MED Syllabus
MED Syllabus
This is to be noted that the students of MA 1st ,3rd and 4th semester will have to select one
elective paper each out of two options. Moreover, in 2nd Semester as a part of Value Added
Courses, learners have to opt anyone of the MOOCs courses from the SWAYAM Platform.
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Course Course Title PO(i) PO(ii) PO(iii) PO(iv) PO(v) PO(vi) PO(vii)
Code
PHE Philosophical Foundations of Education Y Y Y
PSE Psychological Foundation of Education Y Y Y Y
SFE Sociological Foundation of Education Y Y Y Y
DE Distance Education Y Y Y Y Y
DP Developmental Psychology(Elective-1) Y Y Y
EPE Environmental & Population Education Y Y Y Y
(Elective-2)
HCE History of Education in India Y Y
MEE Measurement and Evaluation in Education Y Y Y Y
EM Educational Management Y Y Y
ET Educational Technology Y Y Y Y
MOOCs Guidance and Counselling in Schools or Y Y
Academic Writing (Courses from
SWAYAM) or Life Skills (VAC)
ERS Educational Research and Statistics(AEC) Y Y Y
RLSP Review of Literature and Synopsis Y Y Y
Preparation
MTT Methods and Techniques of Teaching Y Y Y Y
MHH Mental Health and Hygiene in Education Y Y Y
(Elective-3)
TE Teacher Education(Elective-4) Y Y Y
PTE Psychological Testing and Experiment Y Y Y
CD Curriculum Development Y Y Y Y Y
IE Inclusive Education Y Y Y Y Y
CTE Current trends in Education Y Y Y
CS Cyber Security
CED Comparative Education (Elective-5) Y Y Y
EED Economics of Education (Elective-6) Y Y Y
DSR Dissertation Y Y Y Y
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Course Objectives:
Course Contents
References:
Course Objectives:
Course Content:
Unit 3: Learning
Meaning and Nature of Learning, learning and maturation, types of learning and
theories of learning: connectionism, conditioning, gestalt theory and
constructivism.
Unit 5: Motivation
Unit 6: Intelligence
Unit 7: Creativity
Meaning and nature of reasoning and problem solving, types of reasoning, factors
affecting problem solving, strategies for effective problem solving.
Concept of Mental health and hygiene, ways for maintaining health and hygiene
in schools, role of home, school and society in promoting mental health and
hygiene.
References:
Course Objectives:
1. Concept and theoretical approaches of sociology of education and their implications for
education system in India.
2. Role of education in social processes (social stratification, social mobility and social
change)
3. Social problems in India.
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Course Contents:
References:
Course Objectives:
To enable the learners to develop an understanding about the
1. Nature and need of Distance Education in the present day Indian society.
2. Different kinds of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and apprise them
with their use in teaching-learning process.
3. Various modes of student support service (SSS) and develop their skills to manage such
services for various kinds of programmes through Distance Education.
Course Contents:
Unit1: Concept of Distance Education
Meaning of distance education, growth and significance of distance education,
agencies of distance education.
Unit2: Learner-support service
Meaning of Learner Support Services, different learner support services.
Unit3: Self Learning Material
Factors to be considered for development of materials, designing principles and
mechanism for text preparations, problems in designing the text.
Unit4: Study Skills
Concept of Study Skills, strategies for developing study skills, significance of
Study Skills in distance learning.
Unit5: Curriculum
Concept of curriculum, major approaches of curriculum development, need of
curriculum evaluation, aspects of curriculum evaluation.
Unit6: Distance Education and Administration
Administrative set-up and organization of distance education system.
Unit7: ICT and Distance Education
Information and communication technologies and their application in distance
education.
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References:
1. Aggarwal, D.D. Future of Distance Education,Sarup& Sons, New Delhi, 2007
2. Bansal, Aarti: Distance Education in 21st Century, Sublime Publications, Jaipur, 2004
3. Rao, V.K.: Distance Education, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2007
4. Siddiqui, Mujibul Hasan: Distance Education, Theory and Research, A.P.H. Publishing
Corporation, Ansari Road, New Delhi,2007
5. Shardindu: Open and Dual Mode University Syatem in India, Vani Prakasan, New Delhi,
2008
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Optional Papers:
Course-5 Developmental Psychology
Course Objectives:
2)Hurlock, E.B. —Developmental Psychology –A life span approach, Tata Mc Graw Hill
3)Thompson, G.G. —Child Psychology, Bombay, The Times of India Press (Indian reprint)
4)Hurlock, E.B —Child Development, Tata Mc. Graw Hill Publishing Com. Ltd.
Course Objectives:
Causes and steps for preventions, man-made disaster, education for environmental
awareness and attitudinal change.
