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Notes (e) The suggestions made the twelve Regional Seminar–cum-workshop on 'Student Teaching
and Evaluation' have also been utilized.

An all India Conference of professors. Deans and Principals of Teacher Colleges at
Calcutta in March 1969 to consider all this material and to formulate a new
programme.

Academic Orientation: The first dimension of reorganization the theory courses that we provide
for academic courses alongwith education courses in the theory. We all know well that too many
students intending to be teachers centre training colleges without adequate base in the knowledge
of subject-matter. To provide academic knowledge to students is no concern of a training college
is to evade the issue. And it is not useful stand as it does not improve matters. It is not possible
for us to send them to colleges of Arts or Science, as it is sometimes suggested, to brush up their
knowledge of the subject-matter while they are with us in the training college. Students-teacher
should be required to buy the text-books and one or two basic reference books in the subject-
matter of the methods chosen by them, and they work on the given assignments. The training
college staff, through their experience with student-teacher over a period of time, should be in a
position to prepare a plan for assignments and seminars which could contribute to bridging as in
the academic preparation of student-teachers. The progress of student-teachers in academic courses
should be counted towards their total evaluation in theory courses.
Professional Theory Courses: The second dimension pertains to change in the professional courses,
i.e., education theory.
This is a list of Courses of Professional Theory Courses
Courses Justification
1. Democratic Social Philosophy of Education School is one of the most effective
agencies and teachers are in the
advantage position to initiate and
prepare young children in the
democratic way of life, citizenship, social
cohesion and emotional integration.
Student teachers must have an
understanding and appreciation of this
role of the school and their own future
responsibility. For this he must be very
much clear about values inherent in a
democratic social system.
2. Group Processes and social behaviour As all events, a teacher should know
something about the processes by which
social behaviour emerges in groups of
children. He should know group
dynamics, the basic issues involved in it
and the methods to achieve it.
3. Psychology of Learning and Principle of Teaching The importance of this course in a
teacher-training programme is too
evident to need elaborate arguments.
4. Psychology of Development The student-teacher need to have a clear
understanding of the growth of children
and their emotional and educational
needs at different stages, particularly at
the adolescence stage.

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