EDUC-8103                           Contemporary Trends in Education                           3 (3+0)

The changing scenario of world economy and advancement in technology has resulted in the beginning of many new trends and issues in education. Modern day education is all about innovation, accessibility, and suitability. From kindergarten to university, students are encouraged to learn through interactive and practical tools. Higher education is more career-oriented today than ever before. The barriers of time and age have also been removed, while geographical boundaries don’t matter anymore. At the same time identifying the expected challenges (i.e. Futurology) and its impact on mass education is imperative for making the education market oriented. This course covers: extent of social change and relating it to the various aspects of the educational process; significant changes which have taken place in the field of science and technology, demography and manner in which they are influencing the system of education; relationship between the process of education and the development; the emerging role which education is assigned to play in the socio economic development of the country; implications of the political process for education and their impact on each other and relevant controversial issues in education in Pakistan.

Objectives:

After completion of the course, the learner will be able to:

• Identify the expected challenges of futurology and its impact on education
• Delineate natural and extent of social change and relate it to the various aspects of the educational process
• Describe significant changes which have taken place in the field of science and technology demography and manner in which they are in flouncing the system of education
• Establish relationship between the process of education and development
• Analyze the emerging role which education is assigned to play in the socio-economic development of the country.
• Work out implications of the political process for education and find out their impact on each other
• Identity relevant controversial issues in education in Pakistan.

Outline

Unit-1: Futurology and Education

1. Emergence of futurology
   1. Future promises and hazards
   2. Future challenges

Unit-2: Social Change and Education

1. Meaning of social change
2. Gap of expectations and responses from education
3. Current socio economics characteristics and education
4. Socio political forces effecting education in Pakistan

Unit-3: Populations Dynamics and socio-economic development

1. Future populations situation and source constraints
2. Demographic situation of Pakistan
3. Population presume and socio-economic development in Pakistan

Unit-4: Education and Development

1. Education and economic development
2. Education social structure and development
3. Primary education as instrument of rural development
4. Economics of education in Pakistan

Unit-5: Methods, media and material in education

1. Problems and issues in electronic learning process
2. Communication technologies in higher education
3. Role of teacher in use of various methods and media of education
4. Towards realistic adoption of new media in education
5. Empowered Parents: Role Models for Taking Charge of TV Viewing for educational purposes
6. Empowerment through Education
7.   How to Use Technology to Make You More Aware and Alive
8. Learning with Technology
9. Literacy for the 21st Century: The Hope and the Promise
10. Where Media Literacy Fits in the World of Education
11. The Global Classroom
12. Media literacy skills

Unit-6: Politics and Education

1. The politics of education planning
2. The political economy of education
3. Disparities and inequalities in education
4. Emerging socio-political context and education
5. Politics and education in Pakistan

Unit-7: Problems and issues in Education

1. Indoctrination or Academic Freedom (How Much)
2. Elitist or Mass Education (Quality Versus Quantity in Education)
3. Islamizations of Education
4. Role of Private Sector in Education
5. Medium of Instruction
6. Separate or Co-education
7. Centralization versus decentralization
8. Examination system (internal versus external)
9. Population Education
10. Empowerment through Education
11. Green Education
12. Multiple literacies of the 21st century – aligned to living and working in a globalized new millennium.
13. Collaboration across Networks and Leading by Influence
14. Agility and Adaptability
15. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
16. Accessing and Analyzing Information
17. Real life vs virtual life
18. Learning in an Era of Information Explosion: The Student Is at Ground Zero
19. Higher Education in Developing Countries: The Great Awakening and great
20. Expectations

Recommended Texts

1. Altbach, P. G., Reisberg, L., & Rumbley, L. E. (2019). Trends in global higher education: Tracking an academic revolution. Paris: UNESCO.
2. Facer, K. (2015). Learning futures: Education, technology and social change. NY: Routledge.

Suggested Readings

1. Enaohwo, J. O. (2010). Education futurology: praxis, problems and the way forward (No. 27). Nigeria: University of Port Harcourt Press.
2. Halls, W. D. (1999). Comparative Education: Contemporary Issues and Trends. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris: UNESCO.
3. Singh, R., & Singh, Y. (2017). Perspective of futurology and its implication in education. Global Journal of Enterprise Information System, 9(4), 57-61.
4. Szirmai, A. (2015). Socio-economic development. Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press.

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