CC-08A_Siksha,Gyan O Pathokram

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