M.ED Kashmir university syllbus

• I st Semester

Course No. Edu-CP-13                                    Philosophical Foundations of Education-I

Unit I                Philosophy of Education)           Meaning & Scope of Philosophy
ii)                      Meaning & Scope of Education
iii)                      Relationship of Education & Philosophy

Unit II Function’s of Philosophy

i)                          Normative
ii)                        Speculative
iii)                      Critical

Unit III Western Schools of Philosophy

i)              Idealism
ii)              Pragmatism
iii)                 Existentialism

Special reference to concepts of Knowledge, reality and values, their Educational
Implications for Aims, Contents and Methods of Education.
Unit IV Philosophy of Education as Reflected in
i) Palto’s ‘Republic’
ii) Aristotle’s ‘Politics’
iii) Dewey’s ‘Democracy and Education’

• Course No. Edu-CP-14                                                           Sociological Foundations of Education-I

Unit I                                                     Sociological Perspectives
i)  Functionalism  ii) Conflict Theory                      iii)
Interactionism             ( with special reference to Durkheim, Karl Marx and C. H. Cooley)

Unit II         Education and Sociology

i) Sociology – Meaning & Concept
ii) Relationship of Sociology with Education
iii) Educational Sociology & Sociology of Education – Concept & Distinction

Unit III         Education and Social System

i) Social System Concept
ii) Characteristics.
iii) Education as a Subsystem – Relationship of Education with Kinship, Polity
and Religion.

Unit IV Education and Social Stratification and Mobility

i) Social Stratification and Social Mobility
ii) Social Equity and Equality of Educational Opportunity
iii) Education of the Socially and Economically disadvantaged

• Course No. Edu-CP-15                                                      Psychological Foundations of Education - I

Unit I Learning & its Theories

i) Meaning & Concept of Learning
ii) Operant Conditioning theory
iii) Gagne’s Hierarchy theory

Unit II Personality & Theories

i) Meaning & Concept of Personality
ii) Allport’s Theory of Personality
iii) Cattell & Eysenk’s Theories of Personality

Unit III Personality Assessment

i) Subjective – Interview & Case History
ii) Objective – MMPI, 16PF
iii) Projective – Thematic Apperception Test, TAT Rorschah Ink Blot

Unit IV Development Theories

i) Piaget’s & Vygotsky’s Theory of Cognitive Development
ii) Erick Son’s Theory of Psycho-social Development.
iii) Kholberg’s Theory of Moral Development.

• Course No. Edu-CP-16                                                                  Problems & Issue in Indian Education 

Unit I Education in Ancient & Medival India

i) Vedic Education.
ii) Brahmanic Education.
iii) Buddhist & Muslim Education.
(Detailed description of the basic tenets, aims methods of teaching concept of
discipline and role of teacher. Important educational centres of Vedic, Brahmanic,
Buddhist & Muslim Education).

Unit II Development of Indian National System of Education :

i) Basic Education (1937-38) & Vishwa Bharti Experiment
ii) Jamia Milla Islamia & Nudwat-ul-ullema Lucknow.
iii) Dar –ul-ullum (Deoband) & Aligarh Muslim University

Unit III Development of Education In Modern India

Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education.
Reference be made to the following reports
i) Macaulay’s Minutes (1835) & Wood’s Despatch (1854).
ii) Sargent Report (1944) & University Education Commission (1948-49)
iii) Secondary Education Commission (1952-53), Indian Education Commission
(1964-66) & National Policy on Education (1986)

Unit IV Current Trends in Indian Education

i) Adult and Continuing Education & Non-formal Education; SSA
ii) Population Education & Women’s Education
iii) Value Education & Environmental Education.

• Course No. Educ-EP-02                                                                                  Value Education 

Unit I Value Education:

i) Need and Importance of Value Education
ii) Education for human rights
iii) Recommendations of various committees/commissions:
a) Indian Education Commission (1964-66)
b) NPE (1986)

Unit II Nature and concept of Morality and Moral Education.

i) Moral Education vis-à-vis religious education; moral instructions, moral
training and moral indoctrination.
ii) Language of moral education-its form and context, characteristics of a
morally educated persons.
iii) Justice and care- the two dimensional perspectives in morality; dichotomy
between reason and passion. Moral judgment and moral action.

Unit III Moral Development of the Child

i) Concept of Development and moral development
ii) Cognitive developmental approach – Piaget.
iii) Stages of moral development and their characteristic features (Kohlberg).

