MA Education 1st year

M. A. (Education) –1st Year









ASSIGNMENTS
(January- 2010)









School of Education
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068



ASSIGNMENTS – JANUARY 2010

MASTER OF ARTS (EDUCATION)-1st YEAR


Please Note:

a) The Assignment Responses (AR’s) may be submitted by hand or sent by registered post to the Programme – in – Charge of your Programme Centre.

b) You should retain a copy of all the assignments in your own interest.




MES – 011: UNDERSTANDING EDUCATION

Assignment: 01

a) Define social change. Describe the role of Education in bringing social change?
(500 words)

b) Explain the term “Institutionalizing Education”. What are the merits and demerits of institutionlizing education?
(500 words)

c) Educational goals and operations are driven by political decisions. Express your views.
(500 words)

















MES-012: EDUCATION: NATURE AND PURPOSES

Assignment: 01


a) Explain briefly Education in terms of the following characteristics:

i) a process of socialization, ii) a process of reconstruction of experiences,

iii) total development of individual
(500 words)

b) Discuss briefly significant contributions of the following philosophers to education.

i) John Dewey
ii) Paulo Freire
iii) Ivan Illich.
(500 words)

c) Suppose you intend to develop a curriculum in the subject of your choice at secondary level. Discuss the steps to be followed by you while developing the curriculum
(500 words)


MES – 013: LEARNING, LEARNER AND DEVELOPMENT

Assignment: 01


a) Discuss the influence of learning environment in a school system on student learning.
(500 words)

b) With suitable examples, explain the importance of motivation in the process of learning.
(500 words)

c) Discuss the need for restructuring school curricula for affective learning. Develop a plan for affective learning for secondary school students.
(500 words)





MES- 014: SOCIETAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION

Assignment: 01

a) Write on the impact of television on Indian education.
(500 words)

b) How does education affect social mobility?
(500 words)

c) What is the impact of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan on the education of less privileged children in your vicinity?
(500 words)




MES- 015: OPERATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATION

Assignment: 01

a) What is democratic decentralization? Discuss how it has contributed to the educational development at the local level.
(500 words)

b) Discuss the factors which contribute to the effectiveness of an educational organization.
(500 words)

c) Visit any three secondary schools in your locality. Conduct a survey to find out from the teachers of these schools what methods, techniques and media they adopt for organizing learning experiences in their respective subject areas. Prepare a report mentioning the details of your survey including its findings.
(500 words)












MES- 016: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Assignment: 01

a) Explain the meaning and purposes of educational research.
(500 words)

b) Differentiate between probability sampling and non-probability sampling. Discuss briefly different methods of probability sampling with examples.
(500 words)

c) Identify a problem from the area of education. Prepare a research proposal to conduct the study on the same problem.
(500 words)