Education in India

Encyclopaedia of Education, Culture and Children's Literature

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'Encyclopaedia of Education, Culture and Children's Literature' is a unique work in four volumes covering various useful and relevant issues in the present conditions.

This Volume One on "Education in Modern India" studies in detail:

Education in the Emerging Society; Prospects of Education in the 21st Century; Democratisation of Education in Indian; Human Rights Education; Education and Democracy for National Development; Citizenship Education for Youths of the Modern India; Democratisation and Citizenship Education; Socialism and Education; Democracy and Education; Education and Success of Democracy in India; Democracy: A Moral Commitment; Education for Democracy; Deschooling Movement: Its Messages and Pioneers; Distance Learning: A Democratic Approach; Development of Distance Education in India; Making the School Effective; Role and Responsibilities of Teachers in the Modern Scenario; Reaching the Unreached; Need of Teacher' Handbooks and Workbooks for the Effective Use of Text Books; SITE : The Grand Experiment in Education; Education in Transition : Some Alternatives; Teacher Orientation, Enrichment and Upgradation; Open University : An Innovation in Higher Education; Media Support for Higher Education; Teachers' Organisation in England and India; Countrywide Classroom : An Innovation in Higher Education; Which Comes First : Democracy or Education?; Challenges of the Teachers' Day; Language Laboratory : An Important Innovation in Education; Public Participation, Public Support and Public Relations in Education; Literacy for All : A Challenge for India; Educational Radio and Television in India; Improving the Classroom; Teacher Education; Environment and Education; State Institute of Educational Technology : Need for a Change; Academic Staff College : An Innovation in Higher Education; Academic Staff College : Problems and Solutions; Children's Media Laboratory as a Learning Resource Centre; Quality Improvement in Teacher Education.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jagannath Mohanty

Prof. Jagannath Mohanty after a distinguished academic career in India had been to United Kingdom for higher education and training-once in 1971-72 in the University of London under the Commonwealth Teachers' Training Bursaries Scheme and again in 1979 in the British Council Media Department, London under the Commonwealth Education Fellowship. He was one of the pioneering educational technology experts remaining in charge of implementing educational technology project from its very inception in 1975-76. He was in charge of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) in Orissa. He is an eminent author having 30 and 120 titles to his credit respectively. Especially he is a prolific writer of books for children and has received 2 National Awards and 5 State Government and Sahitya Academy Awards in this field. Dr. Mohanty has varied experiences at all stages of education-primary, secondary, higher and teacher education. He was a Professors of Education, Principal of Institute of Advance Study in Education and Director, Academic Staff College, Utkal University. He was the President of the State chapter of Indian Association for Educational Technology, Chancellor of State chapter of International Association of Educators for World Peace, President of the State branch of Indian Association of Pre-school Education, President of Orissa Children's Literature Academy and President of Rajdhani Sishu sahitya Sansad, Bhubaneswar. He is the Executive and Chairman of the MBMC Trust. The author has been awarded Emeritus Fellowship by the UGC, New Delhi.