Browsing by Author "Pathiratne, S."

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    An Empirical Study of Work Life Balance with Special Reference to Educators in Colombo District
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2016) Amarathunga, P.A.B.H.; Pathiratne, S.
    The concept of Work Life Balance (WLB) has become a concern for every business: failure to manage work-life balance can pose an earnest threat to a business. However, despite its paramount, managing work-life balance remains a chore for many businesses. In Sri Lanka especially in Edification Industry it is not felt to induce the WLB practices either in Government sector or in Private sector whether in School or College level of Inculcation. Objectives of this study are to ken about level of work-life balance among Educators of different edifying institutions, analyse gender sapient work-life balance issues, ken how the age factor influences work-life balance and ascertain different work-life balance practices adopted by government and private scholastic institutions. Descriptive Study is orchestrated with a well-structured questionnaire to accumulate primary data from 100 members of edifying fraternity working at Schools, Colleges and Universities of both Regime and Private sectors. This sample is culled from Colombo District in Western Province of Sri Lanka. Results denoted that 72.9% people of the respondents have feeling of blissful at work. 54.3% respondents have feeling of missing their qualitative life sometimes, 30% respondents are infrequently feeling of missing their life. 60% of respondents are feeling tired at work and to manage stress arisen 64.3% of them, have opted for regalement. 72.9% respondents verbalized that there is no work-life balance policy (total of 84% when included Not Cognizant withal) in their organization. The chi square tests resulted Having Children and Quality of Time at Work dependent on each other. Having Children and Feeling of Missing Life are dependent on each other and Gender and Factor Facilitating Working Balance are dependent of each other. And, Hours of Travel and Factor Facilitating Working Balance are independent of each other. Also Hours of Travel and How often work worries are dependent of each other The Educators in both sectors aren't exposed to Work Life Balance Practices and even their employers haven't exerted in designing and implementing the Work-Life Balance. A 5-day work is one of such policy which can enable the employees to orchestrate their life part and manage it efficaciously. Keywords: Colombo, Educators, Edification, Work life balance
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    An Inventive Teaching Method to Enrich the Knowledge in Grammar Amongst The GCE AIL Students in Gampaha District
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2016) Bandara, T.A.C.J.S.; Pathiratne, S.; Amarathunga, P.A.B.H.
    Grammar instruction can take many forms and can be carried out with various pedagogical goals in mind. The investigators have tried to explore an Inventive Method of integrating grammar lyric, song, and music to teach grammar. The researchers during the process of teaching Sinhala to the learners, varying from the age group of thirteen to fifty, have come across various problems in teaching grammar. The pedagogical potential of songs in teaching grammar has been enormously realized in the foreign but not in the Sri Lankan context, particularly in Gampaha District. The purpose of the research was to develop the students' knowledge in grammar, using grammar songs in the classrooms. And the Objectives are a) To compare the effectiveness of traditional methods and the Inventive Teaching Method in developing the students' knowledge in grammar. b) Analyse the effect of teaching Method on the experimental group in the pre-test and post-test in learning grammar. c) Examine the effect of traditional teaching on the control group in the pre-test and post-test in learning grammar. The study has been carried out with the AlL Arts students in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. It was decided to have a manageable sample of50 students. The pre-test and post-test questionnaires were developed by the researchers. The Results show that, from the scores that the treatment given to experimental group has produced positive result on the performance of the students. Therefore, it may be concluded that both the groups differ significantly. Also test showed that students performed better in the Post-Test compared to the Pre-Test. The ANOVA test for the control group and the experimental group concluded that the students who belong to the experimental group scored higher than the students who belong to the control group. The results of the studies reported in the study could influence the use of songs in grammar teaching and learning to Sinhala language learners. The findings indicate that the Inventive approach has a definite pedagogical value at the school level of grammar learners in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka Keywords: Gampaha, Grammar, Teaching, Songs, Sinhala language