Syllabus | B. Ed. | EPC 2: Drama and Art in Education

EPC 2: Drama and Art in Education

Sessional Work:

• Role Playing activity for historical/ contemporary personalities wherein students play

the role of that personality to advocate his/ her opinions/ decisions/ thought processes (for

example, Akbar, Mahatma Gandhi, Galileo, Bhagat Singh etc.)

• Write a self-reflective essay on how this course on art will make you a better teacher
• Learn and briefly explain how music notations are made. Submit a brief report or learn

and explain the concept of composition in visual art. Submit a brief report or make

and submit a sample advertisement for a product or Learn Mudras of a classical dance

forms and hold a session for the students on that. Submit photo report of the same

• Carry out web search on Indian sculpture and submit a brief compilation
• Organizing Art, Craft and Music exercises with small groups followed by discussions and

presentation.

• Observe an art period in a school and briefly write your reflections on it.

Suggested Readings:

• Chawla, S.S. (1986). Teaching of Art. Patiala: Publication Bureau, Punjabi University
• Dodd, N. and Winifred, H. (1971/1980). Drama and Theatre in Education, London: Heinmann.
• Efland, A. D. (1990). A History of Art Education: Intellectual and Social Currents in teaching the Visual Arts. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
• Harriet, G. (1964). Art in Everyday Life. Calcutta: Oxford and IBH Publishing Company.
• Khanna, S. and NBT (1992). Joy of Making Indian Toys, Popular Science. New Delhi: NBT.
• McCaslin, N. (1987). Creative Drama in the Primary Grades. Vol. I and In the Intermediate Grades, Vol. II, New York/ London: Longman.
• Mishra, A. (2004). Aaj bhi Khareinhai Talaab, Gandhi Peace Foundation, 5th Edition.
• Narayan, S. (1997). Gandhi Views on Education: Buniyadi Shiksha [Basic Education]
• The Selected Works of Gandhi; The Voice of Truth, Vol 6, Navajivan Publishing house.
• NCERT (2006). Position Paper National Focus Group on Arts, Music, Dance and Theatre, New Delhi: NCERT.
• Prasad, D. (1998). Art as the Basis of Education, NBT, New Delhi.
• Sahi, J. and Sahi, R. (2009). Learning Through Art, Eklavya.
• Shirley, G. (2000). Art, an A to Z Guide. Franklin Watts: USA.
• Vaze, P. (1999). How to Draw and Paint Nature. Jyosna Prakashan: Mumbai.
• Ward, A. (1993). Sound and Music. Franklin Watts: New York.
• Ghosh, Santidev, Music and Dance in Rabindranath Tagore’s Philosophy, New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi, 1978
• Khokar, Mohan, Traditions of Indian Classical Dance, Delhi: Clarion Books, First ed., 1979
• Kothari, Dr. Sunil (edited by), New Directions in Indian Dance, Mumbai: Marg Publications, Vol.55 No.2, December 2003.