Unit I: Epistemological bases of Education:

• Meaning of epistemology with reference to the process of knowledge building and generation.
• Distinction and relationship between: Knowledge and skill, Teaching and training, Knowledge and information, Reason and belief.

Unit II: Philosophical Foundation of Education:

• Significance of Philosophy in Education.
• Brief account of the tenets of the following philosophers of education –Swami Vivekananda, Gandhi, Tagore, Aurobindo, Dewey, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and Sir Asutosh Mukherjee.
• Relevance of the philosophy of the aforesaid philosophers in Indian education with regard to activity, discovery and dialogue.

Unit III: Sociological bases of education:

• Constitutional goal for Indian Education
• Social issues in education—Globalization, multiculturalism, secularism, education for sustainable development
• Nationalism, universalism and secularism—their interrelationship with education
• Illiteracy, poverty, socially disadvantaged groups gender inequality

Unit IV: Concepts and scope of education:

• Four pillars of education.
• Aims of education: Personal, Social, Economic and National Development
• Education for generation, conservation and transmission of knowledge
• Agencies of education: home, school, community and media
• Types of education: formal, non-formal, informal and role of their agencies

Unit V: Concept of Curriculum:

• Meaning, Characteristics & types of Curriculum
• Nature & Scope of Curriculum
• Necessity of Curriculum
• Principles of framing curriculum
• Role of State in curriculum
• Constitutional values and national culture in curriculum