Dr. SANTHOSH AREEKKUZHIYIL

Dr. Santhosh Areekkuzhiyil Asst. Professor Govt. Brennen College of teacher Education, Thalassery (Research Centre, Kannur University) Kannur, Kerala, India Email: santhoshclt@gmail.com 09447847053 SCHOOL SUBJECT AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE 1. School Subject Dewey viewed subject matter as a distinctive and specialized domain of experience for learners. Subject matter consists of a body of facts, concepts, values, and techniques that are selected, organized, and sequenced in a way that centers upon the predetermined objectives. According to Zongyi Deng, (2013) School subject refers to ‘an area of learning within the school curriculum that constitutes an institutionally defined field of knowledge and practice for teaching and learning’ . A school subject is a distinctive purpose-built enterprise, constructed in response to social, cultural, and political demands and challenges toward educative ends. School subjects can be traditional academic subjects such...

Dr. Santhosh Areekkuzhiyil Asst. professor, Govt. Brennen College of Teacher Education, Thalassery, (Research Centre, kannur University) kannur, Kerala santhoshclt@gmail.com 09447847053 LANGUAGE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM 1.1. Language, Communication and Discourse Communication is an outward extension of thought. It helps in the process of arranging thought, linking one idea to another. Communication includes both verbal (that is, language in written and spoken form) and non-verbal (that is, language in conventional symbols and ways of representation through drawing and diagrams) forms. But in educational context, to understand the significance of language in a deeper way we need to examine it in a multi-dimensional space, giving due importance to its structural, literary, sociological, cultural, psychological, and aesthetic aspects. Formally, language is seen as the pairing of a lexicon and a set of syntactic rules, where it is systematically governed at the level ...

A Chapter From the Book  ‘CONTEMPORARY INDIA AND EDUCATION ' by Dr. Santhosh Areekkuzhiyil santhoshclt@gmail.com 09447847053 Publisher: Calicut University Cooperative Stores, Kerala, India EDUCATION FOR BUILDING A NEW NATION "Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation,"- Benjamin Disraeli. 10. 1. Programmes for Eradicating Inequalities Education seeks to achieve two broad aims: one to provide equal opportunities for all pupils to learn and to achieve, for best possible progress and at the highest attainment. The other is to promote learners’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepare all pupils for the world of work and societal responsibilities. Equality can be understood as parity in the enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms, and equality of opportunities with regards to education and work and the fulfillment of one’s potential. Equity relates to a degree of equality in the living conditio...