CONTENT 

EDU-HC-1016

Unit-1 Meaning and Concept of Education

• Meaning, nature and scope of education. 

• Forms of education- Formal, Informal and Non-formal education and their agencies

• School and its functions, relationship between school and society. 

• Distance and Open Education with special reference to India. 

• Functions of education.

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Unit-2 Aims of education

• Meaning and importance of Aims.

• Determinants of aims.

• Historical retrospect.

• Social Vs Individual aim.

• Vocational and Liberal aim

• Democratic, Citizenship, Moral and Complete living as an aim of education

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Unit- 3 Curriculum

• Concept and nature of Curriculum

• Importance of Curriculum.

• Types of Curriculum.

• Principles of Curriculum Construction

• Correlation of Studies—Meaning, Types and importance.

• Co-curricular activities- Meaning, Types and importance.

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Unit-4 Discipline and Freedom

• Meaning and importance

• Discipline Vs. Order

• Place of reward and punishment in schools

• Concept of free-discipline.

• Maintenance of discipline in school.

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Unit-5 Democracy and Education

• Meaning of Democracy in Education

• Democracy and the Education of Masses

• The child in democratic education.

• Role of Teachers and the Administrators in Democracy.

• Methods of teaching in Democracy

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EDU-HC-1026

Unit-1 Psychology and Education:

• Meaning and nature of Psychology

• Relation between education and psychology

• Educational Psychology-Nature, Scope, Methods—Observation, Experimentation, Case study method

• Importance of Educational Psychology in teaching –learning process 

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Unit-2 Learning and Motivation:

• Learning -Meaning and nature

• Theories of learning—Connectionism, Classical conditioning, Operant conditioning and Theory of Insightful learning

• Laws of learning--law of readiness, law of exercise ,law of effect

• Factors affecting learning

• Motivation-meaning, role in learning

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Unit-3 Memory, Attention and Interest:

• Memory—Meaning, nature and types

• Economy in memorization

• Forgetting—meaning and causes

• Attention-concept, characteristics, determinants and types

• Interest-Meaning, relation between Attention and Interest 

• Role of attention and Interest in learning

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Unit-4 Intelligence, Creativity and personality

• Intelligence-Meaning, nature and theories :Two-factor theory, Group factor theory

• Creativity-concept, characteristics

• Personality—meaning and nature

• Theories of personality-Type and trait theory

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Unit-5 Laboratory Practical

Recall and Recognition, Trial and Error learning, Span of attention

( The three practical will be done in Psychological laboratory, there will be 

2 credits for practical class)

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EDU-HG-1016

Unit-1 Concept of Education

• Meaning ,Nature and Scope of education

• Forms of education-

• Formal education, Informal and Non formal education- Meaning and Nature. School as an agency of formal education

• Aims of education, Meaning and importance of Aims. Types of Aims-

• Social Vs Individual aim.

• Vocational and Liberal aim

• Democratic aim of education.

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Unit-2 Philosophy and Education

• Philosophy: Meaning, Nature and Scope

• Philosophy of Education: Meaning and Scope

• Relationship between education and philosophy

• Impact of philosophy on education

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Unit-3 Psychology and Education

• Meaning and nature of Psychology

• Relation between education and psychology

• Educational Psychology-Nature, Scope, Method Observation, Experimentation, Case study method

• Importance of Educational Psychology in teaching –learning process 

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Unit-4 Education for National Integration and International understanding

• Meaning and Nature of National Integration and International understanding 

• Role of education in development of National Integration and International understanding. 

• Globalization and its impact in developing International cooperation

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Unit-5 Sociology and Education

• Concept and methods of Sociology, Educational Sociology: Meaning, Nature, Scope and Importance, Relation between education and sociology

• Social group: Meaning, Nature and Classification, Importance of Primary and Secondary Groups 

• Concept of socialization, Education as a socialization process

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