CC-08A_Gyan ebong Pathokram-Paul

Author: Dr. Debasis Paul

Syllabus:

Unit I: Epistemological bases of Education:

• Meaning of epistemology with reference to the process of knowledge building and generation.

• Distinction and relationship between: Knowledge and skill, Teaching and training, Knowledge and information, Reason and belief.

Unit II: Philosophical Foundation of Education:

• Significance of Philosophy in Education.

• Brief account of the tenets of the following philosophers of education ?Swami Vivekananda, Gandhi, Tagore, Aurobindo, Dewey, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and Sir Asutosh Mukherjee.

• Relevance of the philosophy of the aforesaid philosophers in Indian education with regard to activity, discovery and dialogue.

Unit III: Sociological bases of education:

• Constitutional goal for Indian Education

• Social issues in education?Globalization, multiculturalism, secularism, education for sustainable development

• Nationalism, universalism and secularism?their interrelationship with education

• Illiteracy, poverty, socially disadvantaged groups gender inequality

Unit IV: Concepts and scope of education:

• Four pillars of education.

• Aims of education: Personal, Social, Economic and National Development

• Education for generation, conservation and transmission of knowledge

• Agencies of education: home, school, community and media

• Types of education: formal, non-formal, informal and role of their agencies

Unit V: Concept of Curriculum:

• Meaning, Characteristics & types of Curriculum

• Nature & Scope of Curriculum

• Necessity of Curriculum

• Principles of framing curriculum

• Role of State in curriculum

• Constitutional values and national culture in curriculum