The book ‘UNDERSTANDING EDUCATION : An Overview of Education’ is the result of author’s unique experiment of teaching different papers to his M.Ed. and B.E.d. Classes for more than 26 years. The author, in the beginning of every session, before teaching different papers allotted to him, used to devote at least seven or eight lectures to give an overview of Education to his students. The authors found that these lectures helped the students understand the specific papers in a better way. The book has been divided into very comprehensive but comprehensible chapters covering various aspect of Education, namely: 1. Meaning, Nature and Bases of Education 2. Aims of Education 3. Educational Aims in India 4. The Curriculum 5. Methods of Teaching 6. Teaching Devices 7. AudioVisual Aids 8. Evaluation In this compact book of eight chapters, all the aspects on Education are logically integrated to form ONE UNIT, that will serve as foundation for better understanding various papers of M.Ed. B.E.d. and M.A. (Education) courses.
Prof. O.P. Dhiman M.A. (Philosophy and Political Science), M.E.d., Hony. Director, Multani Mal Modi College, Patiala has been formerly Principal of this College and Head, Department of Social sciences, Govt. College of Education, Patiala. Prof. Dhiman, has been Chairman, sports Committee, Member Syndicate, Senate, Academic council, faulty of Arts and Social Sciences and Board of Studies in education of Punjabi University, Patiala. He has also been Executive Member of NonGovernment Colleges’ Management Federation, Punjab and Chandigarh. Prof. Dhiman. Just after passing his Matriculation, started his career as a Teacher in 1949 at D.S.S.D. High School, Jalandhar and was promoted as Head, Deptt. Of Mathematics and incharge Scholarship Classes in 1950. Prof. Dhiman has to his credit 13 years experience of teaching several subjects in school, and 27 years teaching experience of almost all subject to M.E.D. and B.E.d. Classes and five years teaching experience to I.A.S. at I.A.S. Coaching Center, Punjabi university, Patiala. Since 1949, he has been involved in Educational Administration in various fields. He worked as Principal of Multani Mal Modi College, Patiala for two years when terrorism was alarming and his predecessor was shotdead by the terrorists at the College Campus during day time. Prof Dhiman has published several original books, which found wide circulation. His book “Gandhian Philosophy A Critical and Comprehensive Study” with a Foreword by Shri R.R. Diwakar, Chariman Gandhi Peace Foundation got appreciative comments form several authorities on the subject in India and abroad. Versatile and Scholarly Prof. Dhiman combines in him qualities of head and heart. He is a very good teacher, an eloquent speaker, democratic administrator and above all a selfless worker, who has dedicated his whole life for the cause of Education.