Nature, meaning, factors and problems, steps for checking population explosion.
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Role of mass media, various means of mass media, (newspaper, radio, t.v, audio-
visual aids)
Role of TLC, NLM, ICDS, SSA for literacy campaign to control population
growth in India.
Reference Books:
5. Bahadur K.P: Population Crisis in India, National Publishing House, New Delhi, 1977.
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2nd Semester
Course Contents:
Charter Act of 1813, Controversies between Anglicist and Classicist, Macaulay’s Minute,
Wood Despatch of 1854-its effect on Indian education.
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education.
Hartog Committee in 1929 and its effect on Education, Wardha Scheme of Education-
1937 and Sargent Plan 1944-45, its effect on Education
Primary stage, Secondary stage and Higher Stage of Education, Women education.
References:
Course Objectives:
Course Contents:
Meaning, nature and principles of evaluation, tools and techniques of evaluation, types of
evaluation.
Meaning and Nature, Principles and Methods of Test construction and standardization.
Analysis and Selection of Test Items, Preparing different Types of Tests Items.
Unit 7: Validity
Unit 8: Reliability
References:
1. Asthana, B.: Measurement and Evaluation in Psychology and Education. Vinod PustakMandir,
Agra-2,2000
2. Anastasi, A (ed).: Psychological Testing, Macmillan, Lond.1968
3. Crow, L.D. & Crow, A.: Educational Psychology, Eurasia Publishing, N/D. 1963.
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4. S K Mangal (1993) Advanced Educational Psychology, New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India
5. Stanley, J.C. &Hopkings, K.D.: Educational and Psychological Measurement, Prentice Hall of
India, ND, 1972.
Course Objectives:
Course Contents
Unit11: Communication
References:
1. Arnold, H.J. & Feldman, D.C. (1988): Organisational Behaviour, Mc Graw Hill,
1988
2. Bhatnagar, Dr. SS & Gupta, Dr. P.K: Educational Management, R. Lall Book Deopt,
Meerut, 2003
3. Gupta, K.: School Management, PHI, New Delhi, 2007
4. Goel, OP: School Organisation and Management, PHI, New Delhi, 2005
5. IGNOU: Planning and Management of Higher Education, Es-304, New Delhi, Indira
Gandhi national Open University.
6. Khan, Mohd. Sharif & Khan, Mohd. Saleem: Educational Administration, APH
Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, 2007
7. Mishra, R.C.: School Administration & Organisation, PHI, New Delhi, 2007
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Course Objectives
To enable the learners to develop an understanding about the
Course Contents
Meaning, nature, features, aims and objectives, difference with educational technology,
methods of instructional technology.
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Meaning, nature and Types of Teaching Aids, Projected and non-projected aids,
significance of teaching aids in modern education.
References:
Course Objectives
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Course Objectives
Course Outcomes
1. Gain Self-competency and Confidence
2. Gain Emotional Competency
3. Gain Intellectual Competency
4. Gain an Edge through Professional Competency
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Techniques of Effective Reading, Gathering Ideas and Information from a Given Text,
Evaluating and Interpreting the Text; Avoiding Ambiguity, Vagueness, Unwanted
Generalizations, and Oversimplification of Issues; Being structured and sequenced; Using
Different Modes of Writing like E-mails, Proposal, Recording the Proceedings of
Meetings
UNIT 3: DIGITAL LITERACY AND SOCIAL MEDIA, DIGITAL ETHICS AND CYBER
SECURITY
Basic Computer Skills on MS Office Suite, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint; Basic
Virtual Platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, Cisco Webex, MS Teams; Cyber Security
and Threats, Vulnerabilities of Cyber Attacks; Digital Ethics, Digital Etiquette and
Digital Life Skills
Basic managerial skills like planning for effective management, organizing teams,
recruiting and retaining talent, delegation of tasks, coordinating, managing conflict; Self-
management skills like understanding self-concept, developing self-awareness, self-
examination, self-reflection and introspection, self-regulation, managing personal
finance; Aspects of budgeting like setting personal goals, estimating likely expenses and
managing saving, investment and spending
Forms of love; love, compassion, empathy, sympathy and non-violence, narratives and
anecdotes from history and literature including local folklore on gains and losses in
practising love; Truth- truth as value, truth as fact- narratives and anecdotes from history
and literature including local folklore on gains and losses in practicing truth; Non-
violence – Ahimsa, individuals and organizations that are known for their commitment to
non-violence; Narratives and anecdotes about non-violence from history and literature,
including local folklore on gains and losses in practicing non-violence
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Peace- its need, relation with harmony, and balance; Narratives and anecdotes about
peace from history and literature, including local folklore on gains and losses in
practicing peace; Service and its forms; Narratives and anecdotes dealing with instances
of service from history and literature, including local folklore on gains and losses in
practicing service; Renunciation and sacrifice; self-restrain and ways of overcoming
greed; narratives and anecdotes from history and literature, including local folklore on
gains and losses in practicing renunciation and sacrifice
References:
9. Basham, A.L. 1954. First edition. The Wonder That Was India. London: Picador Press.
10. Ghosh, Shantikumar. 2004. Universal Values. Kolkata: The Ramakrishna Mission.
11. Ghosh, Sri Aurobindo. 1998. The Foundations of Indian Culture. Pondicherry: Sri
Aurobindo Ashram.
