Publisher's Synopsis
Unit I: Fundamentals of Philosophy of Education Meaning and Concept of Philosophy of Education Philosophy and Education Branches of Philosophy Significance of Philosophy of Education. Unit II : Philosophies of Life and Education Concept and implications of Individualism, Socialism, Totalitarianism, Democracy, Idealism, Realism, Naturalism, Realism, Pragmatism, Existentialism Education for good life to every individual Education for National Integration and International Understanding. Unit III : Contributions of Educational Thinkers Indian Thinkers: Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Radhakrishnan, J.Krishnamoorthy. Western Thinkers: Plato, Rousseau, Froebel, Dewey and Montessori. Unit IV : Sociology and Education Meaning and Nature of Sociology of Education and Educational Sociology; Social organizations Characteristics; Social groups; Social change; Social mobility Social stratification; Culture meaning, nature, conservation, development and transmission; Social deviants influences on personality development. UnitV: Process of Socialisation Agents of socialization Family, School, Religion, Community; Education as a social system, as a social process and a process of social progress; technological change Industrialisation and Modernisation.
