VBSPU B.Ed 1ST SEMESTER PAPER 2 SYLLABUS & NOTES
VBSPU B.Ed 1ST SEMESTER PAPER 2 SYLLABUS
UNIT-1: Normative Vision of Indian Education
• Normative orientation of Indian education: A historical enquiry.
• Constitutional provisions on education that reflect National ideals: Democracy, equality, liberty, secularism and social justice. India as an evolving Nation, state; vision, nature and salient features-Democratic and Secular polity, Federal structure: Implications for educational system.
• Aims and purposes of education drawn from the normative vision.
UNIT-2: Vision of Education: Four Indian Thinkers
• Rabindranath Tagore : Liberationist pedagogy.
• M.K. Gandhi : Basic education or education for self-sufficiency.
• Aurobindo Ghosh : Integral Education.
• J.Krishnamurti : Education for individual and social transformation.
UNIT-3: Contemporary Indian Schooling: Concerns and Issues
• Universalisation of School Education, Right to Education and Universal Access:
(i) Issues of (a) Universal enrollment (b) Universal retention (c) Universal success. (ii) Issues of quality and equity. The above to be discussed with specific reference to physical, economic, social and cultural access, particularly to girl, child and weaker sections as well as differently-abled children.
• Equality of Educational Opportunity:
(i) Meaning of equality and constitutional provisions.
(ii) Prevailing nature and forms of inequality, including dominant and minor groups and related issues.
Inequality in schooling: Public-private schools, rural-urban schools, single teachers’ schools and many other forms of inequalities in school systems and the processes leading to disparities.
(iii) Differential quality in schooling: Variations in school quality.
• Idea of ‘common school’ system.
• Right to Education Bill and its provisions.
UNIT-4
• Education for National Development: Education Commission (1964-66).
• Emerging trends in the interface between :
(i) political process and education;
(ii) economic developments and education; and
(iii) socio-cultural changes and education.
Transactional Strategies: The course will be transacted through seminars, workshops and presentations made by individuals and groups on specific themes highlighting the problems of inequality and discriminations in the society.
