Societal Context of Education

Societal Context of Education

1 Education and Socialization

  1. Meaning and Concept of Socialization
  2. Stages of Socialization
  3. Types of Socialization
  4. Theories of Socialization
  5. Agencies of Socialization

2 Education, Social Structure, Social Stratification and Social Mobility

  1. Social Structure
  2. Social Stratification
  3. Social Mobility

3 Social Change, Development and Education

  1. Social Change
  2. Development
  3. Perspectives on Education
  4. Education in Indian Perspectives
  5. The Mismatch Problem
  6. Globalization and Education

4 Economics of Education

  1. The Rate of Returns to Education
  2. Financing of Education
  3. Cost and Cost Effectiveness
  4. The Internal and External Efficiency of Education

5 Political Economy of Education

  1. Right to Education: Legal Status and its Implications
  2. Basic Education as a Fundamental Right
  3. Planned Development of Education
  4. Public Expenditure on Education

6 Education Policy, Decision Making and Political Perspectives of Education

  1. Policy Making
  2. Policy Levels
  3. Politics of Education
  4. Education Policy in India

7 School as a Social Organization

  1. School as a Social System
  2. Social Structure and Functioning of the School
  3. Structure and Organization of a School

8 Schooling as a Socio-Cultural Process

  1. Society, Culture, and Knowledge
  2. Schooling and Socio-cultural Processes
  3. Theoretical Frameworks to Understand Schooling as a Socio-Cultural Process
  4. Schooling as a Socio-Cultural Process: Some Examples

9 Teacher as an Educational Input

  1. Teacher as an Instructional Input
  2. Teacher and Curriculum
  3. Teacher as Mentor
  4. Teacher and Community
  5. Teacher as State Apparatus

10 Teaching Profession

  1. Teaching Profession

11 Community Participation in Education

  1. Understanding Community Participation
  2. Community Structures and Functions in Education
  3. Problems and Issues

12 Social Organization of Knowledge

  1. Definitions Meaning and Scope
  2. Types of Knowledge
  3. Modes of Knowledge Transfer
  4. Forms of Knowledge
  5. National Knowledge Commission of India

13 Ideology and Curriculum

  1. Making Sense of Ideology
  2. Ideology Shaping Curriculum
  3. Ideology and Curriculum in Post Independent India

14 Medium of Instruction

  1. Language as a Social System
  2. Language Acquisition and Development
  3. Language and Early Childhood Education
  4. Language and Thinking
  5. Language Deficit
  6. Language and Discrimination
  7. Language Planning

15 Mass Media and Education

  1. What is Mass Media
  2. Mass Media and Education
  3. Traditional Education and its Limitations
  4. Experiments with Mass Media in Indian Education
  5. Mass Media in Distance Education
  6. Some Initiatives
  7. Computer Supported Education
  8. Education Radio

16 Social Diversity and Education

  1. Explaining Social Diversities
  2. Influence of Social Diversity on Education
  3. Recent Challenges of Diversity for Education

17 Equity and Excellence in Education

  1. Equity and Excellence in Education
  2. Equity as a Constitutional Value
  3. Nature of Inequality in India
  4. Equality of Educational Opportunity – Concepts
  5. Social Stratification Social Mobility and Social Change
  6. Excellence in Education

18 Alternatives in Education

  1. Alternatives in Education: The Concept
  2. Need for Alternative Education
  3. Differences between Alternative Education and Traditional or Mainstream Education
  4. Theoretical Perspectives
  5. Alternative Educational Practices
  6. Open Distance Learning Systems (ODL) as an Alternative to Education

19 Recent Trends in Indian Education

  1. Privatization
  2. Globalization
  3. Sustainable Development
  4. Other Modern Trends in Education