Paper-I




Principles of Education and Human Development.

(Part-A)
Unit-I

Concept of Education :-Education - meaning, nature, scope & process with reference to Eastern andWestern thoughts.Education as social process.Aims of Education-Individual and Social with reference to Eastern and Westernviews. Objectives of Education at different levels from Elementary to HigherEducation , Formal, Nonformal & Informal.Education and its agencies.Education for Training in cognitive, affective and Psychomotor domains.Education in Ancient India - The concept of Dharma, Artha, Kama & Mokhya.Education and its features in the Vedic system- Budhist system & Islamic systemwith reference to the concept aims, process and significance .

Unit -II

Philosophical foundations of Education.Contributions of Idealism, Naturalism, Realism, Pragmatism to the presenteducational system, existentialism, eclecticism.Contributions of Gandhi, Tagore, Aurobindo, Vivekananda, Froebel, Herbart tothe field of Education.Contributions of Pandit Utkalmani Gopabandhu Dash and Kabibar RadhanathRay to the development of Education in Orissa.

Unit - III

Sociological Foundations of Education.Meaning and nature of Educational Sociology.Relationship of Sociology and Education,Education-as social sub-system :- specific characteristics.Education and the homeEducation and the community with special reference to Indian society.Education and modernizationEducation and ;politicsEducation and religionEducation and cultureEducation and democracySocialization of the childMeaning and nature of social changeEducation as related to social stratification and social mobility.Education as related to social equity and equality of educational opportunities.Constraints on social change in India (Caste, ethnicity, class, language, religion,regionalism).Education of the socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the societywith special reference to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, women andrural population.

Unit - IV

Development of Modern Indian Education.Development of Indian Education - During pre independent and Postindependent period.Recommendation of Maculay's Minutes (1835), Woods Despatch, Sargent Plan. Hartog, Committee, Calcutta University Commission, Radhakrishnan Commission.Secondary Education Commission(1952-54)Indian Education Commission.(1964-66)National Education Policy(1968)National Policy on Education 1986 and Programme of Action, 1992.0

( Part- B)

Unit - V

Growth and Development.Concept of Growth, Development and Maturation.Principles of Development, Factors affecting Development. Dimensions ofDevelopment :- Physical, emotional, mental, social & moral.Problems of adolescents.Psychology of adult learnes.Personality:- Concept and development. Type and Traint theory, PschodynamicApproach, Humanmistic Approach, Indigenous Ideas of self and consciousness :Annamaya, Pranmaya, Monomaya, Vigyanmaya, Anandmaya, Kosa, Atman.Defence mechanism :- stress, frustration, conflict, coping with confilict:

Unit - VI

Teaching Learning Process.Learning : Concept and process.Theories of Learning: Conditioning and coqnitive theories with special referent toThorndike's connectionism, Skinner's operant conditioning, Contributions ofGagne, Ausubel, Bloom, Piaget, Bruner to learning process. Constructivism inEducation.Transfer of Learning, Theories of Transfer.Motivation : Theories, Techniques of motivating the learners with specialreference to Need Hierarchy Theory (Maslow) and AchievementMotivation(Atkinson).

Unit - VII

Higher Mental or Cognitive abilities :Intelligence : Concept, meaning, and measurement of Intelligence, Specialreference to S.I. , Model of Intellect (Guilford), Triarehic Theory(Sternberg),Multiple Intelligences (Gardner), Emotional Intelligence (E.I.), SpritualIntelligence (S.I.).Creativity : It's nature & process. Characteristics of a creative person,Measurement of creativity. Fostering creativity. Thinking , Problem solving,Reasoning, Imagination.

Unit - VIII

Evaluation in Education.Evaluation - concept, types- Placement, Formative, Diagnostic, SummativeContinuous and comprehensive evaluation.Recent Trends in Evaluation - Grading, Reporting Evaluation results and itsinterpretation.Semester system and Question Bank.Measures of Central Tendencies: - Mean, media and modeMeasures of variability :- range, average deviation quartile deviation & standarddeviation.Standard score :- ‘z', score, ‘T' score, “c”score & stennine score.Normal probability curve:- meaning, properties and uses in interpreting testresults.Monitoring system for programme Evaluation at different levels of Education.