12. Joshi, Kireet. 1997 Education for Character Development, Delhi: Dharma Hinduja Centre
of India Studies
3rd Semester
Course Objectives
Course Contents:
1. Best, J.W. & Khan, J.V.: Research in Education, (6th Edition) New Delhi,
Prentice Hall, 1989.
Course Objectives
This part of the paper is related with the first paper of this semester. Here a learner has to make a
Review of Related Literature on any topic for future research and prepare a Research synopsis. It
will help the learners to explore the research methodologies and outline a research plan for the
work to be undertaken by them in mere future and will help in preparing dissertation in the next
semester. The learners are supposed to develop a research proposal under the guidance of their
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counsellors in their respected Study Centres. After discussion and deliberations, the proposal will
be enriched and will be finalized to be conducted in the fourth semester.
Course Objectives:
Course Contents:
Unit 1: Teaching Principles
Concept, objectives, levels of teaching, general principles of teaching, marks of
good teaching, factors influencing learning, professional ethics of a teacher.
Unit 2: Learning
Concept and nature, Levels of learning (Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor)
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References:
1. need and importance of the concepts of mental health and hygiene in the emerging
society. people having psychological and maladjustment problems.
2. role of different agencies of society and their impacts on the development of an
individual’s personality.
3. integrate yoga in their day-to-day lives for holistic health.
Health Mission: National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Framework, National Urban
Health Mission (NUHM) Framework, NEP 2020.
Unit 14: Women and Child Health Care Schemes
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCH+); Janani
Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK); Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram(RBSK); India
Newborn Action Plan (INAP); Adolecent Heatlh- Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram
(RKSK).
Unit 15: Public Awareness of Mental Health and Hygiene through Digital Media
An Introduction to Mobile Apps of Government of India: NHP, Swasth Bharat, No More
Tension, Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Mantritva Abhiyan (PM Suman Yojana), My Hospital
(Mera aspataal), India fights Dengue, JSK Helpline, Ayushman Bhava, Arogya Setu,
Covid 19AP
References:
1. Aggarwal, J. C. (2011). Essentials of Edu. Psychology. New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House.
2. Baron, R. A. (1987). Psychology. Dorling Kindersley. Pvt. Ltd.
3. Chauhan, S. S. (1998). Advanced Educational Psychology. New Delhi: Vikas Pub. House
Pvt. Ltd.
4. Dandapani, S. (2010). Advanced Educational Psychology. New Delhi: Anmol Pub. Pvt.
Ltd. Lindzey, G., Hall, O.S. (2012). Theories of Personality. London: Wiley India Pvt.
Ltd.
5. Mangal, S. K. (2015). Advanced Educational Psychology. New Delhi.
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Course Objectives:
1. The meaning, scope, objectives of teacher education and its development in India.
2. Various modalities used for teachers, teacher educators and educational administrators
for different levels of education.
3. Various aspects of student-teaching programmes, prevailing in the country.
Course Contents:
References:
Course Objectives:
Course Contents:
Unit1. Learning
(i) recall-recognition
(ii) immediate memory span
(iii) retroactive and prohibit inhibition.
Unit3.Attention
Unit4.Personality
References:
4th Semester
Course Objectives:
National aspirations and needs, culture, social change and value system.
Meaning, subject centered curriculum, activity centered curriculum, work and experience
based curriculum, co-related curriculum, core curriculum.
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Subject design, societal activities and problem design, specific competencies design,
human traits/process design, individual needs and interest design.
Subject centered approach, Broad- field approach, social problem approach, learner
centered approach.
Concept and Strategies for curriculum transaction, ways for improving quality of
curriculum transaction, resources for curriculum transaction.
Hilda Taba Model, Inquiry training model, Carl Roger’s model, Eclectic model of
curriculum.
References:
Course Objectives:
1. explain the concept of special education, integrated education, and inclusive education.
2. discuss the global and national commitments towards the education of children with
diverse needs.
3. appreciate the need for promoting inclusive practice and the roles and responsibilities of
all concerned personnel.
