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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