1. What is education? ( 10/5 hrs)
1. Western view of education.
2. Eastern ideas of education.
3. Aspects of education.
2. Education philosophers. ( 10/5 hrs)
1. Plato-idealism.
2. Jean Jaques Rousseau-Naturalism.
3. Karl Marx-Marxism.
4. John Dewey-utilitarianism.
3. Various educational approaches. ( 10/5 hrs)
1. Teacher centered education.
2. Society centered education.
3. Student centered education.
4. Development centered education.
4. Professionalism in teaching ( 10/5 hrs)
1. The nature of a profession.
2. Teacher responsibilities and liabilities.
3. Teacher ethics.
4. Code of ethics for the teaching profession.
5. The history of the development of education in Sri Lanka. ( 10/5 hrs)
1. Education in colonial period.
2. Education after independence.
3. National goals in education.
4. Primary and secondary curriculum.
6. Socialization ( 10/5 hrs)
1. Characteristic of Socialization.
2. Agencies of Socialization: Family, Peer group and School.
3. Techniques of Socialization: Imitation, Demonstration and Punishment or Rewarding