Unit IV Models of Moral Education

i) Rationale Building Model
ii) Value Classification Model
iii) Social Action Mo

• Course No. Educ-EP-04                                                                   Guidance & Counselling 

Unit I Guidance:

i) Historical Background – India and USA.
ii) Meaning and Basic Principles.
iii) Appraisal of Students;
a) Philosophy underlying appraisal
b) Principles of appraisal.

Unit II Models for Guidance:

i) Parsonian : Vocational Guidance
ii) Brewarian  : Guidance as identical with Education
iii) Hoyts : Guidance as constellation of Service.

Unit III Counselling:

i) Meaning & Purposes
ii) Elements & Steps in Counselling
iii) Distinction between Counselling & Psychotherapy.

Unit IV Theories of Counselling:

i) Directive/Non-directive
ii) Psycho-analytical
iii) Behavioral

• Course No. Educ-EP-05                                                                       Early Childhood Care & Education

Unit I Concept, Scope & Methods.

i) Meaning & objectives of Early Childhood Care & Education.
ii) Need and Scope of Early Childhood Care & Education
iii) Recommendations of NPE (1986), POA (1992) & NCF (2005) NCFTE
(2009)
iv) Methods of studying child behaviour and development
a) Observation  b) Experimental  c) Case study

Unit II The Development of Childhood.

i) Social and Personal Development
ii) Emotional development & Motor skills and their development
iii) Development of Creativity.

Unit III Contribution of the following Philosophers and Educationists with special
reference to Child study

i) Friable
ii) Montessori
iii) Dewy

Unit IV Origin and Development of Pre-School Education in

i) UK
ii) USA
iii) India

• Course No. Edu-EP-06                                                                                                     Adult Education

Unit I Adult Education in India

i) Concept,  importance & objectives
ii) Approaches to Adult Education, with reference to  NPE (1986) Review of
NPE (1992) NLM, TLC, JSN, UNESCO.
iii) Education for all with special reference to Adult Education.

Unit II Motivation of Adult.

i) Psychology of adult learners.
ii) Adult learning – factors facilitating adult learning.
iii) Methods of motivating adult for learning

Unit III Methods of Teaching Adult

i) Methods of adult education – lecture, workshop, seminar, symposium,
discussion, demonstration, dramatization and role-play.
ii) Methods of teaching literacy – analytic, synthetic and electic
iii) Role of Mass Media (Electronic & Print)

Unit IV Evaluation of Adult Education Program mes

i) Basic principles, informal built-in evaluation and formal evaluation,
ii) Formative and Summative evaluation.
iii) Techniques of assessment with special reference to interview, observation &
questionnaire.

• Course No. Edu-EP-07                                                                                                Mental Hygiene

Unit I Mental Hygiene:

i) Concept of Mental Health & Role of teacher in fostering mental helath.
ii) Nature, Scope and Principles of Mental Hygiene
iii) Importance & Functions of Mental Hygiene

Unit II Adjustment & Mal-adjustdment.

i) Concept & Factors of Adjustment
ii) Concept & Factors of Mal-adjustment
iii) Indicators of Mal-adjustment (with special reference to Frustration, Anxiety,
Phobias & Manias)

Unit III Adjustment Mechanism

i) Fantasy, Compensation, Identification & Projection
ii) Rationalization, withdrawal & Selective forgetting
iii) Negativism, Sublimation, Displacement & Regression.

Unit IV Treatment/Methods for the Preservation and Enhancement of Mental Health.

i) Hypnosis & Catharsis
ii) Hydrotherapy & Shocktherapy.
iii) Psychotherapy

• Course No. Edu-EP-10                                                                              Creativity & Education

Unit I Concept of Creativity

i) Nature Meaning and process of Creativity.
ii) Theories of Creativity -  Guilford, Torrance.

Unit II Creativity, Intelligence & Achievement

i) Concept of Intelligence Guilford’s concept of Intellect
ii) Relationship of creativity with intelligence – studies carried out in India  and
Abroad.
iii) Relationship of creativity with academic achievement – Studies done in India
& abroad.

Unit III Creativity and Personality

i) Personality Profile of a creative person
ii) Personality Profile of a creativity Scientist.
iii) Personality Profile of a creativity Artist.

