https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6533 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:41:35 GMT 2026-04-08T13:41:35Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6619 Crafting Your Research: A Guide to Management Student Book for Writing and Presenting. Iddagoda, A; Dissanayake, H Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6619 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6618 Informal Care for Disabled and Elderly Population in Contemporary Sri Lankan Society Gunarathna, I The role of the family in providing care is a historical and culturally rooted practice in Sri Lanka. Regardless of ethnicity, people are devoted to protecting the family; the most loving and warm nest for many people to spend their lifetime. Caring for people with disabilities and caring for elders have been an embedded practice in the Sri Lankan family system, however, due to rapid economic and socio-cultural changes a shift in the caring tradition has been observed. This study, therefore, aimed to explore the current informal caring practice among Sinhalese people with disabilities and elders. The study has focused on the care, cultural aspects of the care, social organizations, and the organized structure to provide care. In addition, social relations of care and the community support and assistance to provide care at the community level were also studied. The study was conducted in the Hapugoda No: 405 Grama Niladari Division in the Harispattuwa Divisional Secretariat of the Kandy District and the findings derived from the study are used to identify the significance of the informal care and the care providers, challenges faced by the care providers and the opportunities to enhance the informal care provisions in Sri Lanka. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6618 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6617 Experiential Marketing, Destination Image, Tourists Satisfaction, and Tourists’ Destination Loyalty for Sustainable Tourism (Evidence from Tourists’ Cultural Destinations in Sri Lanka) Udurawana, YMWGPK World tourism has significantly contributed to destinations generating more social, economic and environmental benefits. Therefore, all tourist destinations have identified sustainability as their main goal of tourism. There are plenty of research to discuss the effect of experiential marketing, tourists’ satisfaction, destination image and destination loyalty than measuring these variables’ effect on sustainable tourism. In the Sri Lankan context, though Sri Lanka has many world heritage destinations to facilitate sustainable tourism, it has only a few cultural attractions. Further, there was no research to address the experiential marketing effect on sustainable tourism through image, satisfaction and loyalty. This gap has been addressed through this research with three mediating variables referenced to cultural destinations in Sri Lanka. To collect data for the study 513 tourists representing all tourists who visited Sri Lanka in 2019 conveniently interviewed. The data were analyzed through the SPSS Amos software and was able to achieve all the research objectives and answer all the research questions. The findings of the study include adaptable strategies for the attention of all the destination marketing authorities in Sri Lanka, which may help to facilitate experiential marketing for sustainable tourism through destination image, tourists’ satisfaction, and destination loyalty for cultural destinations in Sri Lanka. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6617 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6616 Peer-assessment: Sri Lankan English as a Second Language Teachers’ Perception Pushpakumara, PBSL Peer-assessment offers various benefits. There is empirical evidence that peer-assessment enhances learner performance, develops cognitive and meta-cognitive skills, professional skills, personal and intellectual skills and social competencies. Also, previous studies on affective factors of peer assessment suggest that peer-assessment reduces learner anxiety and stress and enhances confidence and motivation. In spite of these benefits, peer-assessment is not common in educational settings. Teachers, the key stakeholders of education, also tend to hold reservation regarding peer assessment. Therefore, the present study was conducted using six English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers teaching in a compulsory English course in a state university in Sri Lanka to explore their perception regarding peer-assessment in ESL writing class. Qualitative data obtained through one on-one interviews and focus group interviews were analyzed using content analysis method. Surprisingly, the results of the present study revealed that the participants believed that peer-assessment helps learners develop their cognitive and metacognitive skills, personal and intellectual skills, and some professional skills and saves teachers’ time. Also, they believed that peer assessment motivates learners. However, they identified limited English language proficiency and friendship as some key challenges to effectively implement peer-assessment in the language classroom. Group based peer assessment and active teacher participation as a facilitator in the peer assessment process were proposed as solutions to overcome these challenges and to ensure a successful implementation of peer-assessment in the ESL classroom. Taken together, the findings of the present study provide strong empirical support for the use of learner-centred peer-assessment in the ESL writing class and other similar contexts. Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/6616 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z