Thoughts on Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Value education. 2. Significance of value education in the present Indian context. 3. Human rights education. 4. Freedom in education. 5. Education and discipline. 6. Bhagawad Gita and Education. 7. Educational importance of Upanishads and Bhagawad Gita. 8. Educational prescriptions of Islam and evidenced through Quran. 9. Christian thoughts as evidenced through \'Bible\' and their influence on education. 10. Jainism and its educational implications. 11. Perennialism and essentialism. 12. Realism. 13. Great Indian educators. 14. Great western educators. 15. Education and social stratification. 16. Curriculum: reforms, construction and evaluation. Bibliography. Index.

From the Preface: "In the present book an attempt has been made to acquaint the readers with the wisdom of the great educator\'s educational thoughts and educational implications of the sacred literatures. The book aims to provide various perspectives and thoughts of education to the readers.

This book has been mainly designed to serve the requirements of the students of graduate, master and research levels. In preparation of this book the authors had to refer to the works of other authors and information sources. The authors feels a deep sense of gratitude for incorporating their ideas in the text."