CC-08B_Gyan Ebong Pathokram Charcha

Authors: Dr. Pradipta Ranjay Ray, Ms. Aditi Ray

Syllabus:

Unit I: Dynamics of Curriculum Development:

• Determinants of curriculum development

• Theories of curriculum development

• Stage Specific Curriculum?Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary

• Curriculum reforms in India; National Curriculum Frameworks 2000 and 2005

Unit II: Relationship between curriculum and syllabi:

• Relationship between curriculum framework and syllabi.

• Process of translating syllabus into text books.

• Representation and non-representation of various social groups in curriculum framing.

Unit III: Designing curriculum, School Experiences and Evaluation :

• Principles of selecting curriculum content.

• Principles of curriculum development, Highlights of NCFTE 2009- stage-specific and subject?specific objectives of curriculum.

• Methodology of curriculum transaction.

• Curriculum evaluation (formative, summative, Micro and Macro).

Unit IV: Power, Ideology and Curriculum:

• Relationship between powers, structures of Society and knowledge.

• Meritocracy versus elitism in curriculum.

Unit V: Curriculum as process and practice:

• Inculcation of values, disciplines, rules and reproduction of norms in the society.

• Necessity and construction of Time-Table

• Hidden curriculum and children's resilience.

• Critical Analysis of text books, teachers' handbooks, children's literature.