education: ideas and basics

Goutam Roy, Lecturer

Institute of Education and Research

University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi

Bangladesh

July 26, 2013

What is Education?

Classical Education changes the behavior of

human which is accepted by the society

Current situation? To improve the skill of a person and to

make a person as a competent to live

What is Education?

Latin word – Educare (to lead out or to draw out)

Latin word – Educere (to bring up or to train)

Latin word – Educo (to lead)

What is Education?

UNESCO - Learning: The Treasure Within Learning to know Learning to live Learning to live together Learning to be

- International Commission for Education for the twenty-first century, Jaques Delors (1993)

Basics of Education

Education is a fundamental human RIGHT – UN

Is Education a right in Bangladesh?

Literacy 1951: Ability to read any clearly printed sentence 1961: Ability to read any language with

understanding 1974: Ability to read and write any language 1981: Ability to write a letter 1989: Ability to understand any sentence in own

language, express himself/herself orally or in written form, calculate basic numerical data and to write this

2001: Ability to write a paragraph with understanding

Milestones

Paulo Freire- Pedagogy of the oppressed (1970) and Education for critical consciousness (1973)

World Declaration on Education For All (EFA), 1990

World Education Forum in Dakar, 2000 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2000 United Nations Literacy Decades, 2003-2012

Debates

Educated vs. Uneducated

Literate vs. Illiterate

Literacy vs. Functional Literacy

Teaching vs. Learning

New Concepts in Education Inclusive Education Development Education Values in Education Human Rights Education Gender Education Sex Education Peace Education Population Education

Level of Education

Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD)

Pre-primary Primary Secondary Higher-secondary Tertiary

Classifications

Formal Education Non-formal Education Informal Education

Relation with others

Educational Philosophy Educational Psychology Educational Sociology Educational Anthropology Economics of Education History of Education Educational Planning, Development and

Management

Relation with others Comparative Education Technology Education Social Science Education Agriculture Education Industry Education Arts Education Science Education Educational Evaluation and Assessment And many more...

Learning Domains Benjamin Bloom from Chicago University

Cognitive domain○ Knowledge○ Understanding○ Application○ Analysis○ Synthesis○ Evaluation

Affective domain

Psychomotor domain

What we achieve?

Content? Learning outcome? Competency?

Considering factors in learning Learning objective Learning process Learning-friendly environment Learning motivation Learning activities Participatory and joyful learning Interactive and meaningful learning Peer and group learning

Education CommissionsBritish period (1757-1947) – Nine

commissions 1792 – Charles Grant education commissions 1813 – Company charter 1835 – Lord Macaulay committee 1838 – William Adams committee 1854 – Woods education despatch 1882 – W W Hanter education commission 1919 – M E Sadlar education commission 1934 – Sa Pru education commission 1944 – John Sargent education commission

Education CommissionsPakistan period (1947-1971) – Five

commissions 1949 – Maulana Mohammad Akram Khan

education committee 1957 – Ataur Rahman khan education reform

commission 1959 – S M Sharif education commission 1964 – Judge Hamoodur Rahman education

commission 1969 – Air Marshal Nur Khan education

commission

Education CommissionsBangladesh period (1971-present) – 10

commissions 1974 – Qudrat-e-Khuda education commission 1979 – Kazi Zafar Ahmad/Abdul Baten, interim policy 1983 – Abdul Mazid Khan commission 1986 – Mafiz Uddin Khan education commission 1993 – Abdullah Al-Muti Sharfuddin, task force for

PMED 1997 – Shamsul Haque education commission 2000 – National education committee 2002 – M. A. Bari commission 2003 – Mohammad Moniruzzaman Mia commission 2010 – National Education Policy

What we discussed about?

Pedagogy

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