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B.A. Education Syllabus

Syllabus of Education as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

Year I

Sr. No.

Subjects of Study

1

Education and Society

2

Education & Human Development

3

Education & Indian Heritage

4

Educational Psychology

Year II

1

Philosophy and Education

2

Education in India and in the Post-Independence Period 

3

Educational Evaluation

4

Guidance and Counselling

Year III

1

Sociology and Education  

2

Issues and Trends in contemporary Indian Education  

3

Educational Management Project Work

 

Syllabus as per Lucknow University (2011)

Year I

Paper I

Education and Society

Unit I–Education
Unit II–Types & Agencies of Education 
Unit III-Sociological Bases of Education 
Unit IV-Value Education & Human Rights Education

Paper II

History and Development of Indian Education

Unit I - Education in Ancient and Medieval India.Characteristics of Gurukul, Matha & Vihar, Madarsas and Maktabs.
Unit II - British Education in India – Oriental – Occidental Controversy, Macaulay’s Minutes. Wood’sDespatch, Hunter Commission, Gokhle- Bill, Sadler Commission, Wardha Scheme.
Unit III - Main recommendations of Commissions in India – University Education Commission (1948-49).Secondary Education Commission (1952-53), Education and National Development; Report of the Education Commission (1964-1966), National Policy on Education 1986, Programme of Action, 1986, 1992.
Unit IV - Problems of Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary, Higher, Women & Adult Education

Year II

Paper I

Thought and Practices in Education

Unit I–Philosophy of Education
Unit II–Study of Idealism, Realism, Naturalism &  Pragmatism
Unit III-Educational thought of Sri Aurobindo, Tagore, Gandhi & Vivekananda
Unit IV-Educational Practices- Kindergarten, Montessori, Delton Plan and Project Method

Paper II

Psychological Foundations of Education

Unit I - Relationship between Psychology & Education; Educational Psychology-concept, meaning and scope; Methods of Educational Psychology. Growth & Development- concept, factors influencing development; Heredity and Environment.
Unit II - Learning-concept, factors affecting learning; Major learning theories; Studying learning through learning curve. Transfer of learning-concept, types and Applications in Education. Motivation-concept and types; Different ways of providing motivation in educational set up.
Unit III - Intelligence – concept, meaning and development; Theoretical foundations of measurement of intelligence. Personality-concept, types and determinants, Personality development through education. 
Unit IV - Mental Health; meaning & ways of promoting mental health. Education of Exceptional Children- Gifted, Creative & Backward.

Year III

Paper I

Measurement, Evaluation & Statistics in Education

Unit I
1. Measurement and Evaluation: Concept, need and relationship, Purpose of evaluation, Levels of measurement.
2. Techniques of Evaluation: Tests and scales-meaning, purpose, characteristics of good test, types (subjective, objective & projective).
Unit II
1. Measurement of Intelligence: Intelligence Tests, Meaning types, Merits & demerits.
2. Problems in assessment of personality, subjective, objectives & projective techniques of personality assessment, their merits and limitations.
Unit III
1. Statistics- Meaning, Use of Statistics in Education.
2. Classification and graphical presentation of data (Histogram, Frequency Polygon, Frequency curve and olive, pie diagram).
3. Measures of central tendency- mean median and mode-meaning, computation & use.
Unit IV
1. Measures of variability – Range, Inter Quartile Range, Quartile Deviation, Mean Deviation & Standard Deviation- Meaning, Computation and use.
2. Correlation – Meaning and use, Spearman’s Rank difference correlation.
3. Normal probability curve- Concept & characteristics.

Paper II

Systems of Education

Unit I - System of Education
Unit II - System of Education in England 
Unit III - System of Education in United States of America 
Unit IV - Indian System of Education

Paper III

New Trends & Innovations in Education

Unit I – Innovation 1
Unit II – Innovation 2
Unit III - New Trends 1
Unit IV - New Trends 2

 

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