Abstract:
Education is a vast field. It has got many dimensions and aspects related to it. Today's world is fast growing and changing. The speed of change is miraculous. Social change is inevitable. Schools are miniature society. It reflects the kind of social structure we have in a society. Therefore society in education should complement each other. There are many new pedagogies are coming up in teaching-learning process. Alongwith new pedagogies we also need to look into the traditional pedagogies to bring the best from the past in teaching-learning process.
There is a need to initiate dialogue among educational functionaries on new trends as well as national priorities in school education and teacher education accordingly. The deliberations by the academicians/ scientist/ social scientist will generate thinking leading to discussion in qualitative improvement of school education.
As a part of this programme two Extension Lecture Series were organized in the Institute. The theme of the lectures were ‘Indian Educational Thinkers. On this theme lecture on “The Making of Tagorian Pedagogy & Woman Education” was delivered by Prof. U.C. Vashistha on 8th March, 2017. The 2nd lecture was on "J. Krishnamurthy & Indian Education". It was delivered by Prof. J. Bhanumurthi on 29th March, 2017 at RIE, Bhopal.