Tulsi Prajna 1995 07

SR No.: 524584
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 164
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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aspects of the society in which we live. As we know that a man belongs to two worlds-world of things and world of experience; world of fact and wrold of faith; world of matter and world of mind and the world of sense and the wrold of spirit. Thus the primary business of education is, the unification of these two worlds in each individual. The basic or biological need which man shares with animals such as food, sex, territory, self preservation and play has to be integrated and fused with various social, cultural, and fused with various social, cultural and ethical needs for happy survival. The process of scientific study can not be separated from these aspects The effectiveness of processes involved in transferring scientific knowledge can not be achieved fully without proper understanding and even integrating various social, cultural and etenical aspect of society. Thus indepth relationship of these aspects with science can be coined as social, cultural and ethical aspects of science.
The society is a group of individual people, living together in an organised system. The relationships between individuals are controlled by already established social conventions such as behaviour towards other members of the society, nature and natural resources. The need of developing emotional health together with mental and physical health and subtle consciousness among the pupils is very important for a good social health. There is a need to manage our own emotional system by excercises of concentration of thoughts of perception (prekshadhyana), relaxation and self-awareness (kayotsarga), auto-suggestion (bhavna), breath regulation (pranayama) and yogic postures (yogasanas) Thus the role of these established social norms in teaching science has to be fully considered. Various cultural aspects of the society have to be emphasised in science and its teaching, as these are the fragrance of a society and helps in understanding social set up of the society. It includes ways of making livings, language, religious beliefs, dress, political organisation and several other aspects of life. Culture can be observed through art, family life, music, dance, ways of spending leisure, placement of house hold things in house, etc. Culture is progressive and changes with political, economical social, geographical, religious, climatical aspects of life.
The relationship of ethics of society with science can not be ignored. It is a permanent character of physical and social phenomenon and include customs, temperament, character and way of thinking of the society/individual. The concept of goodness, justice, happiness, conscience, source of power, moral, feelings, etc. come