Core Course – 3
TRENDS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION
(Instructional hours – 90)
Course Objectives
1. To sensitise the students about the new trends in education.
2. To make the students reflect and critically evaluate the new
trends and issues in
education.
3. To promote seminal thoughts for solving the various issues in the
fields of
education.
4. To make the students critically aware about the various issues in
the
contemporary
educational system.
5. To equip the students with various tools and techniques used in
the process of
education
and use them effectively.
Course Content
MODULE 1 – Modern Trends in Curriculum Design, Construction and
Development
New trends
and perspectives in curriculum design and in curriculum
constructionconstructivist
– cultural
studies – holistic curriculum –diversified curriculum – teacher
made
curriculum.
New
policies and practices in education in India in the light of UNESCO Report
for 21st Century education, NCF2005, KCF 2007,
NCFTE 2009, JVC Report 2012 and
its
recommendations, NCTE Regulations2014, RTE 2009 and relevance of RTE in
Kerala
context.
Integrated
programmes, composite institutions, Teacher education universities,
Inter
university centre for teacher education
(10 Hours)
MODULE 2 - Modern Tools and Techniques for Knowledge Construction and
Dissemination
Web based
learning, e-learning, e-resource, e-communication: Forums,
blogs,
bulletin
boards. Social Media for Pedagogical Innovation, e-textbooks, e-journals, digital
library,
e-Governance. Digital Divide, Role of Teacher and learner, Concept of Digital
Immigrants
and Digital Natives.
Learning
Management Systems (LMS) and Course Management Systems
(CMS):
Online Learning, Blended Learning; LMS/CMS Software : Blackboard, Moodle,
Desire2Learn,
Webinar, Massive Online Open Course (MOOC), Blended Learning
Mobile
Learning and Ubiquitous Computing, Cloud computing, Flipped
Classrooms:
Need and Importance in Indian context, Augmented Reality-pedagogical
potentials,
Pedagogy in Bring Your own Devices (BYOD) Environment, Open
Educational
Resource (OER) and Creative Common Licence, Emerging Digital Assistive
Technologies,
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusion, Techno pedagogical
content
knowledge(TPACK).
Free and
Open source software – Introduction to GNU/Linux, Linux distribution,
File
System, Hierarchies, User interfaces, Running an Application, File and
Directory
Management
in Linux. Ubuntu, Introduction to Educational Softwares: GeoGebra,
Stellarium,
PhET, Scilab.
Multimedia
approach- Designing multimedia package - Overview of Models of
instructional
design- ADDIE Model, Dick and Carey Model. Instructional Design for
competency
based teaching
(30 Hours)
MODULE 3 - Trends in Methodology, Pedagogy and Evaluation
Methodological
paradigm shifts in knowledge construction – ethnographic
methods –
grounded theory – phenomenology.
Modern
Pedagogy – pedagogical transactions – integrating ICT, cultural
integration
– constructivist approach – critical pedagogy, reflective teaching, process
oriented
approach, mind mapping.
Critical
appraisal of CCE – Portfolio management – Classroom assessment
techniques
(CAT) – new trends in examination – open book- online examination –on
demand-
institution based- technology assisted assessment (for performance based
assessment),
differentiated assessment, culturally responsive assessment, evaluation
of
curriculum and pedagogy – meta evaluation.
Issues-
commercialization of assessment, quality concerns, domain dependency.
(10 Hours)
MODULE 4 - Trends in Financing Education
Private investment,
public investment – Impact of globalization on education–
financing,
early childhood education, primary, secondary and higher education –
Appraisal
of schemes of governmental initiation – SSA, RMSA, ASAP and RUSA,
student
loans and fellowships.
(10 Hours)
MODULE 5 - Issues in contemporary Education
Gender
Issues, cultural issues, social and economic issues, environmental
issues in
education - education for sustainable development – value crisis – education
for peace
– value education, life skill education, inclusive education and joyful
learning.
Issues
related with professional updation, infrastructural deficiency, dropout,
stagnation,
teacher absenteeism, teacher shortage, student – teacher ratio,
uneconomic
schools, quality deterioration and massification of higher education and
quality
concerns.
Political
interference in education, Child labour, Corporal punishment, School
violence,
child abuse, use of drugs and intoxicants among students, Stress and
examination
anxiety - Strategies for Coping and effective parenting.
Equity,
access and quality – women education, women empowerment–
education
for socially, economically and culturally deprived.
(20 Hours)
Assignments
1.critically
evaluate a text book and teacher text book of a secondary class and prepare
a report.
2. Any
practical activity related to ICT
Mode of transaction
Lecture,
Discussion, demonstrations, case studies, research reviews, documentary
analysis,
laboratory experience, workshops, seminars, projects etc.
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