Unit IV Creativity in Teaching and Learning

i) Development of Creativity
ii) Techniques:
a) Brainstorming
b) Creative problem solving
c) Synectics Model
iii) Measurement of Creativity Talent



                                                                      SECOND SEMESTER



2

nd  

Semester

• Course No. Edu-CP-17                                                           Philosophical Foundations of Education-II

Unit I Fundamental Philosophical Issues

i) Epistemological Issues.
ii) Ontological Issues.
iii) Axiological Issues.

Unit II Radical  Thought in Education

i) Radicalism – Concept & Meaning
ii) Paulo Freire – Conscientization
iii) Ivan Illich – De-schooling Society

Unit III Indian Schools of Philosophy.

i) Hinduism
ii) Buddhism
iii) Islamic Traditions
With special reference to their educational implications

Unit IV Educational thought in India :

i) Swami Vivekenanda
ii) R. N. Tagore
iii) Maulan Azad

• Course No. Edu-CP-18                                                  Sociological Foundations of Education-II

Unit I Education and Culture

i) Culture: Meaning & Concept
ii) Characteristics & Dimensions of Culture
iii) Roles of Education vis-a-vis Culture

Unit II Education and Social Change

i) Social Change – Concept  & Theories (Evolutionary,  Stage & Cyclical  two
theories each).
ii) Education and Social Change
iii) Constraints on social change in India (Caste, Ethnicity, Class, Language,
Religion, Region).

Unit III Education and Social Processes

i) Education & Modernization
ii) Education & Urbanization
iii) Education & Globalization

Unit IV Group Dynamics and Education

i) Group Dynamics – Meaning & Origin
ii) Group Cohesiveness & Group Division – Concept & factors.
iii) Educational implications of group Dynamics.

• Course No. Edu – CP-19                                             Psychological Foundations of Education-II

Unit I Schools of Psychology

i) Behaviourism.
ii) Psychoanalysis.
iii) Gestalt Psychology.
Their basic tenets & educational implications.

Unit II Theories of Learning

i) Gag’s hierarchy of learning
ii) Skinner’s operant conditioning.
ii) Hull’s Theory.

Unit III Intelligence & Motivation

i) Concept of intelligence
ii) Guilford’s structure of intellect
iii) Concept of motivation & Maslow’s Theory.

Unit IV Growth & Development

i) Infancy
ii) Childhood
iii) Adolescence
Physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of all the above
three stages with educational implications.

• Course No. Edu-CP-20                                                        Methodology of Educational Research

Unit I:    Educational Research

i) Meaning, Need & Importance
ii) Levels –  Theoretical, Applied and Action
iii) Major Steps of Educational Research
Unit II: Problems identification & Hypothesis formulation
i)  Research Problem and its Identification
ii)  Delineating and Operationalisation of Variables
iii) Hypothesis – Formulation, Characteristics & Types.

Unit III Sampling

i) Population and Sample
ii) Probability Sampling: Simple Random, Cluster, Stratified and Multi Stage.
iii) Non-probability Sampling: Quota, Judgment and Purposive

Unit IV Methods of Education Research

i) Historical
 Nature
 Identification of Sources
 Historical Criticism
ii) Experimental
 Nature
 Variable & its types
 Procedure

• Course No. Edu-EP-12                                                                              Measurement & Evaluation

Unit I Measurement and Evaluation

i) Concept & levels of Measurement.
ii) Concept of Evaluation – Formative & Summative, Distinction between
Educational Measurement and Evaluation.
iii) Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.

Unit II Characteristics of a Measurement Instrument

i) Objectivity
ii) Reliability-Concept, Types, Methods of estimate.
iii) Validity, Concept, Types, Methods of estimate.

Unit III Evaluation Tools

i) Essay – type test.
ii) Short answer type test
iii) Objective tests

Unit IV Appraisal of the present system of Examination

i) Report of various committees & Commission on Examination reforms
including UGC plan of Action (1973) NPE (1986).
ii) Limitations of the present system of Examination
iii) New trends in Examination Reforms.
CCE, Grading System, Open book examination.

• Course No. Edu-EP-11                                                                              Comparative Education

Unit I:    Comparative Education; Meaning and Method

i) Historical background of Comparative Education
i) Meaning and Scope of Comparative Education
ii) Objectives of Comparative Education.

