Post-Graduate Diploma in Adult Education

(PGDAE)

ASSIGNMENTS
JULY 2019 SESSION

School of Education
INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi – 110 068

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 ASSIGNMENTS
JULY 2019 SESSION
Note: 1. Write clearly your name, enrolment number, programme code, course code and title, and
address for communication on your Assignment Response of each course.

2. The Assignment Responses (ARs) may be submitted by you either by hand or by

sending them through registered/speed post to the concerned.

3. In your own interest, you should keep with you a copy of all the Assignment Responses
that you submit.
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MAE-001: UNDERSTANDING ADULT EDUCATION
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Describe the origin of adult education as a socialization and cultural process.
b) Discuss the significance of sociological approaches to adult education in India.
c) Explain with examples the factors that affect communication.

MAE-002: POLICY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADULT

EDUCATION IN INDIA
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Describe the characteristics of participatory research process.
b) Discuss the significance of resource support structures in adult education.
c) Critically analyse the role of local bodies in promotion of adult education.

MAE-003: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION

DISSEMINATION AND NETWORKING IN ADULT
EDUCATION
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Explain the role of process documentation in an adult learning set up.
b) Discuss different procedures involved in building library resources and services.
c) Convergence of formal and non-formal systems of education is the best strategy for
marching towards a learning society. Justify the statement with examples.

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MES- 016: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Assignment: 01
Answer the following questions in about 500 words each.
a) Discuss briefly the types of research studies undertaken in educational research.
b) Explain the concept of validity of an experimental design with special reference to internal
validity and external validity.

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.