Theaim is to present the latest developments that have taken place in recent timesin the field of education in general and in rural sociology as a subject inparticular. The book has been prepared strictly according to thesyllabus of the B.Ed. class, prescribed by the UGC for different universities.It covers various aspects related to the teaching of the subject, taking intoaccount the rapid changes that have taken place in information and communicationtechnologies that have impacted on the educational field in a major way.