Course Structure

                                         Perspectives in Education should include courses in the study of childhood, child development and adolescence, contemporary India and education, philosophical and sociological perspectives in education, theoretical foundations of knowledge and curriculum, teaching and learning, gender in the context of school and society, and inclusive education.  The course in childhood studies shall enable student teachers to engage with studies on Indian society and education, acquire conceptual tools of sociological analysis and hands-on experience of engaging with diverse communities, children and schools.  The course on ‘Contemporary India and Education’ shall develop a conceptual understanding about issues of diversity, inequality and marginalization in Indian society and the implications for education, with analyses of significant policy debates in Indian, education.  The course on knowledge and curriculum will address the theoretical foundations of school knowledge from historical, philosophical and sociological perspectives, with critical of curricular aims and context, and the relationship between curriculum, policy and learning.  The course on ‘teaching and learning’ will focus on aspects of social and emotional development;  cell and identity, and cognition and learning.