MEASI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULUM

UNIT -1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

KNOWLEDGE-SKILLS, TEACHING-
TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE AND
INFORMATION, REASON AND BELIEF.
TASK AND ASSIGNMENT - DISCUSSION
 INTRODUCTION
“Knowledge is a fact, information and skills
acquired through experience or education, the
theoretical or practical understanding of a
subject”
“Awareness or familiarity gained by experience
of a fact or situation”
JEAN PIAGET
THEORY
Jean Piaget psychologist theory
deals with the nature of knowledge
itself inborn and how humans
gradually comes true acquire,
construct and use it.
 INFORMATION
First it is an raw data collected through observations eg. numbers,
readings, figures, images and sounds.
Information processed data formalized captured and explicated can
easily be packaged into reusable form.
Information is much more refined data, that has evolved to the point of
being used for some form of analysis.
Information and data put in context and it is related to other pieces of
data.
Information is data with context and flow of messages.
Information as message in the various forms of communications to have
an impact on judgement and behaviour.
TEACHING
 Teaching provides new knowledge to the
people .
 Teaching fills mind .
 Teaching lays stress on education, knowledge
and wisdom with longer time span.
 Teacher gives extensive domains with limited
knowledge in general .
 Teaching cause to know something to guide
the studies of, to impart knowledge.
 TRAINING
 Training helps the already
knowledgeable people to learn the tools
and techniques to apply the same.
 Training shapes habits.
 Training lays stress on skills abilities
with a shorter time span.
 Training gives intensive information
about a limited domain.
 SKILLS

Skills are the proficiencies you develop

through training or experience.
It is an practiced or learned behaviour.
Skills are practicing to do.
The ability and experience is gained.
It is an training to do a particular task.
The ability to do something well expertise.
 REASON

 Reason is an cause, explanation or

justification for an action or event.
 The power of mind to think, understand and
form judgements logically.
 Reason associates with psychological
components.
 Reason makes scientifically.
 Reason try to create new one.
 BELIEF
 Belief is an acceptance that something exists
or its true, especially one without proof.
 It is an trust, faith or confidence in
something or someone.
 Belief associates with philosophical
components.
 Belief makes not scientifically
 Belief gives the confidence while create new
one
 KNOWLEDGE
 Knowledge is a more profound conclusion
 It becomes knowledge once we apply and use it.
 Knowledge is made up from information belief, skills and
experiences.
 Knowledge is defined as the meaningful links people make
in the minds.
 Knowledge is created by the very flow of information
anchored in the belief and commitments of its holder.
 Knowledge is a fluid mix of framed experience, values,
contextual information and expert insights that provides a
framework for evaluating and incorporating new
experiences and information.
 TASK AND ASSIGNMENT

1. Prepare a report after critically evaluating the

views of at least any three educational thinkers on
child-centered education.
2. Prepare a society-centered and life-centered
curriculum for the emerging Indian society