CONTEMPORARY INDIA & EDUCATION-II

Paper Code: 
EDU-201
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

After completion of this course, the students will be able to:

  • promote the Western philosophical thought of education
  • reflect the ideas of western educational thinkers
  • deal with the issues and challenges of education
  • promote the constitutional values and provisions for education
  • enhance the programmes of education run by the government
  • develop sensitivity towards teaching as a profession

 

8.00
Unit I: 
Western Educational Thinkers and their School of Thought
  • Socrate, Plato and Aristotle
  • John Dewey
  • Friedrich August Froebel
  • Maria Montessori
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Social Issues and Challenges
  • Diversity, Inequality, Marginalization: Meaning, Concept and levels with special reference to Individual, Region, Language, Caste, Gender
  •  Role of education in multicultural and multilingual society for equalization and improvement of marginalized groups

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Constitution and Education
  • Study of the Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties of citizens, Directive Principles for state and constitutional values of Indian Constitution
  • Constitutional provisions for education and role of education in fulfillment of the constitutional promise of Freedom, Equality Justice, Fraternity
  • Education and Politics, Constitutional vision related to aims of education, Peace Education
  • Role of education, School and Teacher as agents for imparting culture

 

8.00
Unit IV: 
Programmes of Education
  • Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)
  • Minimum level of learning (MLL)
  • Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)

 

8.00
Unit V: 
Government Visionary Schools
  • Navodaya  Vidyalaya
  •  Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
  • Model School

 

Essential Readings: 

Sessional work:

Any one of the following:-

  1. Prepare a report on role of school and teacher as agents for imparting culture.
  2. Thoughts and reflections of western philosophical schools and its relevance to the present day Indian education- A report.
  3. Visit any Government School / Government Visionary School and describe the functioning of the programmes being run in the school.

Books Recommended:

Essential Readings:

  1. NCERT, ‘Basics in Education’
  2. Chauhan C.P.S. , ‘ Modern Indian Education’ Kanishka Publisher, New Delhi
  3. Saxena N.R.S., ‘Philosophical and Sociological Foundation of Education, R.Lall Book Depot, Meerut

 

References: 
  1. Purkait, B.R., ‘ Great Educators and their Philosophies ‘New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., Calcutta
  2. Ravi S.S., ‘ Philosophical and Sociological Bases of Education’ PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi

 

Academic Year: 
2018-2019
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