Unit II: Impact of Following Factors on Education

i)  Economic & Geographical Factor
ii) Sociological Factor
iii) Linguistic Factor

Unit III: Comparative Methods of Computer Education

i) Scientific Method of Comparative Analysis:
a) Description b) Interpretation
c) Juxtaposition d) Comparison
ii) Survey Technique of Data Collection

Unit IV A Comparative Study of the Educational Systems of Countries U.S.A, U.K and
India with Special reference to:

i) Primary Education & Secondary Education
ii) Higher  Education & Distance Education
iii) Teacher Education
With special reference to teaching, learning & testing

• Course No. Edu-EP-13                                                                                 Special Education

Unit I Special Education

i) Exceptionality
a) Concept of Positive and Negative deviations
b) Needs and problems of exceptional children.
ii) Special Education: Concept, scope and objectives
iii) Basic principles of special education
iv) Disability Act & Role of RCI

Unit II Mental Retardation (MR)

i) Concept Levels and Categories
ii) Characteristics, Needs and Problems of MR
iii) Education of MR Children

Unit III Visual Impairment

i) Nature, definitions and classification
ii) Incidence, Cause.
iii) Approaches to Education: Different models and methods

Unit IV Hearing Impairment

i) Important of hearing sense & Effects of hearing impairment of Educational
process.
ii) Levels of hearing loss; Early identification and intervention
iii) Education of the Deaf.

• Course No. Edu-EP-14                                                                                      Curriculum Development

Unit I Curriculum Process

i) Aims and Functions of the Curriculum
ii) Curriculum objectives-Bloom’s Taxonomy.
iii) Determinants – Philosophical, Sociological and Psychological.

Unit II Conceptions of Curriculum

i) The Humanistic Curriculum
ii) The Social Reconstructionist Curriculum.
iii) The Technological Curriculum

Unit III Designing the Curriculum

i) Principle of Curriculum construction sequencing content-Integrating
contents.
ii) Curriculum content-Curriculum and culture, knowledge and values
iii) Core curriculum – Problems – Implications
iv) National Curriculum frame work (2005) – Salient features

Unit IV Evaluation and trends in Curriculum.

i) Models for Evaluation consensus – Pluralistic
ii) Future directions in curriculum Theory.
iii) Trends in Curriculum Research.

• Course No. Edu-EP-17                                                                                      Instructional Technology

Unit I Teaching & Models of Effective Instructions

i) Concept, Phase & Characteristics
ii) Models – Concept Attainment (J. Bruner) Quit Model (Quality
Appropriateness, Incentive & Time)
iii) Meaning & Importance of Teaching devices (with special reference to Home
Assignment, Discussion, Dramatization Illustration, Lecturing & narration &
Multimedia Approach.

Unit II Organizing for Instruction

i) Objectives-Meaning, Types, Writing Objectives in behavioural terms.
ii) Bloom’s Approach-Cognitive, Affective & Psychomotor
iii) Research on Instructional Objectives
.
Unit III Communication Strategies

i) Selection of appropriate audio visual aids (Interactive Television, Radio)
ii) History of Satellite-National and International Experiences.
iii) Research in Communication Technology

Unit IV Course Design

i) Course Planning, Development and Production
ii) Text preparation, editing & printing
iii) Maintaining quality and revision.


Course No. Edu-EP-18                                                             Statistics in Education and Psychology

Unit I:    Measure of Central Tendency & Variability

i) Concept of descriptive & inferential statistics.
ii) Concept of computation of measures of Central tendency.
iii) Concept of competitive & application of variability  – Q.D & S.D.
i) Graphic method and percentiles  – computations of percentiles and
percentiles ranks; graphic methods – line graphic bar diagram, pie chart,
ogive their application & use.

Unit II: The Normal Distribution Curve

i) The meaning and importance  properties of the normal distribution
ii) Measuring divergence from normality – skewness and kurtosis
iii) Applications of the normal probability curve.
a)  Raw scores into standard scales  b)  Cases falling above & below
method  c)  % of cases between given %age

Unit III Parametric and Non-parametric Statistics

i)      Parametric:
a) Meaning and advantages
b) Critical ratio & t – Test (for correlated and un-correlated  means)
c) ANOVA-one way
ii) Non Parametric:
a) Meaning and advantages
b) Chi-Square & contingency tables

Unit IV Correlation

i)  Meaning of Correlation and co-efficient of correlation as a ratio.
ii)  Use of Correlation
iii) Calculation of co-efficient of correlation
a) Rank order and Tetrachoric
b) Product moment coefficient of correlation (including
scattergram)