UNIT- I ADULT, CONTINUING EDUCATION & EXTENSION: I NDIAN AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS:-
Adult, Continuing Education: Pre And Post Independent India
• Adult Education Perspectives: Asian, Latin American, European and American
• Extension Education and Services in India: Phases and Movements
• Extension as “Third Dimension” of Higher Education, New approaches in ExtensionEducation and Services in India, National Open school, Field organization practices
• Need, concept, types and characteristics of Lifelong Learning programmes in India
• Opportunities for Lifelong Learning and Extension
• Agencies in Lifelong Learning in and outside India
• Comparative Studies in Adult Education: Parameters, Trends and Analysis
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UNIT-II THEORETICAL AND FUNCTIONAL BASE OF ADULT EDUCATION:-
• Liberal, Behaviouristic, Progressive, Humanistic, Radical and Analytical approaches of Adult Education
• Social and educational perspectives
of Tagore, Gandhi, Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan, Ambedkar and other Indian thinkers
• Androgogy and Pedagogy
• Attributes
And distinctive features of adult learning and development
• Motivational aspects of adult learning, values in Adult Education, and challenges of contemporary society
• Individual Vs. Group learning Approaches in Adult Education
• Experiences and learning from agriculture, home science, community health and technology
• Learning needs of diverse group of adult learners
• Theories of adult learning
• Professionalization of adult education
• Prior learning: Concept, issues and challenges, Equivalence and academic credit for continuing education courses
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UNIT - IV CURRICULUM PLANNING AND TEACHING - LEARNING MATERIALS:-
Meaning,definition of curriculum: need for curriculum, curriculum theory and practice
• Identification of needs and interests of lifelong learners
• Objectives of curriculum development
• Principles of curriculum development and its approaches
• Curriculum planning: need and implementation
• Evaluation: process-product-feedback mechanism
• Curriculum development-supporting systems
• Teaching methods
• Teaching and learning materials and aids for Lifelong Learning
• Preparation of books and audio visual material for neo-literates: processes, contents and field testing of materials
• Agencies engaged in preparation of materials, type of teaching-learning materials: print, on-line and off-line
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UNIT-V HUMAN RESEOURCE MANAGEMENT IN LIFELONG LEARNING ANDEXTENSION:-
Concept, principles and functions of management
• Programme planning, organisation and control
• Job specifications of personnel engaged in University-community engagement, Skill development,Continuing education & other extension programmes
•Training and development: Family-based, Off the job & on the job
•Training of functionaries in adult, continuing education, lifelong education throughparticipatory approach
• Skill development imitatives: State-promoted, NGO- promoted and Public Private Partnerships(PPP)
• Field skills, teaching methods of adults, training methods for training for functionaries
• Management of a training programme
• Evaluation of social development programmes
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UNIT-IX RESEARCH AND RESEAERCH METHODS:-
Philosophical Roots,history,elements and significance of social science research
• Qualitative And quantitative action research
• Research Design: Meaning and Types; Descriptive, Analytical, Exploratary, Basic,Applied, Action, Surveyand case study research
• Sources of data:primary and secondary
• Collection of Secondary Data: Historical Documents, Archival Material, Published Sources, Journals, Internet Sources, Census, NSS and Statistical Reports.
• Population and Sampling, Data Collection and its tools, organisation of research, analysis, Generalization and report writing
• Documentation and dissemination of the research work
• Content Analysis, Survey and Case studies
• Currents trends of research in adult and continuing education
(national and international)
• Emerging areas of research in adult and continuing education and extension,
• Ethical concerns in social science research
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