Knowledge, Language and Curriculum

Syllabus

Core Course (CC-7)                                                      Course Code: E-303

Unit I: Knowledge

·      Epistemology – meaning, philosophical basic of knowledge according to Indian and Western philosophy

·      Knowledge – nature and sources, validity of knowledge

·      Differences between knowledge and skill, teaching and training, knowledge and iInformation, reason and belief

·      Chronological review on knowledge generation, myth based faith and logical based knowledge, various structures of society and knowledge patterns and their relationship

Unit II: Language and Reading Comprehension

·      Need and importance

·      Types of reading: skimming and scanning

·      Strategies for effective reading, mechanism for reading, loud reading, silent reading

·      Schema theory of reading

Unit III: Developing Writing skills

·      Need and importance

·      Making reading writing connection

·      Process and strategies of writing for children, mechanism of writing, note making, summarising

·      Analysing children’s writing

Unit IV: Curriculum and& Development

·      Meaning and concept of curriculum syllabus and units

·      Curriculum development – meaning, concept stages in the process of curriculum development

·      Fusion Intervation & Inter-subject co-relation

Unit V: Determinants of Curriculum

·      Philosophical Foundation of curriculum development in view of different schools of philosophy

·      Social and political forces, cultures and cultural roots of curriculum, sociology of curriculum

·      Model of curriculum development : Hilda Taba’s Model

·      Core curriculum, activity curriculum, interdisciplinary curriculum

Tasks and Assignments (any one)

·      Analysis of social myths in the light of scientific values and culture.

·      Critical analysis of the existing curriculum at secondary level.

·      A comparative study of two syllabus – State Government/CBSE/ICSE

·      Critical analysis on any theme of the course containing about 8 to ten pages.