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Synopsis An important task which lies ahead of teachers is to examine the theoretical foundation of present education and to give truly nationalistic tinge to our educational endeavour by reorientating the educational system in the light of educational ideas of great Indian educators. Educational thoughts of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Smt. Annie Besant, Tagore, Gandhi and others have been examined to find out right path for real education suiting our culture. The present book is divided into two sections. The first section contains theoretical aspect of education including educational philosophy of some great educational thinkers, value education, need for philosophy of education to teacher and futurology. The second section deals with practical aspect of education including organisation of curriculum, taxonomies of educational objectives, redeeming teacher education, concept of teaching, recent trends in teaching, distance education, examination system and modernization. What should students learn? What should the schools teach? How to teach? Why education? The book tries to answer such questions. The book deals extensively with the concept of teaching and explains recent trends in is. It has a comprehensive chapter on Indian education and modernization. Written in a lucid style the entire work is easy to understand.