G.S.MURUGAN, MSc,MEd,MPhil

HEADMASTER

KV,No1, NARIMEDU, MADURAI.

What is NCF ?

• NCF is the education policy of a country.

• NCF 2005 is published by NCERT

• ‘Learning Without Burden’

Main Features of the NCF 2005

The document is divided into 5 areas:

• Perspective

• Learning and Knowledge

• Curriculum Areas, School Stages and Assessment

• School and Classroom Environment

• Systemic Reforms

PerspectivesProposes guiding principles for

curriculum developmentConnecting knowledge to outside the school

Shifting focus from rote learning.

Enriching curriculum beyond textbooks.

Making examinations more flexible.(CCE)

Nurturing the democratic values- Equality,

Justice, Secularism and Freedom.

Process of learning is the main concern

• So NCF emphasises that learning should not be confined to textbooks alone.

• Teaching learning should be embedded in the child’s life experiences.

• For this learning should be shifted from rote method.

• School system should be flexible,allowing innovation and promoting creativity among children.

NCF Aims of Education

Based on the Constitution’s vision of India.

• NCF-2005 seeking guidance from the

constitutional vision of India as a secular,

egalitarian and pluralistic society..

• These include independence of thought and action,

• sensitivity to others’ well-being and feelings,

• learning to respond to new situations in a flexible and creative manner,

• predisposition for participation in democratic processes,

• the ability to work towards and contribute to economic processes and social change.

The quality diamension

• The curriculum design reflects the commitment to universal Elementary Education (UEE)

Universalize school education &Enhance the quality of education

Overall development of the child should be our aim.

• So quality in education includes concern for quality of life in all its dimensions.

• Values like peace, protection of environment and predisposition towards social changes must be the core components.

Learning and Knowledge• Concerns are

• To make learning an inclusive and meaningful experience for children.

• To move away from a textbook culture.

• Child centered pedagogy

• Child as an active participant. To enable children to find their voices, nurture their curiosity- to do things,to ask questions,to pursue investigations, sharing and integrating their experiences with school knowledge-rather than the ability to reproduce textual knowledge.

The Child as Learner and What Should be Learnt

Implications for Curriculum & Practice

• Teaching for Construction of Knowledge

• The Value of Interactions

• Designing Learning Experiences

• Approaches to Planning

• Critical Pedagogy

NCF CURRICULUM AREAS

Traditional

Mathematics

Language

Science

Social Sciences

Other Areas

Art Education

Health & Physical Education

Education for Peace

Habitat & Learning

Three language formula reaffirmed –

Importance of home language.

Multilingualism as a resource

NCF – Language

NCF – Science

•Science should nurture curiosity and creativity particularly

in relationship to the environment

•Science teaching should be placed in the context of

children’s environment to help them enter the world of work

•Awareness of environmental concerns should be the

main concern.

Main goal of Mathematics is Mathematisation rather than

Knowledge of Mathematics.

Shift from content-based teaching to problem solving and

understanding.

NCF-Mathematics

SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

Physical Environment

Adequate natural light

Display of children’s work

Suitable furniture

Teach them the habit of keeping the classroom clean

children should feel secure (without fear)

Ask question freely and engage in dialogue.

Children’s right to be protected.

Inculcate values.

Provide enough supplementary books for

reading.

Use enough educational technology.

Teachers to explore various types of teaching

learning materials to make learning a joyful

experience to the children.

The document draws attention to four other areas,

namely

Art education

Health and Physical Education

Work and Education

Education for Peace.

Systemic Reforms

It covers issues of quality and the need for

academic planning for monitoring of quality.

Finally, it encourages innovation in ideas and

practice through plurality of textbooks and use of

technology .

Tagore- “A creative Spirit and

generous joy are key in

childhood, both of which can be

distorted by an unthinking

adult.”

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