Life centred education assignment

1. ASSIGNMENT
EDU-01
LIFE -CENTERED EDUCATION
SUMMITTED BY
BLESSY S S
ROLL.NO.-39
NATURAL SCIENCE

2. INTRODUCTION
In life centred education the
actual life in the present is
given importance. Life centred
curriculum is used. It is learning
by experience. It gives greater
importance to the vocational
aim of education. The teacher’s
duty is to create problematic
situation for the child. This
experience of solving problems
will help the child to solve
problems of life . Pragmatism is

3. life- centered. John Dewey and
Gandhiji stood for life centred
education. Gandhiji’s basic
education which is craft-
centere is an example of life
centred education.
LIFE-CENTRED EDUCATION
Life centred education aims at
preparing a child to lead a
harmonious life. The basis of
Life centered education is to

4. take life itself as the centre of
education. Education is not
merely the acquisition of
mental knowledge and physical
skills. In the best sense of the
world, the purpose of
education is to make the higher
ideals of the mind
harmoniously and creatively
express at the material level to
enrich human life. When
mental ideals and innovations
are integrated with existence

5. on the physical plane, life
becomes comfortable,soft,
cultured and rich. This is the
highest goal which civilization
can aim for.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE-
CENTERED EDUCATION
1) Education is imparted
through a craft or
productive activity. Closely
related to the life around.
Here pupils learn by doing

6. something directly related
to the life.
2) Education includes a love
for work among children ,
and teaches them the
dignity of labour.
3) Subjects are not
compartmentalised. All that
the children learn become
meaningful, correlated to
life and significant to them.
4) It offers children various
kinds of activities for their

7. all round development. It
makes them self- reliant ,
creative, co-operative and
socially efficient.
5) It develops qualities of
leadership, loyalthy, co-
operation, sympathy,
honesty,etc.
LIFE-CENTERED CURRICULUM
The International Commission
on Education (1999)
emphasized on the concept of

8. lifelong learning. Education
throughout life is based on four
major principles or pillars:
Curriculum and Educational
Opportunity.
Learning to know
Learning to do
Learning to be
Learning to live together
Learning to know
We should lay stress on
combing a sufficiently broad
general education with the

9. opportunity of working at
depth on a number of selected
subject. It develops skills
become a means of learning
throughout life.
LEARNING TO DO
Students should be provided
opportunity to work on various
work experience schemes or
social work while they are still
receiving education.
LEARNING TO BE

10. The aim of education is to
develop the potential and
talents hidden in every person.
LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER
It described as the foundation
of education. The curriculum
prepares children for life long
learning and to meet the
challenges of future.