AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIMILAR KNOWLEDGE PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH TO THE ‘MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE’ IN CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION MODELS

Nitin Chhikara

Vol. 2, Jan-Dec 2016

Page Number: 473 - 475

Abstract:

The passage in the question is a dialogical exchange between Glaucon and Socrates, wherein they discuss a metaphor of a chained prisoner in the caves. These subjects can only see depictions of reality, but not the reality itself. The 'eyes' which give agency to perceive and observe are restricted by forced limited motor actions. The metaphor is related to the education in three domains: production, consumption, and purpose. The modus operandi adopted in this cave is based on simplicity, low rate of change, and institutionalization of standard behavior. These prisoners can be understood not only as students but also as teachers. The production of knowledge is mechanical and repetitive, it is devoid of innovation. The Indian education system is premised on the standardization of textbooks and insistence on modernization-in terms of language and concepts. The cultures of tribes and other native communities are represented through the glasses of hegemonic depictions. The chained prisoners do not have freedom of labor, as their hands are tied by an omnipresent authoritative figure-similar to what Marx writes in Das Capital. Sociologically, very few students will challenge this mechanical mode of production, since deviance is not desired. It is not the requirement of factories, bureaucracy, or even the locale of teaching-the school.

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