawanpur area. The interpretation of collected information carefully given priority for the cultural preservation, but it is not good to modify the cultural practices.Item Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Contraceptive (A Case Study of Married Dalit of Gunjanagar VDC Wards No 2 and 3 in Chitwan District)(Department of Population Studies, 2010) Adhikari, Bal HariThis study on knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive is carried out by conducting the simple random sampling method of married Dalit from age 15 to 49 in the year 2009 in Gunjanagar VDC Ward no 2 and 3 of Chitwan district. The survey analyse the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive and socio-economic and demographic characteristic of the study area. There are 125 total respondents of this study where 47 are male and 78 are female. The relation between knowledge, contraceptive use and socio- economic and demographic variable were calculated by simple frequently table, cross tabulation, percentage where needed are done. The overall contraceptive knowledge was found 81.6 percent respondents where 18.4 percent of respondents don't know them. In the case of use of contraceptive 40.2 percent of respondents prefer the contraceptive that is Depo-Provera in future, followed by 37.3 percent of condom and rest of the respondents don't know the preference contraceptive in future. The strong evidence of education ahs strong power to use contraceptive and higher the rate of literacy higher the chance of use of contraceptive. Generally, there is positive relation between no. of living children and contraceptive use it is also concluded that there is positive relationship between education and knowledge , attitude of contraceptive . Out of total respondents 84 percent of respondents know about two information of STDs and HIV/AIDS and rest of the respondents don’t know about them.Item Livelihood Aspectsand Socio-Economic Status of Limboo Tribal Community in Sikkim A Case Study of Lower Thambong and Daramdin Gpws of West Sikkim)(Department of Economics, 2006) Limboo, Bhim BahadurNot availableItem Problems Faced by Female Mathematics Teachers Belonging to Ethnic Groups(Faculty of Mathematics Education, 2020) Bashyal, Yuba KumariThe purpose of this study was to explore the problems being faced by Female Mathematics Teachers Belonging to Ethnic Groups of Pokhara Metropolitan city and to compare those arising problems in community and institutional schools. This study was survey type, analytic descriptive and comparative in nature. The population for the study was the female mathematics teachers belonging to ethnic groups who teach mathematics at basic level of Pokhara Metropolitan city. Ten ethnic female teachers were chosen from the population as a purposive sampling. In which, 5 were from community and 5 were from institutional schools of Pokhara Metropolitan city. One ethnic female teacher from each selected school was taken for the convenience of the study. Among them, eight teachers were well trained and remaining were untrained. Questionnaire consisting six main topics and forty subtopics were developed by the investigator solicit the opinion of the ethnic female teachers. A classroom observation form was used for check to them. For the analysis of data, statistical tools like mean weightage and t-test were used. While comparing those problems between community ethnic female teachers and institutional ethnic female teachers, it was found that there is no significance difference between problems felt by community schools’ and institutional schools’ ethnic female teachers. Almost in all units, the researcher found that the prescribed curriculum, the existing textbooks and the teachers’ guide books were not well planned, not sequential and not related to students’ daily life. Students’ evaluation techniques, mathematics instruction, physical facilities and problems related to the ethnic female teachers were found as major problems which are kept in order.Item Study on the Medicinal Plants Used By Herbal Healers of Argha VDC of Arghakhanchi District Nepal(Department of Rural Development, 2008) Bhattarai, NabinThe research work entitled “Study on the Medicinal Plants Used by Herbal Healers of Argha VDC of Arghakhanchi District Nepal” was conducted at Argha VDC, Arghakhanchi district. The study area is rich of biodiversity and medicinal plants. Local people and herbal healers used the medicinal plants to cure the various human diseases and ailments by using traditional knowledge. The use of medicinal plants and their products to cure the disease is limited within the family members and relatives of herbal healers/practioners. Most of the herbal healers are only literate, poor and marginal family. They have not any official jobs. Traditional medicinal practice mainly found in poor and marginal family who is unable to pay high amount to the allopathic drugs and doctors. There are pressure of allopathic drugs, most of the people prier to the allopathic drugs, when they failed to cure from allopathic doctors and medicine, they turns towards locally found medicinal plant’s product and local herbal healers. Sick people paid their wages to the allopathic doctors but ayurvadic doctors and herbal healers treated free of cost, so their profession and practices at risk. Those plants are used to cure the diseases, mostly they are wild, and most of them are used in diarrhoea, dysentery, cuts and wounds on their traditional ways. Local herbal healers harvested plants sps mostly from their community forest randomly; rarely they were cultivated these plants in their lands and boundaries, no one were practiced of medicinal plants except healers. Altogether 159 sps belonging to 134 genera and 71 families were found. Among them 151 sps are angiosperms, 4 sps are pteridophytes, 2 sps are lichens, 1 sp is fungi and 1 sp is gymnosperms. Among them 78 sp are herbs, 44 sp are trees and 37 sps are shrubs. Among 151 angiosperms mostly they are dicot and few are monocot. All plants have curative properties against different diseases. 