Here is your Sem 2 syllabus for Paper VI

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Here is your Sem. 2 syllabus for Paper VI

Title of the course. Theoretical Base of Education – National

The subject “Theoretical Base of Education – National” aims at developing student teachers’ critical understanding of the theoretical foundation underlying the development of education in India and Kerala.

Objectives

The student teachers

1. understand the development of education in pre-independent and post-independent periods of India
2. reflect on how the National Movement helped form modern system of education in the nation
3. review the modern system of education in Kerala in the context of education in ancient Kerala, and
4. appreciate universal values as well as national values and imbibe them in their lives and instill them in the next generation.

Content

Unit I. Education in Pre-independent India
1. Dravidian (Indus Valley) and Vedic Education
2. Buddhist period
3. Islamic period
4. Education under British rule
5. Comparative study of education in various periods
Unit II Reports of Education Commissions
1. Macaulay’s Minutes (1835),
2. Wood’s Despatch (1854)
3. Hunter Commission (1882)
4. Sargent Report (1944)
Note: The student teachers are expected to study the above reports with special reference to the recommendations and their relevance and implications for an Indian system of education.
Unit III Swadeshi Movement and Education
1. Educational thoughts of Vivekananda, Aurobindo and Tagore
2. Gandhian concept of education
Unit IV Education in post-independent India
1. Reports and policies – their impact on the evolution of a national education
system with reference to the following:-
(i) The University Education Commission (1948)
(ii) Report of the Secondary Education Commission (1952)
(iii) The Education Commission (1964-66)
(iv) National Policy on Education (NPE-1986) and after
2. Current problems of education in India and attempts made to solve them.
Unit V Education in Kerala
1. Education in ancient Kerala
2. Modern system of education vis a vis Traditional system
3. Education under Panchayati Raj
Unit VI Values and education
1. Universal values
2. Traditional values
3. Values laid down in the Constitution of India
4. Role of education in promoting values.

Note: Apart from adopting problem-solving approach in learning, student teachers shall arrange seminars and discussions and undertake group projects.

Titles for PBL tasks will be posted soon.