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Group of Adult Education

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The_Group_of_Adult_Education_(GAE)_is_one_of_the_six_special_UGC-supported_Programmes/Units_of_the_School_of_Social_Sciences_(SSS)._The_GAE_is_one_of_the_vibrant_research,_training,_information,_documentation_and_publishing_nodal_centres_on_literacy,_adult_education,_non-formal_education,_education_and_lifelong_learning,_development_education_and_continuing_education_across_the_country._By_linking_educational_research,_policy_and_practice_in_all_these_areas,_GAE_makes_a_special_contribution_in_enhancing_access_to_learning,_and_improving_the_environment_and_quality_of_learning_in_various_sub-disciplines_of_adult_education_and_lifelong_learning_for_all.

GAE_provides_academic,_research,_training_and_consultancy_services_in_literacy,_non-formal_education,_adult_and_lifelong_learning,_sustainable_livelihoods_programme,_development_education,_consumer_education_and_awareness_to_various_stakeholders_including_citizens,_government_agencies,_and_NGOs._GAE_works_in_close_cooperation_with_the_National_Directorate_of_Adult_Education_and_Planning_Commission_(both_under_Union_Government_of_India)_and_with_its_sister_departments_in_the_University_of_Delhi_and_Jamia_Milia_and_Islamia.

 

Director

Prof._Kaushal_Kumar_Sharma

Dean,_SIS

Above:_Prof._Alan_Rogers_(Uppingham_Seminars,_UK)_speaking_at_the_International_Seminar._Seated_are:_Prof._Shahid_Mehdi_(Vice-Chancellor_of_JMI),_Mr._Jagan_Mathew_(Director_General,_National_Literacy_Mission,_Government_of_India),_&_Prof_S.Y._Shah_.

 

List_of_courses_being_offered_in_Monsoon_Semester_2021

Course_title:_Citizenship_Education_and_Globalization:_Contemporary_Issues_and_Perspectives
 
Course_Code:_AE_301
 
Course_Teacher:_Dr._Ajay_Kumar,_Associate_Professor,_Room_212,_GAE,_SSS-1_Building
 
Course_content
 
The_course_begins_with_lectures/assignments_on_central_topics_within_the_social_sciences_with_relevance_to_citizenship_education,_including_democracy,_politics,_citizens,_citizenship,_state,_elements_of_state,_nation-state,_welfare_state,_identity_and_political/social_inclusion_and_exclusion.
 
The_lectures/assignments_will_help_to_give_students_a_theoretical_and_methodological_basis_for_the_work_with_their_assignments._In_working_on_the_assignment_the_students_use_various_sources_in_connection_to_practical_public_problems_and_issues_visible_locally,_regionally,_nationally_and_internationally,_e.g._analysis_of_CAA,_NRC,_NPR,_Delhi_Riots_of_2020,_UAPA,_JNU_community_problems_like_fee_hike,_plagiarism,_road_rage_in_Delhi,_domestic_violence,_gender_violence,_child_abuse,_sexism_in_advertising,_refugees_problem,_corruption,_climate_change,_floods,_droughts,_negative_use_of_social_media,_threats_to_democracy_by_forces_of_fundamentalism_and_populism,_etc_.    _*The_more_formal_topics_are:*_   1._What_is_Citizenship_Education_(in_short,_CE),_meaning_and_scope_of_CE,_future_of_CE   2._What_is_citizen,_citizenship,_state_and_nation_state,_elements_of_state,_welfare_state,_neo-liberal_state,_definition_of_politics,_identity_and_identity_politics,_social_and_political_exclusion/inclusion   3._History_of_citizenship_and_Citizenship_Education   4._Typologies_of_Citizenship_and_Citizenship_Education;   T.H._Marshall'_conception_of_citizen's_and_rights,_critiques_of_Marshall   5._Citizenship_Education,_elements_of_Citizenship_Education,_Practical_issues_and_problems_of_contemporary_significance_(locally,_nationally_and_internationally)   6._Globalization:_it's_nature,_contemporary_issues,_nature_of_global_interdependence,_Global_Citizenship_Education_(GCE)_or_Cosmopolitan_Citizenship,_challenges_for_democratic_education_for_citizenship_in_the_era_of_globalisation.   _*Learning_outcomes:*_   Give_students_an_introduction_to_key_topics_in_the_social_sciences,_a_greater_understanding_of_practical_problems_and_issues_through_work_with_their_own_assignment/_project_and_an_introduction_to_academic_writing.   _*Learning_methods_and_activities:*_   Lectures/seminar_presentation/assignments_and_supervision_on_the_topic/project_assignment.   _*Compulsory_End_Semester_assignments:*_   1._Submission_of_two_compulsory_term_papers_(2500_words_each_for_term_papers)_or_one_term_paper_and_a_book_review_(1200_words_for_the_book_review).   2._One_compulsory_paper/seminar_presentation_on_any_one_term_paper_or_book_review_submitted.   Both_the_above_(1_&_2)_will_be_of_50%_value.   3._End_semester_examination_of_50%_value.