B.Ed. Prospectus

GANDHI SHIKSHAN BHAVAN Under the Management of INDIAN COUNCIL OF BASIC EDUCATION

The Statement of Objective

Those who join Gandhi Shikshan Bhavan either as Teachers, Students or Field Workers, have an opportunity to learn new ideas about Life and Education. GSB attempts to stimulate them to think rather than accept Fixed Practices. Students and Teachers are exposed to Ideas, Approaches and experiences that enable them to grow as individual Personalities.

In 1937, Mahatma Gandhi announces certain proposals for radical re-orientation of education policy in India. Out of the public debate, they generated there has grown a body of education theory and practice that goes by the name of Basic Education. A group of teachers in Mumbai and elsewhere in the country interested in the theory and practice of Basic Education formed and association in 1963. Indian Council of Basic education and got it registered under the Bombay Public Charities Trust Act of 1950. Its purposes have been:

To examine, Interpret and propagate the ideology and methods of Basic Education in both rural and urban areas.
To organise discussion, study and research in Basic Education.
To produce relevant literature.
To establish, conduct and aids schools and colleges of Basic Education in Mumbai and/or any other part of the country.
To work in co-operation with similar institutions.

The Council established an institute of education under the name of Gandhi Shikshan Bhavan and inaugurated it on 2nd October, 1969, the birth centenary of Gandhiji. It is now called GSB’s Smt. Surajba College of Education. Besides training student-teachers for B.Ed., M.Ed., and Ph.D., girls are also educated to be Teachers at Pre-Primary level (Diploma in E.C.Ed.).

Gandhi Shikshan Bhavan has a campus of more than an acre and a half of land on the north-end of Juhu.

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ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES

College of education affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
Diploma in Early Childhood Education.
Research in Education
Ph.D. Research Cell affiliated to Mumbai University.
M.Ed. through Yashawantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University.
Inservice and extension work in schools.
Pre-school, Primary school and Secondary School.
Community Education.
Women’s cultural and Development Centre.
Dance Class and Yoga class.
Theatre Workshop
Publication of journals and books.
Publication of Research journal (Quest in Education)
Programmes for promotion of Khadi and handicrafts.

College of Education: A Few unique Features

Integration of teacher education with community education
Teacher education covers all the aspects of a teacher’s personal, social and professional development.
Study of theory organized through seminars, tutorials and discussions.
Practice-teaching based on improvement of school education and innovativeness in content, methodology and evaluation procedure.
Personal rapport between the faculty and the students.

COMMUNITY WORK

The students work in the following centers for three hours a week :

Cheshire Home, Andheri (East)
Industrial Home for Blind Women, Andheri (West)
Mobile Creche at Juhu
Municipal Schools
Asha Kiran Foundation – education of Street Children.

Development of a well-integrated personality is possible if :

Educational experiences and work experiences interweave, intersect and reinforce each other.
Students and Teachers participate actively in the community services such as adult education, promotion of better health, hygiene and sanitation etc.
Curriculum provides for self-directed learning.
Education concerns itself with the development of the whole human kind.

OUR CURRICULUM

Workshops
Seminars
Panel Discussions
Open discussions
Celebrations
Exhibitions
Learning through Films
Visits
Expert talks
Debates
Community Work
Camps
SUPW

GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY BASED REGULAR PROGRAMMES

Sarva Dharma Prarthana
Sarvodaya Patra
Visit to Mani Bhavan – Gandhi Sangrahalaya
Presentation of ‘My Experiments with Truth’ to all students
Presentation of anecdotes from ‘My Experiments with Truth’ to our students in our practice teaching schools
Papers on Gandhian ideology by teachers and students
Seminars on Gandhian thoughts
Community lunch programmes for all students and staff 9. Khadi Exhibition
Visit to Handloom and Handicraft Fairs
Regular Socially Useful Productive Work
Regular Community Service Programme
Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations
Gandhi Punyatithi
Rural Camp for four days
Interaction with eminent Gandhians
Workshops on Poster making Gandhian Quotes
Display of Gandhian Quotes
Gandhian Theme based Exhibitions:
Songs based on Ahimsa, Love, Co-operation, Secularism, National Integration etc.
Tying of Peace Bands

“By education I mean, an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man – body, mind and spirit”.

-Mahatma Gandhi

Vision of the Institution

To provide quality education for empowerment and enlightenment through Gandhian philosophy to prepare socially committed teachers.

Mission of the institution

Nurturance and dissemination of Gandhian values to develop innovative, involved and dynamic teachers for the welfare of society.

Our Motto

‘Learning to teach and teaching to learn’

Goals of the Institution

To make teaching & learning an enjoyable experience.

To create teachers with well-integrated personality.

To prepare teachers as agents of social change.

To ensure harmonious development of teachers for a peaceful society.

To develop research skills among teachers

To make greater use of information and communication technology in order to prepare teachers and students for globalized world.

To create a passion for life-long learning amongst students and teachers

“The Destiny of India is being shaped in the classrooms of India”.

– Education Commission 1964-66

QUALITY

QUALITY IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT,
IT IS ALWAYS THE RESULT OF HIGH INTENTION, SINCERE EFFORT, INTELLIGENT DIRECTION AND SKILLFUL EXECUTION……