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Use of ICT in Inclusive Classroom, ICT devices for making education accessible to
students with various disabilities, Ways to overcome barriers and provide inclusive
education.
The inclusive class teacher, attitude needed inclusive school teacher, the role of the
teacher in an inclusive class.
SSA’s Policy on inclusion, provisions for CWSN under SSA, Efforts of SSA and the
challenges.
Concept of curriculum adaptations for children with diverse needs, need of curriculum
adaptations for children with diverse needs, Curricular and Co -curricular activities for
meeting diverse needs of children.
References:
Course Objectives:
Course Contents:
Liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG) and its impact on higher education.
Meaning of Value education, reasons for value crisis, solution and role of teachers
towards value education.
Concept and need of peace education, obstacles to peace, role of education promoting
peace, basic principles to promote peace in classrooms.
Meaning of rural development, Education and rural development Problems and prospects.
Meaning and importance of distance education, its problems and solution with reference
to India.
Meaning, reasons for gender disparities in India, ways for meeting the challenges.
References:
1. Kocher, S.K.: Pivotal Issues in Indian Education, Sterline Publishers, ND. 1981.
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Depot, Boroda.
Course Objectives
Course Outcomes
1. On completion of this course, the learners will be able to understand the cyber security
threat landscape
2. Develop a deeper understanding and familiarity with various types of cyber-attacks,
cybercrimes, vulnerabilities and remedies thereto
3. Analyse and evaluate existing legal framework and laws on cyber security
4. Analyse and evaluate the digital payment system security and remedial measures against
digital payment frauds
5. Analyse and evaluate the importance of personal data its privacy and security.
6. Analyse and evaluate the security aspects of social media platforms and ethical aspects
associated with use of social media. • Analyse and evaluate the cyber security risks.
7. Based on the Risk assessment, plan suitable security controls, audit and compliance.
8. Evaluate and communicate the human role in security systems with an emphasis on
ethics, social engineering vulnerabilities and training.
9. Increase awareness about cyber-attack vectors and safety against cyber-frauds.
10. Take measures for self-cyber-protection as well as societal cyber-protection.
Internet, World wide web, Advent of internet, Internet infrastructure for data transfer and
governance, Internet society, Regulation of cyberspace, Concept of cyber security, Issues and
challenges of cyber security
Unit 3: Cybercrime 1
Unit 4: Cybercrime 2
Financial frauds, Social engineering attacks, malware and ransomware attacks, zero day
and zero click attacks
Social media monitoring, Hashtag, Viral content, Social media marketing, Social media
privacy, Challenges, opportunities and pitfalls in online social networks.
Security issues related to social media, Flagging and reporting of inappropriate content,
Laws regarding posting of inappropriate content, Best practices for the use of Social
media, Case studies.
Digital payments related common frauds and preventive measures; RBI guidelines on
digital payments and customer protection in unauthorised banking transactions; Relevant
provisions of Payment Settlement Act, 2007
End Point device and Mobile phone security, Password policy, Security patch
management, Data backup, Downloading and management of third party software.
Device security policy, Cyber Security best practices, Significance of host firewall and
Anti-virus, Management of host firewall and Antivirus
Introduction to Wi-Fi, Types of Wireless security: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Wi-
Fi Protected Access (WPA), Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA 2), Wi-Fi Protected Access
3 (WPA 3); Threats and risks to Wi-Fi Security, Ways to protect Wi-Fi network, Types
of Wi-Fi network security devices, Configuration of basic security policy and
permissions
Course Objective
Course Contents
References:
Course Objectives:
To enable the learners to develop an understanding about the
References:
1. Hunter, W.W.: Economic History of India, Vols.2, Cosmo Publication, 2008
2. Habison & Myers: Education, Manpower and Economic Growth
3. Peer,M: Higher Education and Employment, Rawat Publications, 2007-08
4. Rao, P: Economics of Primary Education, Rawat Publication, 1998.
5. Rajaiah, B: Economics of Education
6. Singh, R.P.: Educational Finance and the Planning Challenge, Eastern Book House,
2008
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Paper-24 Dissertation
3. Skills to prepare the research tools and apply those in the real field.
The learners would be required to submit a Dissertation Report for 100 marks comprising of 4
credits based on a relevant topic in respect of their areas of study. The Dissertation Report will
carry 80 marks and the corresponding Viva will carry 20 marks. Detailed information regarding
the Dissertation would be provided to the learners regarding the modalities through the
University website(www.kkhsou.in) from time to time, by SMS alert services and the designated
study centres.
References:
1. Lichtman, M (2013): Qualitative Research in Education-A User guide, 3rd (Ed.), Sage,
India.
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