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Thursday, 26 November 2020

SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION (UNIT-IV)





ROLE OF EDUCATION IN DEMOCRACY:-

         Democracy needs the service of education for its smooth functioning and education also requires the service of democracy. In democracy all institutions are to be managed in democratic lines.

         So role of education to frame the curriculum, teacher, discipline, educational aims ,methods, for attainment of democracy .

KEY POINTS IN ROLE OF EDUCATION IN DEMOCRACY

       AIMS OF EDUCATION

       CURRICULUM

       METHOD OF TEACHING

       NATURE OF DISCIPLINE

       ROLE OF TEACHER

AIMS OF EDUCATION

 

       Education in democracy aims at making the child a social being who able to manage his own affairs with profit to himself and others.

       Education should aims at inculcating a feeling of love for democratic ideals.

       It should enable the individual to take the decision with the power of judgment, critical thinking weighing the right and wrong.

       Democratic aims of education develops sense of patriotism

 

CURRICULUM

       To attain the democratic values ,The curriculum should be

        Flexible

       Diversified

       Integrated

       Environmental related

       vocationalisied


DISCIPLINE

       It should be free discipline or self discipline.

       Students should able to frame their own laws and decide the manner of punishment if he/she breaks the law.

       So there should be free, positive, natural discipline

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

 There should be democratic method of teaching or child centered method i.e

  1. Learning by doing
  2. Laboratory method
  3. Dalton method
  4. Problem solving method
  5. Montessori method
  6. Kindergarten method
  7. Heuristic method
  8. Experimental method etc..

 

ROLE OF TEACHING

 

Teacher has to play democratic role in democratic society

Ø  Guider

Ø  Stage maker

Ø  Sympathetic

They should have proficiency in

Ø  Classroom teaching skills

Ø  Techniques of Managing Class Room

Ø  Organizing activities like group discussion, quiz, brainstorming session etc.



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