UGC NET (EDUCATION)

Paper II

Unit 1: Educational Studies:-

Contribution of Indian Schools of philosophy, Contribution of Western schools of thoughts, Approaches to Sociology of Education, Socialization and education

Unit 2: History, Politics and Economics of Education:-

Committees and Commissions’ Contribution to Teacher Education Secondary Education Commission (1953), Relationship between Policies and Education, Linkage between Educational Policy and National Development, Determinants of Educational Policy and Process of Policy formulation, Concept of Economics of Education, Relationship Between Politics and Education

Unit 4: Teacher Education:-

Meaning, Nature and Scope of Teacher Education, Understanding Knowledge base of Teacher Education from the view point of Schulman, Concept, Need, Purpose and Scope of In-service Teacher Education, Organization and Modes of In-service Teacher Education, Agencies and Institutions of In-service Teacher Education at District, State and National Levels, Concept of Profession and Professionalism, Teaching as a Profession, Professional Ethics of Teachers

Unit 5: Curriculum Studies:-

Concept and Principles of Curriculum, Strategies of Curriculum Development, Stages in the Process of Curriculum development, Foundations of Curriculum Planning, Models of Curriculum Design, Instructional System, Instructional Media, Instructional Techniques and Material in enhancing curriculum Transaction, Approaches to Evaluation of Curriculum, Meaning and types of Curriculum change, Factors affecting curriculum change, Approaches to curriculum change, Role of students, teachers and educational administrators in curriculum change and improvement, Scope of curriculum research and Types of Research in Curriculum Studies

Paper 1I

Unit 3: Learner and Learning Process:-

Growth and Development, Approaches to Intelligence from Unitary to Multiple, Principles and Theories of learning, Guidance and Counselling,

Paper II

Unit 1: Educational Studies:-

Contribution of Indian Schools of philosophy, Contribution of Western schools of thoughts, Approaches to Sociology of Education, Socialization and education

Unit 2: History, Politics and Economics of Education:-

Committees and Commissions’ Contribution to Teacher Education Secondary Education Commission (1953), Relationship between Policies and Education, Linkage between Educational Policy and National Development, Determinants of Educational Policy and Process of Policy formulation, Concept of Economics of Education, Relationship Between Politics and Education

Unit 4: Teacher Education:-

Meaning, Nature and Scope of Teacher Education, Understanding Knowledge base of Teacher Education from the view point of Schulman, Concept, Need, Purpose and Scope of In-service Teacher Education, Organization and Modes of In-service Teacher Education, Agencies and Institutions of In-service Teacher Education at District, State and National Levels, Concept of Profession and Professionalism, Teaching as a Profession, Professional Ethics of Teachers

Unit 5: Curriculum Studies:-

Concept and Principles of Curriculum, Strategies of Curriculum Development, Stages in the Process of Curriculum development, Foundations of Curriculum Planning, Models of Curriculum Design, Instructional System, Instructional Media, Instructional Techniques and Material in enhancing curriculum Transaction, Approaches to Evaluation of Curriculum, Meaning and types of Curriculum change, Factors affecting curriculum change, Approaches to curriculum change, Role of students, teachers and educational administrators in curriculum change and improvement, Scope of curriculum research and Types of Research in Curriculum Studies

Paper-II

Unit 6: Research in Education:-

Meaning and Scope of Educational Research, Meaning and steps of Scientific Method, Characteristics of Scientific Method, Variables, Types of Measurement Scale, Qualitative Research Designs

Unit 7: Pedagogy, Andragogy and Assessment:-

Pedagogy, Pedagogical Analysis, Assessment, Assessment in Pedagogy of Education, Assessment in Andragogy of Education,

Unit 8: Technology in/ for Education:-

Concept of Educational Technology (ET) as a Discipline, Systems Approach to Instructional Design, Models of Development of Instructional Design, Emerging Trends in e learning: Social learning (concept , use of web 2.0 tools for learning, social networking sites, blogs, chats, video conferencing, discussion forum), Open Education Resources (Creative Common, Massive Open Online Courses; Concept and application), E Inclusion - Concept of E Inclusion, Application of Assistive technology in E learning , Quality of E Learning – Measuring quality of system, Use of ICT in Evaluation, Administration and Research