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BESC-131: Education: Concept Nature and Perspectives

By Dr Niradhar Dey   |   School of Education, IGNOU
Learners enrolled: 1217
The course BESC-131 Education: Concept, Nature and Perspectives is one of the Discipline Specific Core courses of Education subject under the BAG-CBCS Programme. This is a six credit course studied at the first semester of BAG-CBCS programme. The course is designed in 4 blocks with 16 modules, comprising four modules in each block. The course includes e-content, e-tutorials, scope for a discussion forum, module wise quiz questions and final assessment through National Testing Agency. The course provides a basic understanding about the concept, nature and scope of education by elaborating and exemplifying different context and perspectives of education and its operations. The major perspectives of education such as philosophical, sociological and socio-psychological perspectives have been discussed in this course. The course will enable the learners to understand and engage with different educational discourses both in theoretical and operational aspects. Further, the knowledge base of this course will help the learners to understand other courses of Education included in other semesters of BAG-CBCS programme.
The course ‘BESC-131 Education: Concept, Nature and Perspectives’ is for the learners who are pursuing BAG-CBCS Programme in IGNOU and have opted ‘Education’ as one of the subjects of their study. Learners pursuing B.A. (Education) programme both in General and Honours in other Conventional and Open Universities can also pursue this course.    

Summary
Course Status : Completed
Course Type : Core
Duration : 16 weeks
Category :
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Arts
  • Teacher Education
Credit Points : 6
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 01 Sep 2022
End Date :
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week

Module

e-content

Week 1

Module-1 

Concept and Nature of Evaluation

Concept and Nature of Evaluation

Week 2

Module-2

Scope of Education

Scope of Education

Week 3

Module-3

Agencies of Education

Agencies of Education

Week 4

Module-4

Historical Developments of Education: An Overview

Historical Developments of Education: An Overview

Week 5

Module-5

Education and Philosophy

Education and Philosophy

Week 6

Module-6

Schools of Thought

Schools of Thought

Week 7

Module-7

Contribution of Indian Philosophers

Contribution of Indian Philosophers

Week 8

Module-8

Contribution of Western Philosophers

Contribution of Western Philosophers

Week 9

Module-9

Education and Society

Education and Society

Week 10

Module-10

Education and Socialization

Education and Socialization

Week 11

Module-11

Issues and Concerns in Education

Issues and Concerns in Education

Week 12

Module-12

Interface Between School and Community

Interface Between School and Community

Week 13

Module-13

Understanding Education from Psychological Perspective

Understanding Education from Psychological Perspective

Week 14

Module-14

Understanding Education from Socio-Psychological Perspectives

Understanding Education from Socio-Psychological Perspectives

Week 15

Module-15

Shifting Psychological Theories to Understand Education

Shifting Psychological Theories to Understand Education

Week 16

Module-16

Understanding Socio-psychological Attributes

Understanding Socio-psychological Attributes





Books and references





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Altekar, A.S. (1957). Education in Ancient India, (5th edition), 1957, Varanasi: Nand Kishore and Bros.

Apple, Michael W. and Beane, James A (2006). ‘Democratic Schools: Lessons from Chalkface’, Eklavya Publication. pp.243-246.

Arnott, J.J. (1995). Broad and Narrow Socialization: The Family in the context of a cultural theory. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57(3), 617-628. 

Badheka, Giju Bhai. (1990). Divasvapna An Educator’s Reverie translated by Chittaranjan Pathak. NBT, New Delhi.

Ball, S. J. (1987). ‘The Micro – Politics of the School: Towards a theory of school organization’, Methuen: London & New York.

Ballantine. J.H. and Spade, J.Z. (2015). Schools and Society: A Sociological Approach to Education. New Delhi: Sage Publications, Inc. 

Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: Freeman.

Bhattacharya, S. (2006). Philosophical Foundation of Education. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors.

 Bigge, M.L. and Hunt, M.P. (1968). Psychological Foundations of Education, Harper& Row, New York 

Brown, Francis J. (1954). Educational Sociology. New York: Prentice Hall

Brubacher, J.S. (2007). Modern philosophies of education. 3 rd ed. Michigan: Surjeet publications, New Delhi, pp.1.23 

Bruckacher, John. S. (1969). Modern Philosophies of Education. New York: Mc Graw Hil Co. 

