ES-334 : Education and Society Assignment 1 Answer the following questions. i) Explain the role of community as an agency of education.

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Answer. "Changing the behaviour of individuals is not enough; education must seek to modify community patterns of behaviour through close and constant interaction with the total culture of community." Community or society has an important role to play as an agency of education. A child is to live and grow in society. He must be educated to preserve and utilise the achievements of the society to which he belongs. It is the community or the society which inculcates and fosters the spirit and culture and education among all its members. Role of community as an agency of education: some role are given below: 1. The sense of belongingness or loyalty of the residents. Each member of the community generally identifies himself with common symbols of his home, town or city. This identification is more emotional than rational. 2. Common social heritage. Each community or

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ii) Answer. Idealism is the oldest system of philosophy known to man. Its origins go back to ancient India in the East, and to Plato in the West. Its basic viewpoint stresses the human spirit as the most important element in life. The universe is viewed as essentially nonmaterial in its ultimate nature. Although Idealist philosophers vary enormously on many specifics, they agree on the following two points: 1. 2. The human spirit is the most important element in life; and The universe is essentially nonmaterial in its ultimate nature. What is Idealism and what should be the role of teacher according to it? (250 words) Idealism should not be confused with the notion of high aspirations - that is not what philosophers mean when they speak of Idealism. In the philosophic sense, Idealism is a system that emphasizes the preeminent importance of mind, soul, or spirit. It is possible to separate Idealism into different schools, but

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iii).What are the issues related to Universalisation of School Education. How you as a teacher can overcome the problems related to those issues to achieve universalisation of School Education.(1000 words) Answer. The universalisation of secondary education has number of issues to be shorted out; economic issues, cost of education, salary of the teachers, infrastructure, transportation cost, cost of maintaining laboratory and libraries. A child's future can depend a lot on the type of education she/he receives at the secondary level. Apart from grounding the roots of education of a child, secondary education can be instrumental in shaping and directing the child to a bright future. This stage of education serves to move on higher secondary stage as well as to provide generic competencies that cut across various domains of knowledge as well as skills. Providing secondary education to all, both boys and girls, with a focus on quality education assumes greater meaning today, when we consider the emerging challenges in our society. For instance, rising levels of socioeconomic aspirations and also the democratic consciousness particularly among marginalized sections of population such as the dalits, tribals, OBCs, religious and linguistic minorities and girls seek space in the secondary

education system for greater access, participation and quality. A sub-committee of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), which is the highest deliberative and advisory forum on education in the country, was, therefore, constituted in September, 2004. This Committee (2005) was assigned with a responsibility of preparing a blueprint for the universalisation of secondary education consequent upon the attainment of universalisation of elementary education. Deliberating widely on the

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