Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

Aims of Schooling –Based on Curriculum Ideologies
Over the last century schooling has been asked to serve four different aims that are
reflected in four curricular ideologies. They are;
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Academic Rationalism: Primary function of schooling is intellectual
development through initiating students into specific bodies of knowledge,
techniques, and ways of knowing embedded in academic disciplines.
•
Humanism: The central goal of schooling in terms of fostering students’
potential, personal freedom, self-actualization, and all-round development.
•
Social Efficiency: The central purpose of schooling is to meet the current and
future manpower needs of a society by training youth to become contributing
members of society.
•
Social Reconstructionism: Schooling is primarily an instrument for solving
social problems (inequalities, injustice, poverty, etc.) and cause social reform
and reconstruction.
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Check Your Progress 1
Below are given the ideas suggested under different objectives of ‘Learning: The
Treasure Within’ document. Classify them under each of the objectives appropriately.
I.Learning to know:
II.
Learning to Do:
III.
Learning to Live Together:
IV.
Learning to Be:
1.
Resolve conflicts peacefully
2.
the qualities of teamwork
3.
helps an individual to understand his/her environment
4.
strive to ‘give people the freedom of thought
5.
skill of a worker to his/her personal competence
6.
countries must have common objectives
7.
strives to foster understanding
8.
help to solve one’s own problems
9.
pre-supposes learning to learn
10.
the abilities to communicate, work with others
11.
introduce the young, from childhood, to cooperative undertakings
12.
help to make one’s own decisions