Contents: What is orientation programme? • Section 1: Awareness of Linkages between Society, Environment, Development and Education • Inclusive Development in India: An Overview – Dr. Syed Noman Ahmad • Youth Power – Dr. Nafees Ansari • National Integration: The Indian Experience – Prof. Mirza Asmer Beg • Secularism: The Indian Perspective – Prof. Mirza Asmer Beg • Multiple Cultures – Dr. Reeta Bagchi • Poverty and Unemployment – Prof. S.M. Bijli • Status of Women – Dr. Seemin Hasan • Multilingualism – Prof. Imtiaz Hasnain • Value-Based Education – Prof. S. Abdul Kareem • Rural Development – Prof. Ali Mohammad • Public Interest Litigation Movement and Consumer Protection in India – Dr. M. Zafar Mahfooz Nomani • Public Interest Litigation (PIL): Reflection on Conceptual Evolution – Prof. M. Shabbir • Rural Development – Prof. M. Shafi • Gender Justice – Dr. Namita Singh • Dimensions of National Integration – Dr. R.S. Varshney • Human Rights – Prof. Abdulrahim P. Vijapur • Egalitarian Society and Equality – Prof. Abdulrahim P. Vijapur • Section 2: Philosophy of Education, Indian Education System and Pedagogy • Educational Evaluation: Some New Trends – Prof. C.P.S. Chauhan • Macro Teaching: Lectures at the University Stage – Prof. Najmul Haq • Learning Process and Theories for Teachers – Prof. Najmul Haq • Higher Education System in India: Policies, Programme, Planning and Autonomy – Prof. Masoodul Hasan • Technologies for Teaching and Learning in the Internet Age – Prof. Ahrar Husain • Higher Education: Issues and Challenges – Prof. Farhatullah Khan • Rethinking Quality Parameters in Higher Education – Prof. S.L. Sharma • Educational Research and Policy Decisions – Prof. R.P. Singh • Section 3: Resource Awareness and Knowledge Generation • Information Technology – Prof. Shabahat Hussain • Fundamentals of Computer Systems – Dr. Aasim Zafar • Information Network: An Overview – Dr. I.A. Khan and Dr. Aasim Zafar • Section 4: Management and Personality Development • Communication Techniques – Prof. Javed Akhtar • Leadership Effectiveness – Dr. C.N. Kumar • Management of Education – Prof. Mirza S. Saiyadain • Thinking Skills and Scientific Temper – Dr. Syed A. Sayeed

Description: Written by leading experts in various fields, the essays in this volume aim to sensitize teachers to the problems that confront our polity. They explain the relation between education and the most relevant issues of the day relating to socio-political and economic life, society and development. The book covers the curriculum of the UGC Orientation Programme for university and college teachers as part of their Career Advancement Scheme.

The course topics in the book include:

• Component A: Awareness of linkages between society, environment development and education

• Component B: Philosophy of education, Indian education system and pedagogy

• Component C: Resource awareness and knowledge generation

• Component D: Management and personality development

This volume will prove instrumental in enlightening teachers, in prompting them to reflect on these issues and in initiating a lively, rewarding discussion. All this will contribute to the development of staff and to the construction of a better society, comprising mature, responsible and proactive teachers.