Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

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.
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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