A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF LEARNING METHODOLOGY BY READING SAMHITA VERSUS AUDIO LISTENING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SHLOKAS OF ASHTANGA HRDAYA SUTRASTHAANA 1ST ADHYAYA-A PILOT STUDY
Manjula Dr. Manjula, Akshar Ashok Kulkarni · 2022
The two important phases in educational system are teaching and learning methods. Learning method can be achieved by two methods one is guru shishya parampara I.e in presence of guru studying the concept with the help of samhita, other method is audio i.e priorly recorded stuff will be given to the student to read .Shlokas are the keys to understand the concepts of Ayurveda.now a days Many of the students are feeling difficult to recite the Shlokas as the Shlokas in the Samhitas which are written in the Sanskrt language. Students are lacking the knowledge of Sanskrit language and are feeling difficult to do the pronunciation. Aim & Objective: To compare the learning outcomes of reading samhitas and audio listening of the shlokas OF ASHTANGA HRDAYA SUTRASTHANA 1ST ADHYAYA. Methodology - In the present study students read the shlokas from the samhita first, after leaving 15days I.e wash off period the same students are made to listen the shlokas through audio. For this study 31 students were randomly selected. Pre and post study evaluation was done by google form through questionnaire. Obtained data was statistically analysed by Chi square test. Conclusion- Reading directly from samhita was useful to enhance the shloka learning with significance level P<0.001.