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The present treatise ‘Philosophical Foundations of Education: A Critical and Comprehensive Study'is the result of Author's 27 years teaching experience to M.Ed and B.Ed classes and 13 years to Secondary classes. The book of 20 chapters is divided into four parts: Part One: Understanding Education Part Two: Philosophical Foundations of Education Part Three: Eminent Western Educators Part Four: Eminent Indian Educators The author has presented valuable material on Education: Nature, Concept and Meaning of Education; What is Philosophy; Relation between Education and Philosophy; Schools of Educational Philosophy; Educational Philosophy of Eminent Western and Indian Educationists. The author has tried to cater to the syllabi of M.Ed and B.Ed courses of several Indian Universities.

The book'Corruption and Lokpal'is the outcome of Anna Hazare's agitation and the government's reaction against it. It discusses the history of corruption and Lokpal bills since Nehru era. It also discusses how the fate of this bill hangs in fire by the evil designs of some of the corrupt politicians. The book deals with corruption, black money and Lokpal bills in a simple, lucid and intelligible way in the light of present socio-politico-economic conditions in India. The book is divided into 14 comprehensive but comprehensible chapters including the prologue, the epilogue and the posts.

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. Audio-Visual 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.