Population Education.

Overview & Synopsis

Population education has assumed enormous importance in the national and international arena, since population changes influence the quality of life of individuals, families, the nation and the world as a whole. Population education has, however, special significance to India since young persons below the age of 15 are reported to form about 42% of the total population. By providing adequate information about population education to the students at different levels of pre-service teacher training programs, this book was undertaken to enable new teachers to understand the importance of population education, realize the need for teaching population education in a different and non-conventional way, and equip them with the required knowledge, attitudes and skills in order to participate more effectively and efficiently in the successful implementation of population education programs. Topics include: (1) trends in population growth; (2) population policies and programs in India; (3) curriculum development, teaching strategies, techniques, and evaluation of population education programs; (4) agencies involved in population education; and (5) related terminologies in population education. Contains a bibliography of over 100 references. (MVL)