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International Conference on Sri Lanka Studies (ICSLS): Recent submissions

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Geographical Information Systems: An efficient Method for the Selection of Student for Grade One in Government Schools of Sri Lanka

Amarasinghe, A.G.; Senarathna, H.M.P.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Finding a school for the children who wish to enter the year one of government schools has become one of the most crucial problems in education system of Sri Lanka. It is evident that, selecting qualified students for ...
Climate Change Research in Sri Lanka

Nianthi, K.W.G.R. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Climate is a dynamic component of the environment, which has a direct and an indirect influence on man and his activities. Most commonly, climate is known as the long-term average weather condition prevailing over an ...
Environmental Management: A Lesson from Giants of the Corporate Sector in Sri Lanka

Rajapakse, B. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Sri Lanka is an agricultural economy base country. Ancient people protected the environment since their economy (farming activities) was totally depended on the healthy environment. Therefore, people themselves voluntarily ...
Fast Foods on the Customers Perspectives- Special Reference to the Customers in Urban, Semi Urban and Interior Locations in Sri Lanka

Wijewardana, K.H.R.; Siriwardhana, D.P.G. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Subsequent to the socio economic and political changes taken place in the country, a big fast food market has been created from the recent past. Like in the other markets it seems that particular segment of market attracted ...
Intra House Hold Food Allocation Behaviour of Up Country Tea Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka

Kumari, R.M.D.P.; Gajanayake, K.G.M.C.P.B.; Chandraserkara, G.A.P. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Nutrition insecurity among plantation workers is a critical problem today in Sri Lanka. Adequate Nutrition security enhances physical health, thereby improved labor productivity. This paper examines the patterns of food ...
Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of Preschool Children

Sandamali, R.P.M.; Kamal, R.J.; Silva, K.D.R.R. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Household food security is the ability of the household to secure sufficient food to provide for all the nutrient requirements for all members of the household. Household food security is a critical variable that affects ...
Evaluation of Feed Management Strategies in Shrimp Culture Ponds in Sri Lanka

Epa, U.P.K.; Wijeyaratne, M.J.S.; de Silva, S.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Shrimp exports have become one of Sri Lanka’s major foreign exchange earners and accounts for nearly 90% of total aquaculture exports. The average feed costs for the Sri Lankan shrimp culture industry is estimated to be ...
The Case of Sri Lankan Fisheries Sector: Case Study Based on Selected Rural Fishing Areas and the Institutions Involved in Fisheries Sector

Perera, L.B.; Dasanayaka, S.W.S.B. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Sri Lankan fisheries sector contributed nearly 2.5 per cent to the country's national income which is a marginal increase by 0.6 compared to the GDP of negative 6.1% in 2003. Through out the Sri Lankan coastal line there ...
Research as Performance and as Activism or Subjects and Informants as Innovators and as Activists

Jeyasankar, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Research meant to be the exercise of the experts and the ‘ordinary people are treated as subjects or informants’. In even stronger terms, Raymond Williams challenged the class-based arrogance of scriptocentrism, pointing ...
Teacher Skills required Facilitating ICT Driven Learning

Ekanayake, M.B. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Education is shaping with the advances of new information and communication technologies (ICT). Most countries all over the world have accepted the need of incorporating ICT to promote the quality of learning. Sri Lanka ...
Encouraging Entrepreneurship Education and Development in Jaffna District

Sivaskaran, T. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Entrepreneurship contributes to the economy of a community in many ways. For the society and communities, entrepreneurship provides the means for achieving the level of diversity, innovation and independent decision-making ...
Future Perspectives of Chemistry Education Five Hundred Years after Western Colonization in Sri Lanka

Weerawardhana, A.; Ferry, B.; Brown, C.A. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

During five hundred years of western colonization, education systems in Sri Lanka evolved to mirror the traditional education systems of Britain. The teaching strategies employed by teachers and the structure of schools ...
Educating for Critical Disability Studies within a Sri Lankan Context: An Exploration into a Problematic

Campbell, F.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

There is a paucity of research (both conceptual and applied) that explores Buddhist engagements with the neologism ‘disability’, aside from rather simplistic and moribund reiterations of the doctrine of karma and merit. ...
Profile of Early Childhood Education in Sri Lanka: Analyzing the Past, Designing a Way Forward

Dedduwa, P.B.D. (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 2005)

Notion of the early childhood as the period of most rapid human growth with greatest sensitivity to environmental influences during the first four or five years of life is widely acclaimed. It has also been considered ...
Technical Education in Sri Lanka: Appropriateness and Effectiveness of Training Programmes Initiated through Foreign Grants

Senadheera, R.N.; Wickramasinghe, V.N. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Technical education plays a major role in the field of higher education in Sri Lanka. The expansion of the technical education sector was slow during the first half of the 20th century due to the limited demand for ...
Graduate Unemployability: Values and Perspectives

Karunathilake, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The Higher educational reformers has been critically discussed the quality and the values of graduates in Sri Lankan universities. The reason for this is many of graduates could not get a job mainly in private sector ...
Students’ Assessment: Contrasting Perspectives of the Undergraduates and their Lecturers

Wijesundera, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Student enrolment in undergraduate education in Sri Lanka has increased gradually over the past few decades. At present, the student population of universities represents diverse background characteristics such as gender, ...
Abuse Potentials of the University Students

Weliange, W.S.; Kularatne, M.G. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Lack of facilities for various extra-curricular activities for all the students in the university community is one of the major reasons for student unrest in Sri Lanka. According to the investigation carried out in 1988, ...
Issues of Using Applications of Information Science and Technology in Sri Lankan Universities

Dassanayake, G. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

We can now make a telephone call to anywhere on the globe, while television allows us to see something on the other side of the world the moment it happens. The Internet is no exception. Home pages enable us to view vast ...
Impact of Student-Teacher Relationships on the Crisis at University of Sri Jayewardenepura: Student Perspective -Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce

Wedage, D.M.; Gunathilake, P.D.H.D. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJP) experienced the most sorrowful incidents in the recent past, when two undergraduates were killed within the university premises. These killings were due to clashes between the two ...

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