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Development of Education System

Notes Practical Work
• Internship and School Experiences
• Field Work with community based programmes
• Creativity and Personality Development Programmes
• Work Education
• Sessional/practical work
• Physical Education Activities, games and sports and other school activities
• Aesthetic Development Programmes and Activities.
• Action Research studies
A teacher helps in improving the quality of human life in the context of multiple internal and
external forces impinging on man and the society. The course on 'Emerging Indian Society',
would develop an insight into the nature of Indian society, its variety and complexities and
making teacher education programme relevant to the community. Ingenuity of teachers lies in
first understanding national ethos and then planning for teaching within this framework as a
professional.
A professionally trained teacher is expected to identify the strengths and weaknesses of secondary
education in India and after having gained insights into the status, problems and issues
concerning education at this stage, develop a mental make-up of evaluating the system and
utilising the same for promoting excellence in education.
Theory: Education as a field of specialised studies is inter-disciplinary in its nature. Since
different branches of learning are involved in understanding the presage, process and product
variables of education, it is essential that formulation of teacher education programmes adopts
a holistic approach in order to promote proper understanding, insight and thinking on matters
pertaining to this field. The complimentary character of theory and practice needs to be
emphasised at every step. The prospective teachers are encouraged to organise, express and
communicate their ideas clearly in the class. It has to be accepted as a communicative process of
an intensive teacher-learner dialogue and renewal of a two-way process as opposed to 'the
banking concept' of teaching. The emphasis must be laid on cultivation, formation and
development of power of mind in contrast to the prevalent tendency of aiming at the success in
examination alone. Student teachers, it is hoped, in classroom transactions, will employ the use
of divergent thinking and problem solving strategy.
Student Teaching and Practical Activities: There is no denying the fact that practice of education
is as important as its theory. Each good theory leads to a good practice and vice-versa. To strike
a balance between theory and the practice of education, therefore, is a matter of judicious
planning and scheduling in order to give proper direction to teacher education.
Changes in the pattern and practices of student teaching have been only peripheral. The content-
cum-method approach, wherever attempted, remained limited to the introduction of an additional
component of content without fully achieving the objective of integration. The problem-solving
approach, discovery method, competency based teaching learning and the indigenous
contributions, like those of Gandhi, Tagore, Aurobindo, Zakir Hussain and several others have
the potential for bringing in innovative ideas in teacher education. The application of educational
technology, informatics, telematics, cybernetics etc. have yet to make a discernible headway.
The learning resources wherever available in the training institutions and the community as
also in the schools have not been optimally utilised.
Practical Work: The modalities to be employed for organising activities other than teaching for
all round capacity building and empowerment of a teacher-trainee will involve joint supervision
by the teacher educator and a school teacher.
The transaction modes, for example, for motivating adults for making them literate can be
through mass participation, folk songs, street plays etc. The identification of various sports and
a variety of activities for cleanliness in the community, collecting success stories and

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