31 types of human diseases cured/ practiced by locally found medicinal plants parts. Herbal healers and local people used local plants in combined state i.e. more than one plants used to cure single disease. One plant has curative properties against different types of diseases and even the single disease can be cured by different plant species. They recommend medicinal plant parts in the powder and liquid form; sometimes they also mix animal parts and food grains with the plants parts to cure diseases. According to some healers, they are more effective when they are mixed with animal parts, oil, food grains and soils also. Their mixture depends on herbal healer, disease types, duration of infection period and treatment method. Those sick people suffered from food and their feeding habit, so to cure the diseases food grains also used. Current pine tips and fresh cow dung is used to cure the fractured bones because they have sticky and hard properties when pasted on fractured places as like as plasters.Item Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Students from Various Ethnic Groups(Department of Education English, 2011) Prasad, Shiva ShankarThis thesis entitled "Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Students from Various Ethnic Groups" is an attempt to identify and compare the strategies used by students from various ethnic groups in learning vocabulary. I utilized both primary and secondary sources of data. The sample size of the study consisted of 50 students of Grade 9 from government schools of Kathmandu district. I selected five ethnic groups Brahmin, Chhetri, Newar, Limbu and Tharu. I used random sampling procedure to select Brahmin and Newar students because of their majority and availability but purposive sampling procedure to select the rest of the ethnic group students. A set of questionnaire were prepared in order to collect the data. The major findings of the study are, all ethnic group students used the strategies like watching English movies, guessing meaning by personal experience, asking with senior brothers and interacting with classmates. Chhetri students used more strategies in comparison to other students whereas, Tharu students were found to use less strategy than other group students in learning vocabulary. Likewise, Newar and Limbu students were found to use equal number of strategies to learn vocabulary. The thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction. It consists of general background, review of related literatures, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Similarly, Chapter two deals with the methodology. It encompasses sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedures, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitation of the study. Chapter-three deals with analysis and interpretation of the data. Likewise, Chapter four encompasses findings and recommendations of the study.Item Writing Proficiency of Students from Different Ethnic Groups(Department of English Education, 2008) Pokharel, Ram ChandraThe present research work entitled 'Writing Proficiency of Students from Different Ethnic Groups' has been carried out to find out and explain the English language writing proficiency of grade eight students of Kathmandu district. In order to compare the proficiency of the various ethnic groups in writing items, especially mechanics, guided and free writing included in the text book of grade eight. Five ethnic groups, Hill-Brahmin, Chhetri, Newar, Gurung and Tamang students were selected randomly and the rest purposively. The students selected under this study were altogether one hundred in number; twenty from each of five ethnic groups studying at the public schools of Kathmandu district. The schools were selected purposively. Three sets of questions from the English textbook for grade eight were prepared selecting altogether five items consisting of 10% questions on mechanics, 50% on guided writing and 40% on free writing. A set of question was developed and administered to 100 students and their responses were collected and studied. It was found that the Hill-Brahmin students were more proficient in writing proficiency items than the other groups, whereas the students from the Tamang ethnicity were found to be the least proficient. The Chhetri, Newar, Gurung and Tamang; according to the proficiency of writing were second, third, fourth and fifth respectively. The present work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter includes general background, ethnicity, ethnicity in Nepal, definition and stages of writing, the essential characteristics of good writing, importance of writing, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology which includes sources of data, population of the study, sample population, sampling process, tools of data collection, process of data collection and limitation of the study. The third chapter is concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the data such as item-wise analysis, analysis of writing proficiency on the basis of mechanics of writing, guided writing and free writing, and overall comparison of writing proficiency interms of different ethnic groups. In order to make the analysis objective, and accurate statistical tools of average and percentage have been used. The fourth chapter presents about the findings of the research study and finally some recommendations have been made on the basis of those findings. The references and students' answer sheets are given in the appendices.