Contents

Unit-I: CONCEPT OF EDUCATION                                            9
1. Meaning, nature and scope of education.
2. Formal, Informal, Non-formal education and their agencies.
3. Objectives of Education-Learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together, learning to be.
4. Function of Education towards individual, society and in national life.
5. School and its functions, Relationship between school and society.
Unit-II: AIMS OF EDUCATION                                                 97
1. Meaning and importance of Aims.
2. Types of Aims:
a. Social and Individual aims.
b. Vocational and liberal aim.
c. Democratic aim of education.
d. Moral and complete living as an aim of Education.

Unit-III: CURRICULUM                                                            121
1. Concept and nature of curriculum.
2. Importance of Curriculum.
3. Types of Curriculum-Child-Centered Curriculum, Skill based Curriculum and ProblemCentered Curriculum.
4. Principles of curriculum construction.
5. Co-curricular activities-Meaning, Types and importance.
Unit-IV: FREEDOM AND DISCIPLINE                                    145
1. Concept of freedom and discipline.
2. Types of discipline.
3. Discipline and order.
4. Interrelation between discipline, liberty and democracy.
5. Importance of discipline in social life
Unit-V: EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND      177
INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
1. Meaning and importance
2. Role of Education in development of National Integration and International Understanding
3. Globalization and its impact in developing international co-operation