The
first four questions asked for the First Semester BEd Degree examination, of
the University of Kerala held last Friday, 23 April, 2010 for Paper I –
Theoretical Base of Education: Philosophical & Sociological, were the
following:
Q
# 1. When you met your classmate after completing the course, he told you that
he was able to develop a philosophy of life now and he wants to be the world to
be ideal. What suggestion you can give
him from your knowledge of philosophy?
Q
# 2. When you met your teacher, he asked you whether the current trend in
education is able to achieve the aims of education. How will you react to this?
Q
# 3. Imagine the period your grand parents lived. Compare that period with the
modern age with relevance to the factors responsible for the changes that had
taken place.
Q
# 4. During your practice teaching you imagine that you happened to meet a
parent. He complained that his son had a feeling of being isolated. Explain to
him how education can be a help to solve this problem.
Analyzing
the questions in terms of expected student response, would reveal that the question
paper setter is keen on getting responses that are the trainees own, and
products of self-reflection.
While
answering the four questions, the
trainees are expected to perform the
following:
For
Q # 1. State one’s own philosophy of education.
For
Q # 2. Provide one’s perception of current trends in education.
For
Q # 3. Analyze social change.
For
Q # 4. Provide workable solution based on inferences drawn from philosophy and sociology of education.
The
BEd trainee who is expected to answer the above questions has just completed
four months of instruction. They lack
the necessary knowledge about the vast field of Education. They neither have the experience to evolve ones own philosophy of Education nor are they
in a position to form a proper perspective of Education in Kerala. The fact
remains that a majority of the trainees who join the BEd. course have only a BA, BSc or BCom. degree which does
not necessarily help evolve a maturity in thinking! Further, it is common
knowledge that, the average teacher trainees in Kerala, prepares
for the BEd degree examination referring to bazaar guides and even worked out
university questions available in the market. But in terms of difficulty level
of the questions asked and the possible
inability of trainees to comprehend the question properly, don’t you think dear
reader, the University examination question will only drive the average trainee
to frustration?
Amazingly
enough, the question paper setter believes other wise. No wonder, the fifth
question in the same paper reads : “
Education without Philosophy is blind, Philosophy without Education is invalid – Comment.”!
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