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Author Profile

Dr. Amrita J. Marshal Assistant Professor Education Department Sardar Patel University, Vallabhvidyanagar, Gujarat

About The Book

The present book is a humble effort to help student-teachers and teacher/educators delve into the realms of the epistemological and social bases of education. The book helps to explore various facets related to knowledge education and curriculum. The contributions of various educational philosophers have been examined from the point of view of their influence on present-day education. Education has witnessed a marked change due to changes in society. Designed as per the latest syllabus and syllabi of several universities offering teacher education courses, the book incorporating up-to-date and comprehensive text, which deals with the basic as well as advanced topics of the field of knowledge and the field of contextualisation of knowledge (curriculum). This book gives a critical evaluation of theories of knowledge and their impact on curriculum planning. It shows that much curriculum planning has been, and is, misdirected, through unwarranted assumptions about the status of knowledge. Criticism is directed especially towards work within ‘philosophy of education’ which has tried to reassert traditional views of knowledge. The book prescribes a content-based approach to curriculum planning and towards recent political initiatives, which have adopted similar assumptions and attempted to impose this same approach on schools and teachers.

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1. Understanding Knowledge Chapter 2. Process of Knowing Chapter 3. Educational Thinkers on Knowledge Chapter 4. Knowledge Education Curriculum and Perspectives Chapter 5. Curriculum and Development Chapter 6. Principles of Curriculum Construction Chapter 7. Curriculum Change Planning and Transaction Chapter 8. Curriculum Approach Methods and Models Chapter 9. Curriculum Development Agencies and Implementation Chapter 10. Curriculum Evaluation Bibliography Index