Syllabus
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Course Code: 824 Course Name: KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULUM |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Knowledge Basis of Education • Concept, sources, types& Facets of Knowledge • Distinction between information & knowledge, belief & truth and reasoning & analysis. • Education and knowledge as visualized by different thinkers : Gandhi, Tagore, J. Krishnamurty Friedrich Frobel. |
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| 2 | 2. Social Basis of Education • Basic concepts of Society: Socialization, Equity and Equality, Modernity with reference to industrialization, democracy. • The role of culture, economy and historical forces in shaping the aims of education. • Individual opportunity, social justice and dignity in context of democratic education. • A study of Secularism, Nationalism and Universalism and their interrelationship with education. |
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| 3 | 3. Curriculum Development • Concept of Curriculum and Syllabus: Dimensions of Curriculum and their relationship with aims of education. • Curriculum at different levels- National, State and School. • Determinants of curriculum: Philosophical, Psychological, Sociological, Political, Culture and Economic. • Basic considerations in Curriculum Development. |
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| 4 | 4. Curriculum Practices • Teachers‟ experiences and concerns: Laboratory work, Library, Field Survey, Group Discussion. • Nature of learner and learning process and subject matter. • Knowledge and ideology in relation to curriculum and text books. National curriculum framework: Concept need and process of development. |
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| 5 | Practicum/ Sessionals Any two of the following: i. Socio-economic educational survey of near by village/ urban settings. ii. Role of education in empowerment of weaker sections of society. iii. To analyze and prepare a report on the present curriculum of Haryana School Education Board/ CBSE in the light of various determinants of curriculum development. iv. Filed survey on impact of present system of education on: a) Socialization of child b) Modernization with reference to industrialization and individual autonomy. v. To survey and prepare a project report on how far the present system of education is able to inculcate secularism, nationalism, and universalism. vi. Blue Print of practice models of Gandhi ji /Tagore for rural reconstruction. |
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