TEACHING HANDWRITING ANALYSIS IN

TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME

Girisha TResearch scholar, Department of P.G. Studies and Research in Education,

Kuvempu University

Dr. Jagannath K. Dange Department of P.G. Studies and Research in Education, Kuvempu

University, Shankaraghatta. Shimoga-Karnataka, India.

Nagaraj S.H.Research scholar, Department of P.G. Studies and Research in Education,

Kuvempu University

Throughout history, the idea that handwriting can identify an individual’s personality has fascinated scientists and laypeople alike. Around 330 B.C. Aristotle wrote: handwriting is the visible form of speech. Just as speech can have inflections of emotions, somewhere in handwriting is an expression of the emotions underlying the writer's thoughts, ideas, or desires. The scientific name for handwriting analysis is Graphology. Handwriting is brain writing, it representing the mental status of the person. The handwriting analysis is a prediction technique as the body language that profiles the human behaviour in areas of the social skills, achievements, thinking styles and work habits. The Handwriting analysis is an effective reliable indicator of personality and behaviour. Handwriting reveals the true personality including honesty, fears and over many other individual personality traits.

Introduction

Handwriting Analysis or Graphology is a scientific method of identifying, evaluating and understanding personality through handwriting. Handwriting reveals the true personality. (Champa and Ananda Kumar,2010). It has been existing for a long time.

Handwriting analysis can be used to find traits in your personality that, even if you do not know. It takes you in your subconscious and reveals its secrets. What you write is your conscious effort, but how you write is decided by your subconscious mind.

Your Handwriting reflects your personality, who is the introvert and Extroverts? Handwriting analysis can find positive and negative traits in your personality.

Kale Madhukar Dnyandeo (2015) found that there is positive co Relation between Handwriting features with optimistic Attitudes and pessimistic attitude regarding the college student.

Relationship between Handwriting and personality

Status of Handwriting Analysis Course in different countries Universities, colleges and educational institutions around the world are

starting to recognize the role that handwriting analysis can play in the assessment of personality.

Today, Universities and Colleges that offer courses in graphology may be comparatively small in number but they do exist and more and more are coming forward to offer their programs.

Many professional graphological organizations are there in different countries. Like England, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Iceland, The Netherlands, Singapore, Israel, China, Japan, the US and many other countries.

Offered Courses like, Master's Degree in European Handwriting Analysis, Basic Graphopathology and Forensic Graphology, Handwriting Analysis training courses, degree courses in Graphology, degree in graphology and also distance learning courses.

In India some Graphology association and Institute are there and offer Basic Handwriting Analysis course, But no universities are offering Handwriting Analysis courses.

Need and Importance of Teaching Handwriting and Handwriting Analysis

According to Graphology research, experts of this science Handwriting Analysis is very essential for students and Teachers.

McHale & Cermak (1992) have reported, “students typically spend 50% of their day performing paper-pencil tasks.” “Because writing is a fundamental means for students to communicate their knowledge in other content areas, it is a crucial skill for success in school.

“Concentrates the mind” A student engaged in writing must analyze and synthesize information. This develops critical thinking skills and contributes to further learning. (Whiteman, 1981) “In short, critical writers engage in parallel tasks when writing to those of reading. Both are challenging. Both organize, engage, and develop the mind.” (Paul,1990).

Graham, Harris and Fink (2000) reported the following: “…there has been a tendency to downplay or even eliminate handwriting instruction as part of the writing program.

• Graham, Harris & Fink (2000) reported in their study that “Consistent with our predictions, supplemental handwriting instruction also led to greater gains in compositional fluency than did instruction in phonological awareness.”

• Research has demonstrated that there is a positive correlation between better handwriting skills and increased academic performance. (Rosenblaum, S et al.)

• Higher secondary level is main stage of development of language skills, cognitive skills and personality. Language skills are main important in this stage, students when improve the language skills it’s promote to easily learn about other subject knowledge.

• Handwriting is main role of identification of students’ knowledge and language skills. Handwriting is not only expression skill; it is express our emotions, behaviors and personality. Handwriting skill is very highly and important in language skills.

• Identification of students have already achieved goal of academic and sociological aspects through Handwriting Analysis.

• Based on the above research findings and advantages of Graphology it can be used successfully in the teacher Education. Because, it is very essential for Teachers’ understanding the personality of students. So personality can analysis varies ways, Graphology is one of the method.

• Therefore give the training of Handwriting Analysis for Teachers-trainees. Teachers-trainees are getting training to the purpose of teaching in secondary school. so offer that type of course training or workshops in teacher training programme.

The Benefits of Handwriting Instruction

Cognitive developme

ntIncrease

confidence in

strengths and

abilities

Learn about the emotional well-being

Influence R.W.S.

language skills,

Critical thinking

Higher-order skills

Increased Academic

performance

For Students

Handwriting

The Benefits of Handwriting Instruction Identificatio

n & improveme

nt of personality

Profession developmen

t

Self -confidence

Understanding the

behavior

Strength and

weakness Promote to higher-

order skills

Intelligence

Discipline

Academic performanc

e

Personality developmen

t

For Teachers

Handwriting

Conclusion

The present paper reveled that Handwriting Analysis is a tool of identification of personality.

According to experts of Graphology handwriting instruction benefits students’ cognitive development as well as motor functioning.

Teacher should learn the Handwriting Analysis to make improvement in our personality, Profession development, self confidence and understanding the students’ behavior, personality, strength and weakness, intelligence, discipline, academic performance. So Teacher should learn the Handwriting Analysis.

It is also helpful for teacher identification of student personality, based on Handwriting Analysis to improvement of the students’ personality and all the things. Therefore Handwriting Analysis should adopt in Teacher training programme.

Thank you….