Psychological Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education

by J.C. Aggarwal

The volume provides not only a holistic view of various facets of education but also discuss the Futurology and the role of educational institutions in meeting the forthcoming challenges.

To provide a comprehensive overview of emerging concerns in the field of educator, inspiring and thought-provoking views of great thinkers of the East and the West are given in an easy-to-understand language, with a critical and meaningful analysis where needed. The role of the family, neighborhood, community and the school in the optimum development and growth of the personality of the child is suitably highlighted.

The book offers practical suggestions in making the teaching-learning process lively, inspiring and effective. It will be a valuable addition for the libraries used by research scholars, teachers and students of the subjects dealt in the volume.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• I. Educational Psychology as the foundation of education
  • Meaning, Definition and Significance of Educational Psychology
  • Human Growth and Development: Significance, Characteristics and Principles/stages - Educational Implications
  • Heredity (Nature) and Environment (Nurture): Development and Educational Implications
  • Individual Differences: Types and Educational Implications
  • Physical Development Pattern and Educational Implications
  • Social Development Pattern and Educational Implications
  • Emotional Development Pattern and Educational Implications
  • Cognitive Development Pattern and Educational Implications: Piaget's Theory
  • Adolescence: Meaning, Characteristics, Problems and Educational Implications
  • Learning: Types and Factors of Learning
  • Motivation
  • Memory and Forgetting
  • Intelligence
  • Personality
  • Suggestive Guidelines for Teachers for the Optimum Development and Education of the Students
• II. Philosophical foundation of education
  • Basic Ideas in Education
  • Types of Education
  • Aims and Objectives of Education
  • Educational Philosophy
  • Major Philosophies and their Impact on Education
  • Rousseau (1712-1778)
  • Dewey, John (1852-1959)
  • Philosophical Thought in India and its Contribution to Education
  • Swami Vivekananda's Philosophy and its Impact on Education
  • Rabindranath Tagore (1869-1941)
  • Educational Philosophy and its Impact
  • Philosophical thought of Gandhiji (1869-1948)
  • Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) : Integral Education
• III. Sociological foundation of education
  • Educational Sociology
  • Education as an Instrument of Social Change: Role of the School
  • Education and National Development
  • Social Justice, Equality: Role of Education (Empowerment of SCs, STs, OBCs and Education)
  • Education for Secularism, Democracy and Socialism
  • Empowerment of Women: Role of Education
  • Value Education
  • Futurology: Education for the Future Society
  • Future Education in India
  • Agencies of Education: School as an Agency of Education.

About the Author:

J.C. Aggarwal is a former Dy. Director of Education and Executive Director of the Delhi Bureau of Textbooks, Delhi Administration, and Delhi. He worked at the grassroots level as a Post-graduate teacher, principal, plan evaluation officer and educational supervisor and administrator. Me also taught in a PQ Teacher Training College. He has widely travelled and written extensively on education.