- Assistant Professor: Shincy Mohan
Objectives of the course:
The course will enable the student teachers to study the unique and diversified
nature of Indian Society and Education.
To enable student-teachers to engage with studies on Indian society and education
To acquires conceptual tools of sociological analysis and hands on experience of
engaging with diverse communities, children and schools.
To develop insight among the student teachers by analyzing the diversity, inequality and
marginalization in the society and its implication for education.
To construct and develop a comprehensive and critical understanding among the
student teachers about the policy frame work for public education in India
- Assistant Professor: sunesh kolangaroth
Objectives
• To review general conceptions about childhood and adolescence (specifically with
reference to the Indian social context); develop a sensitive and critical understanding of
the different social/educational/cultural realities at the core of the exploration into
childhood and adolescence.
• To acquire theoretical perspectives and develop an understanding of dimensions and
stages of human development and developmental tasks.
• To enable student teachers to arrive at an understanding of how different socio-political
realities construct different childhoods, within children’s lived contexts; family, schools,
neighborhoods and community.
• To analyze the major theories of intelligence as applied to a variety of educational
settings.
• To develop an understanding of different theories of personality and to know the
impact/influence of socio-cultural context in shaping personality, especially with respect
to the Indian context.
• To provide hands-on experiences to interact with children, and training in methods to
understand aspects of the development of children.