CONTENT
EDU-HC-4016
Unit-1 Educational Thoughts of Srimanta Sankardev
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Sankardev on Education and practices.
- Educational system of Satras and Namghars and their relevance in modern era
Unit-2 Educational Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
• Mahatma Gandhi
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Gandhiji on Educational Philosophy and practices
- Gandhiji’s Nai Talim.
• Rabindranath Tagore
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Tagore on Educational Philosophy and practices
- Tagore’s Vishvabharati
Unit-3 Educational Thoughts of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Kalam on Educational Philosophy and practices
- Kalam’s Education Model for the 21st Century
Unit-4 Educational Thoughts of Rousseau and Froebel
• Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Rousseau on Educational Philosophy and practices
- Rousseau’s Negative Education
• Fredric Wilhelm August Froebel
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Froebel on Educational Philosophy and practices
- Froebel’s Kindergarten.
Unit-5 Educational Thoughts of John Dewey and Madam Maria Montessori
• John Dewey
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Dewey on Educational Philosophy and practices
- Dewey’s Concept of Democratic Education
• Madam Maria Montessori
- Brief Life Sketch and Philosophy of Life
- Views of Montessori on Educational Philosophy and practices
- Montessori’s Children House.
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Unit-1 Basics of Educational Statistics
• Statistics- Meaning, Nature and Functions
• Need of statistics in Education
• Measures of central tendency and their uses
• Mean. Median and Mode from ungrouped and grouped data
• Measures of variability –Concept, Types and their uses, merits and demerits
• Quartile Deviation, Average Deviation, Standard deviation-(grouped and ungrouped data-short method), Combined SD
Unit-2 Graphical presentations of data
• Usefulness of Graphical presentations of data,
• Basic principle of constructing a graph,
• Different types of graph –histogram, frequency polygon,
• Cumulative frequency percentage curve (Ogive), Smoothed graph.
Unit-3 Co-efficient of Correlation and Percentiles
• Coefficient of correlation – Meaning and types,
• Computation of, co-efficient of correlation by Rank difference method
& Product-moment method and interpretation of result
• Calculation of Percentile and Percentile Rank
Unit-4 Normal Probability Curve and Its Application
• Normal Probability Curve: Its Meaning, Properties and Uses
• Table of Area under NPC
• Applications of Normal Probability Curve
• Divergence from Normality: Skewness and Kurtosis
Unit-5 Statistical Practical
• To determine the Mean Median and Mode
• Graphical Representation – Frequency Polygon, Histogram and Pie diagram
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Unit-1 Social Inequality in Education and Constitutional Safeguards
• Concept of Social Inequality
• Constitutional Provision for Ensuring Equality in Education
• Education of Socially Disadvantaged Section: SCs, STs and Minorities , Education of people of Char area of Assam
• Education for Backward Children, Child Labour, Street Children and Slum Dwellers
• Gender Disparity and Rural-Urban Disparity in Education
Unit-2 Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization of Education
• Liberalization: Concept and its impact on education
• Privatization: Concept and its impact on education
• Globalization: Concept and its impact on education
• Public-private Partnership
• Education as investment.
Unit-3 Issues related to Students
• Youth Unrest: Concept, Causes and Remedies
• Campus Disturbance: Concept, Causes and Remedies
• Examination Anxiety: Concept, Causes and Remedies
• Issues related to Educated Unemployment.
Unit-4 Environmental Education and Population Education
• Main Environmental Issues: Global Warming, Ozone Depletion and Environmental Pollution
• Role of Environmental Education for Sustainable Development
• Role of Different Stakeholders (Government and Non-Government Organisations, Women, Media) in Environmental Protection
• Population Explosion: Its Causes and Consequences
• Population Education for Population Control
Unit-5 Multi-Cultural Education and Alternative Education
• Concept, Objectives and Need of Multi-Cultural Education
• Curriculum and Instruction of Multi-Cultural Education
• Issues related to Multi-Cultural Education
• Concept of Alternative Education and its related Issues
• Role of NIOS and Sakshar Bharat Mission in Alternative Education
• Role of IGNOU and KKHSOU in Alternative Higher Education
• MOOC and its related Issues.
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Unit-1 Education in British India
• The Beginning
- The Charter Act of 1813
- The Anglicists-Orientalists Controversy
- Macaulay’s Minute, 1835
- Downward Filtration Theory
• Wood Despatch of 1854
- Background of the Despatch
- Recommendations
- Implementation of the Despatch
• Indian Education Commission-1882
- Appointment of Indian Education Commission
- Background for appointing the Commission
- Major Recommendations
- Criticism of the Commission
Unit-2 Raise of Nationalism and its impact on Education
• Initiative of Gopalkrishna Gokhle, Gokhale’s Bill for Compulsory Primary Education- 1910-1912
• All India Educational Conference, Wardha, 1937
• Gandhijis Basic Education –Concept , Philosophy and Salient Features, Criticism of the Basic Education
Unit-3 Development of Indian Education: Post Independence I
• University Education Commission-1948
- Appointment of University Education Commission
- Aims of University Education
- Recommendations of the Commission
- Evaluation of the Recommendations
• Secondary Education Commission-1952-53
- Appointment of Secondary Education Commission
- Aims and Objectives of Secondary Education
- Defects of Secondary Education- Recommendations of the Commission
- Evaluation of the Recommendations of the Commission
Unit-4 Development of Indian Education: Post Independence- II
• Education Commission-1964-66
- Major Recommendations and its effects on existing Indian education
• National Policy of Education-1986
- Background
- Major Recommendations
- Impact on Indian Education
• Meaning, Purpose and Types of Bio-data
• Components of Bio-data
• Bio-data: Do’s and Do not’s
• Meaning of Resume and Curriculum Vitae
• Differences among Bio-data, Resume and Curriculum Vitae
• How to write a Good Academic Bio-data
Unit-2 Interview
• Meaning and objectives of Interview
• Different types of Interview: Structured interview, Unstructured interview,
Job-related interview
• Characteristics of good interview
• Importance of interview
• Skills of facing interview