Paper-II


TRENDS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Section - A

Unit - I

Administration, Management & Supervision of EducationConcept of Administration & Supervision
Educational Management :- Functions & Roles of Management, Interpersonal,Informational, Decision-Making, Conflict Management, Job Analysis, WorkMotivation. Administrative Structure of Education in the State and Centre. Structure and Functions of UGC,NAAC, AIU, AICTE, NCTE, ICSSR, ICA,CABE, NCERT, NIEPA, CBSE. SCERT, SIET, ELTI, SRC for A.E, BSE, CHSE. School Complex, School Improvement Planning and Institutional Planning andManagement. Orissa Examination Act, 1988.Equality of Educational Opportunities, Universalisation of Elementary Education.DPEP, Sarvasikshya Abhiyan, NLM. Finance Management in Education at - Primary, Secondary, Higher, Adult & Nonformal and Technical Education. Grant in Aid system, Role of Central, State and Local bodies in Educationfinance. Classification of Educational Expenditures.

Unit - II

Issues in EducationValue and Peace Oriented Education - Meaning, Nature, Objectives, & programmes. Population Education, Adolescent Education. Adult and Non-formal Education- Need, Problems and Strategies. Vocationalisation of Education - Need, importance; and programmes. Distance and Continuing Education - Need, importence and functions. Education for All. Work-experience , Socially Useful Productive work. Environmental Education - need, causes of pollution & preventive measures. Health, Nutrition & School Hygience.

Unit - III

Education of Children with Special Needs.Identification of Children with special needs. Education for Mentally challenged, visually impaired, Hearing impaired; andOrthopedically Handicapped children - Characteristics, degree of impairment,Learning disability, Educational programmes, Segregation to Inclusion.Education of Gifted and Creative children - Characteristics and Educationalprogrammes. Education for socially and economically disadvantaged children of the societywith reference to S.C., S.T., Women and Rural population. Role of Teachers in the Education of Children with special needs.

Unit -IV

Educational Technology. Meaning and Scope of Educational Technology. Educational Technology as system approach to education and its characteristics. Components of Educational Technology - Software and Hardware Multi-Media Approach in Educational Technology. Designing Instructional Strategies-Lecture, Team-teaching, Discussion, Pannel Discussion, Seminars, Symposia and Tutorials. Communication process-Concept of communication, principles, models andbarriers. Programmed learning, Microteaching , Simulated Teaching.

( Part - B )

Unit - V

Education & National Development.Education & ModernisationEducation and CultureEducation and ReligionEducation for National Integration and International Understanding.Education for Human Resource Development.Education related to social stratification and social mobility.

Unit - VI

Teacher EducationObjectives, level specificity of Teacher EducationStrategies for Teacher Education - Pre service, In-service programmes.Staff development programmes - Oriental course, refresher course.Summer school, - Linking the programmes to career advancement.Teacher as a role model,Teaching as a profession , professional ethics.Role of Teachers Organisation for development of Primary & SecondaryEducation and professional development of teachers.

Unit - VII

National System of EducationNational policy on Education 1986 & Programme of Action 1992 - Aimsobjectives of Education envisaged in the policy.Salient features as proposed in NPE for various stages.Objectives of Vocational Education.National system of Education - need, objective structure & curriculum.Concept of ensuring Minimum Learning Out-comes, measures for achievingMinimum Learning Out-comes in each subject area.

Unit - VIII

Information Communication Technology (ICT) - Concept of computer and types.Software, Hardware and its applicationOperating system, and application softwarePreparation & Delivery of Lessons/Lectures by using Computer - Collection,Preparation, presentation, evaluation, reporting.Use of Internet (WWW) in professional development - Collection & processingof information, presentation, reporting and evaluation.