Perspectives on Education and Leadership

(a) Understanding the Learner

Concept of growth, maturation and development, principles and debates of development, development tasks and challenges
Domains of Development: Physical, Cognitive, Socio-emotional, Moral etc., Deviations in development and its implications
Understanding Adolescence: Needs, challenges and implications for designing institutional support.
Role of Primary and Secondary Socialization agencies. Ensuring Home school continuity.

(b) Understanding Teaching Learning

Theoretical perspectives on Learning – Behaviorism, Constructivism and Cognitivism with reference to their implications for –
i. The role of the teacher and learner

ii. Nature of teacher-student relationship

iii. Classroom environment

iv. Choice of teaching methods, etc.

v. Understanding of discipline, power etc

Factors affecting learning and their implications for Planning student activities, Designing classroom instructions and Creating learning spaces in school
Planning and Organization of Teaching-Learning
Concept of Syllabus, Competency-based Education, Overt and Hidden Curriculum
Principles of curriculum organization, Experiential learning, etc.
Instructional Plans – Unit Plan, Lesson Plan, Year Plan
Competency-based Education, etc.
Instructional material and resources
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for teaching-learning
Early childhood care and education, Fundamental literacy and numeracy
Assessment of learning, for learning and as learning: Meaning, purpose and considerations in planning each.
Enhancing Teaching Learning processes: Reflections and Dialogues as a means of constructivist teaching, Classroom Observation and Feedback, etc.
(c) Creating Conducive Learning Environment

The concepts of disability, diversity, and Inclusion, implications of disability as a social construct, types of disabilities-their identification and interventions
Provisioning for guidance and counselling. Concept of School Mental Health, addressing the curative, preventive and promotive dimensions of mental health for all students and staff, etc.
Developing School and community as a learning resource
(d) School Organization and Leadership

Leader as a reflective practitioner, team builder, initiator, coach and mentor.
Perspectives on School Leadership – instructional, distributed and transformative
Using School Processes and forums for strengthening teaching-learning, timetabling, parent-teacher forums, using achievement data for improving teaching-learning, school assembly, school self-assessment and Improvement, teacher development forums, etc.
Vision building, goal setting and creating a School Development Plan
Creating partnerships with community, industry and other neighbouring schools and Higher Education Institutes-forming learning communities

(e) Perspectives in Education

NEP-2020 – Equitable and Inclusive Education: Learning for All; Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools; Holistic & Integrated Learning; Competency-based learning and Education,
Historically studying the National Policies in education with special reference to school education
Role of school in achieving aims of education.
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, Guiding Principles for Child Rights, Protecting and provisioning for the rights of children to a safe and secure school environment
School Curriculum Principles: Perspective, Learning and Knowledge, School Stages, Pedagogy and Assessment, Curricular Areas