Chambliss, J.J. (1996). Philosophy of Education an encyclopedia. New York, London: Garland publishing, Inc.

Crow and Crow (1973). “Educational Psychology”, Eurasia Publishing House, New York.

Delors Jacques (1996). Learning the Treasure Within, Paris: UNESCO Publishing.

Ellis, A. K., Cogan, J. J., & Howey, K. R. (1991). Introduction to the Foundations of Education (3rd ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Gardner, H. (1993b). Multiple intelligences: The theory in practice. New York: Basic Books

Gutek,G.L. (2009). New perspectives on philosophy and education. New Jersey: person Columbia, Ohio upper Saddle River, Inc.

Kneller, G.F. (1965). The Art and Science of Creativity. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 

Krishnamurti, J. (1953). Education and the Significance of Life, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd.

Maslow, A.(1970). Motivation and Personality (2nd edition), New York: Harper &Row. 

Mc Dougall (1908). An introduction to Social Psychology, London: Methuen.

Musgrave, P.W. (ed.), (1970). Sociology, History and Education. London: Mathuen & Co. Ltd. 

NCERT (2005). National Curriculum Framework (NCF, 2005). New Delhi: NCERT.

NUEPA (2014). Education for All-Towards Quality with Equity. New Delhi: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

Nurullah, Syed & Naik, J.P. (Vth eds.). (1964). Student History of Education in India. Macmillan, Calcutta (1971, Reprint).

Park, J. (1963). Selected Readings in the Philosophy of Education. Macmillan Publisher.

Peters, R.S. (ed.) (2010). The Concept of Education –Vol. 17, New York: Routledge.

Rai, B.C. (2001). History of Indian Education, Lucknow, India: Prakashan Kendra

Rather, A.R. (2014). Theory and Principles of Education. New Delhi: Discovery Publications House.

Skinner, M, Daniel (1978). Educational Psychology, Allyn & Bacon, New York.

Taneja, V.R. (2005). Socio-Philosophical Approach to Education. New Delhi; Atlantic Publishers, p.18.



Instructor bio

Dr Niradhar Dey

School of Education, IGNOU

Dr. Niradhar Dey works in Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi as Associate Professor in Education in the School of Education. He has pursued his Master and M.Phil. in Education with First Class First in order of merit and Ph.D. in Education from Sambalpur University, Odisha. He has pursued PGDHE, PGDDE and CIG programmes from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. His specialization areas are Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Educational Technology, Research Methodology in Education, Teacher Education, Pedagogy of Social Science, ODL, Online and Blended Learning. He has around 20 years of teaching experience both in Conventional, ODL and Online Education system.

 

He is presently associated with M.A. (Education), B.A. General (Education Subject) - CBCS and Post Graduate Diploma in Adult Education programmes at the capacity of Programme Coordinator/Co-Coordinator and also Course Coordinator of more than 10 Courses of different programmes. He has also coordinated SWAYAM Online B.Ed. courses like ‘BES-125 Understanding Disciplines and Subjects’ and BES-127 Assessment for Learning. He is associated with other Programmes of the School of Education such as B.Ed., D.El.Ed., Ph.D. (Education) and PGDEMA as Course Coordinator.

 

Presently, he is engaged in Programme and Course development of various programmes, writing units, supervising Ph.D. scholars in Education, developing modules for SWAYAM MOOCs, Ph.D. course work, orienting the academic counsellors, participating in regular Teleconferencing and Interactive Radio Counselling sessions, developing video lessons for SWAYAM PRABHA TV Channel, teaching online by using different social media like Facebook YouTube, etc. Under his supervision, students have been awarded Ph.D. in Education. He has also published 3 books, more than 55 Research Papers / Articles (both in Journals and Edited Books), presented papers in more than 50 International and National level Seminars / Conferences /Workshops. He has also delivered invited lectures for many institutions. Besides all this, he has also completed ICSSR sponsored project on ‘State Open Universities (SOUs) in India: An Evaluation’.


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