MCES

Credits : 2 Hours : 32
This course aims to sensitize learners from diverse studies to the multilayered historical contexts which have shaped (and continue to shape) European societies and cultures and the relevance of understanding the same in today’s increasingly interconnected world. A set of carefully chosen films not only serves as the medium through which the past is explored and critically discussed, but in doing so, the learner is also exposed to the rich artistic diversity of European cinema too. The module provides an ideal platform to creatively engage with European and world history in a format that is accessible to all, informative, and entertaining. The themes treated in the chosen films invite participants to discover and enter into a dialogue with embedded socio-political and cultural contexts that characterize both the historical process and the film-making itself.

Credits : 2 Hours : 32
The course also allows for a deeper appreciation of European expressive culture and enables the student to analyse different societal phenomena from a humanities and cultural studies perspective. The political and social contexts in which seminal works by a range of European authors and artists emerged and their mutual influences are examined in detail. Light is thrown on the connections between literary movements in Europe and India. Extracts and full readings are taken from various literary sources (texts, novels, essays, letters, etc.) to underline the key thematic features and stylistic depictions characteristic of different movements (realism, modernism, for example).

Credits : 2 Hours : 32
The Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach was developed in 1994 by a team led by Prof David Marsh of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is an educational approach that encourages multilingualism in schools by teaching subjects in more than one language. Since then it has been successfully adapted and implemented in Malaysia, Spain, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Children who grow up to be proficient in more than one language experience long-term and significant cognitive, psychological, and cultural advantages. These advantages include greater employability, a keener sense of self-expression, and the ability to empathise with and learn from different people.

This course will introduce participants to CLIL, its history, methods and application. Participants will learn this against the education, linguistic and socio-cultural background of India. It is designed for the working teachers, aspiring teachers or teachers in training.

Credits : 2 Hours : 32
A study of the Indian epics, with reference to western epic literatures, reveals interesting and contrasting views on ethical systems that ruled the societies in those times. They both seem to be true in their own right. How did ‘what was right in one context’ prove wrong in another? Was this ethical relativism? Or did the society witness a sea change that the ideas of natural justice varied at different times? A thorough reading of the texts helps us in understanding the ethical frameworks and the changes brought in them by the passage of time.