Syllabus | EN 2208: Principles of Education

1. What is education? ( 10/5 hrs)
1.1.Western view of education.
1.2.Eastern ideas of education.
1.3.Aspects of education.

2. Education philosophers. ( 10/5 hrs)
2.1.Plato-idealism.
2.2.Jean Jaques Rousseau-Naturalism.
2.3.Karl Marx-Marxism.
2.4.John Dewey-utilitarianism.

3. Various educational approaches. ( 10/5 hrs)
3.1.Teacher centered education.
3.2.Society centered education.
3.3.Student centered education.
3.4.Development centered education.

4. Professionalism in teaching ( 10/5 hrs)
4.1.The nature of a profession.
4.2.Teacher responsibilities and liabilities.
4.3.Teacher ethics.
4.4.Code of ethics for the teaching profession.

5. The history of the development of education in Sri Lanka. ( 10/5 hrs)
5.1.Education in colonial period.
5.2.Education after independence.
5.3.National goals in education.
5.4.Primary and secondary curriculum.

6. Socialization ( 10/5 hrs)
6.1.Characteristic of Socialization.
6.2.Agencies of Socialization: Family, Peer group and School.
6.3.Techniques of Socialization: Imitation, Demonstration and Punishment or Rewarding
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