MA (Edu)

Master of Arts
in
Education

1st Year

ASSIGNMENTS

(JANUARY 2019)
&
(JULY 2019)

School of Education
INDIRAGANDHI NATIONALOPEN UNIVERSITY
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068
 ASSIGNMENTS
MASTER OFARTS (EDUCATION)
1st YEAR
Please Note:
a) The Assignment Responses (ARs) may be submitted by hand or sent by registered post to the Programme –
in – Charge of your Programme Study Centre.
b) You should retain a copy of all the assignments in your own interest.

MES-011: UNDERSTANDING EDUCATION

a) Differentiate between individual and social aims of education with examples. Discuss
how individual and social aims of education can be synthesized. (500 words)
b) Critically analyse the structure of education system in India with special reference to
different levels and types of education. (500 words)
c) Explain the differences among correspondence, coherence and pragmatic theories of truth.
Discuss criticisms of pragmatic theoryof truth with suitable examples. (500 words)

MES-012: EDUCATION: NATURE AND PURPOSES

a) Define ‘Education’. Explain how it is distinguished from learning, teaching, training,
instruction, schooling and indoctrination with suitable examples. (500 words)
b) What is meant by knowledge? What are various components of the body of knowledge?
Discuss ‘Theory’ as an important component of knowledge with suitable examples. (500 Words)
c) Describe the tasks involved in the process of developing a curriculum with an example
from the subject of your choice. (500 Words)

MES-013: LEARNING, LEARNER AND DEVELOPMENT

a) Describe different types of parenting styles and their impact on learning.
b) Explain Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development and discuss its educational implications.
c) Motivation is one of the key factors in the learning process. Justify with illustrations.
MES-014: SOCIETAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION
a) Distinguish between direct and indirect costs in education. Which cost, do you consider,
is an important source for running a private school and why? (500 Words)
b) Critically analyse, with suitable examples, how schooling is a socio-cultural process. (500 Words)
c) Explain the concept and types of ‘Social Diversity’. How can a teacher use social
diversities in promoting inter-cultural understanding and nation building? (500 Words)

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MES-015: OPERATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATION
a) Describe the growth and present status of teacher education in India. (500 words)
b) What do you understand by ‘Programme Evaluation’? Discuss the components of
programme evaluation with suitable examples. (500 words)
c) Discuss factors that affect educational effectiveness. Explain how educational effectiveness
can be fostered by a teacher. (500 words)

MES-016: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

a) Discuss briefly the types of research studies undertaken in educational research. (500 words)
b) Explain the concept of validity of an experimental design with special reference to internal
validityand external validity. (500 words)
c) Explain the concept and techniques of probability sampling? Select a research problem
which can be conducted by using multi-stage sampling technique? Elaborate the stages
you would follow while drawing sample for the study with justification. (500 words)