Philosophical Perspective in Education 📚

🎯 Objectives

Understand concepts and principles of foundations of education. 🧠
Apply theories, ideas, and generalizations of educational foundations. 📝
Express and discuss philosophies and social concepts precisely and rationally. 💬
Analyze different views and schools of thoughts on education and draw generalizations. 🤔

Philosophy: its nature and scope; metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology. 🌌
Education: its nature and scope. 🏫
Philosophy and education: Relationship between the two; Aims and determinants of education with reference to curriculum and pedagogy. 🎯
Philosophies of education: Naturalism, Idealism, Pragmatism, and Realism. 🌳

Reflections on education: Guru Nanak Dev, R.N.Tagore, M.K. Gandhi, J. Krishnamurti and Vivekanand's contribution to educational philosophy. 🌟
Reflections on Education: Educational aims recommended by Education Commission (1964-66) and NPE (1986). 📚
Values: meaning, significance, kinds, reconciliations between traditional and modern values in education. ❤️

Preparing a handout of quotes of educational thinkers (any one) on education, human conduct, truth and morality. 📜
Analysis and study of values of school students. 📊
Content analysis of spiritual and moral theme/issue taken up by a newspaper (on national or vernacular). 📰

Ansari, S.H. (2003). Philosophical Foundations of Education. New Delhi: Sanjay Prakashan. 📖
Black, N. et al. (2003). Philosophy of Education.UK: Blackwell Publishers. 📘
Broudy, H.S. (1955). Building a Philosophy of Education, New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India. 🏛️
Brubacher, J.S. Modern Philosophies in Education. 🌐
Dewey, J (1916/1966). Democracy and Education. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education, New York: Free Press. 🗽
Oomen, T.K. (2014). Social Exclusion in Independent India. Orient Blackswan. 🌍
Pathak, Avijit (2004). Social Implications of Schooling: Knowledge, Pedagogy and Consciousness. Rainbow Publishers: Noida. 🎓