Seminar

EDU 01: KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULUM: PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

TOPIC: PRAGMATISM

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United states around 1870.  Its origins are often attributed to the philosophers Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and John Dewey.  The philosophy of pragmatism "emphasizes the practical application of ideas by acting on them to actually test them in human experiences".

Features:

·        Changing nature of truth

·        truth is formed by its result

·        Problem as the motives of truth

·        Emphasis on social and democratic values

·        Emphasis on the principle of utility

·        Opposition to fixed ideals and values

·        Importance of activity

·        importance of man power

·        Faith in present and future

·        Opposition to social customs and traditions

·        Reality still in the making

·        Faith in flexibility

Contributions to education:

·        Importance of human effort

·        Faith in the future

·        Empiricism

·        Experimentation

·        Dualism

·        Stress on practical success

·        Humanitarianism

·        Democracy

·        Emphasis on human personality

·        Social function of education

·       Comprehensive education

Criticisms:

·       Biological bias

·       Limitation of the theory of truth

·       Eternity and permanence

·       Lack of purpose

·        Neglect of cultural ideals

EDU 02: DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVENESS OF THE LEARNER

TOPIC: ROLE OF HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT FOR PERSONALITY

Heredity means the transference of the characteristics of parents to their offsprings through genes in the chromosomes.  By the heredity of an individual we means all those inborn physical and mental traits that he inherits from his parents and ancestors.  Every child comes into this world with certain physical and mental features, which he got from his parents.  He is born in with a body and mind, which developed from the fertilized ovum he got from his mother and father.  He starts his life with a specific type of behaviour and a certain sort of temperament.  All these traits, mental and physical, constitute his heredity.

        By environment we mean all type physical and mental factors that affect and influence the development of an individual.  The home, the family, the neighbourhood, the peer group, the school and the entire community with their temperaments and mental traits constitute his environment.  Everything that influences him apart from his inherited traits constitutes his environment.

        There is considerable evidence that physical traits such a colour of the eye and skin, blood types, colour blindness and the tendencies to be tall or short, follow the law of heredity.  But there is practically no evidence to prove to what extent mental traits such as intelligence and aptitude are inherited

EDU 03: TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION IN EDUCATION

TOPIC: MISUSE OF INTERNET – MORPHING, PORNOGRAPHY

Morphing:  It is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes one image or shape into another through a seamless transaction.  Traditionally such a depiction would be achieved through cross fading techniques on film. Usually girls are affected due to these type of morphing who download girls pictures from various social websites through fake or real profiles and them morph them these morphed images may be used to blackmail.

Pornography:  Cyber pornography can be defined as pornographic material designed or distributed using cyber space as a medium.  Pornography is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purpose of sexual arousal.  

EDU 04.10: THEORETICAL BASE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION

TOPIC: LECTURE METHOD AND STORY TELLING METHOD

Lecture method: Teacher explains the matter in simple and understandable manner.  The method is particularly used in the secondary classes and above.

Story Telling method:  Story telling is one of the most important methods of teaching social science particularly the history part of this subject, stories of great men and women of the past as well as the present depicting the life ancient stories as well as those related to famous rulers, reformers, writers, saints, discovers and scientists can be presented.