University of Kalyani: 3rd Semester
EDU-MI-T-3 (For Minor)
Educational Philosophy
Unit-I: Education and Educational Philosophy
(a) Meaning, nature, scope and aims of education.
l Education as process and product, as Science and Arts.
l Individualistic and socialistic aim (meaning, characteristics and difference).
l Report of Delor’s Commission (UNESCO, 1996).
(b) Educational Philosophy: Meaning, nature, scope and relation between education and philosophy.
Unit-II: Factors of Education
(a) Child: Meaning, characteristics and importance of child centric education.
(b) Teacher: Qualities and duties of a good teacher.
(c) Curriculum: Meaning, nature and importance.
(d) Co-curricular activities: Meaning, nature and importance of co-curricular activity.
Unit-III: Philosophical Bases of Education
(a) Philosophy: Concept and branches.
(b) Concepts and nature of Metaphysics, Epistemology and Axiology.
(c) Differences among Metaphysics, Epistemology and Axiology.4
(d) Role of Metaphysics, Epistemology and Axiology in Education.
Unit-IV: Schools of Philosophy
(a) Indian Schools of Philosophy
l Meaning, nature and classifications in Indian schools of Philosophy.
l Atheistic schools of Indian Philosophy—Buddhism and Jainism in terms of knowledge, reality and value and educational implications.
(b) Western Schools of Philosophy
l Meaning and Nature.
l Idealism, Pragmatism, Realism, Naturalism, (Aims, Curriculum, Methods, Teacher and Discipline) and educational implications.
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