Hello learners as we discussed on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR EDUCATION PAPER about important topics of NTA UGC NET EDUCATION PAPER here is the list of important topics from each unit. As we have 10 units in our syllabus of education paper and from each unit 5 question each of 2 marks (total 10 marks each unit) we have to face in the exam. These all important topics are on the basis of DEEP ANALYSIS OF UGC NET EXAM LAST 16 PREVIOUS YEARS PAPERS (2004-2020) OF EDUCATION SUBJECT. Please take a paper pen before you start… BEST OF LUCK.
Unit 1: Educational Studies
1. Educational aims and methods of acquiring valid knowledge –
- Sankhya Yoga
- Vedanta, Buddhism
- Jainism
- Islamic traditions
2. Information, knowledge and wisdom according to –
- Idealism
- Realism
- Naturalism
- Pragmatism
- Marxism
- Existentialism
3. Concept and types of social Institutions and their functions (family, school and society)
4. Concept of Social Movements
5. Contribution of thinkers and key points
- Swami Vivekananda
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Aurobindo
- J.Krishnamurthy
- Paulo Freire
- Savitribai Phule
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Unit 2: History, Politics and Economics of Education
1. Committees and Commissions’ Contribution to Teacher Education
- Secondary Education Commission (1953)
- Kothari Education Commission (1964-66)
- National Policy of Education (1986,1992)
- National Commission on Teachers (1999)
- National Curriculum Framework 2005
- National Knowledge Commission (2007)
- Yashpal Committee Report (2009)
- National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education (2009)
- Justice Verma Committee Report (2012)
2. planning of policy implementation
3. Concept of Educational Finance; Educational finance at Micro and Macro Levels
4. Concept of Budgeting.
Unit 3: Learner and Learning Process
1. Growth and Development: Concept and principles
2. Cognitive Processes and stages of Cognitive Development ,
3. Personality: Definitions and theories
- Freud
- Carl Rogers
- Gordon Allport
- Max Wertheimer
- Kurt Koffka
4. Mental health and Mental hygiene.
5. Concepts of Social intelligence.
6. Concepts of multiple intelligence.
7. Concepts of emotional intelligence.
8. Theories of Intelligence by Sternberg.
9. Theories of Intelligence by Gardner.
10. Concepts of Problem Solving.
11. Concepts of Critical thinking.
12. Concepts of Metacognition.
13. Concepts of Creativity.
14. Principles and Theories of learning:
- Behaviouristic theories of learning
- Cognitive theories of learning
- Social theories of learning
15. Guidance and Counselling: Nature, Principles and Need,
16. Types of guidance
- educational
- vocational
- personal
- health and social
- Directive
- Non-directive
- Eclectic
17. Approaches to counselling –
- Cognitive-Behavioural (Albert Ellis – REBT)
- Humanistic
- Personcentred Counselling (Carl Rogers)
18. Theories of Counselling
- Behaviouristic,
- Rational,
- Emotive and
- Reality
Unit 4: Teacher Education
1. The Structure of Teacher Education Curriculum and its Vision in Curriculum Documents of NCERT and NCTE at
- Elementary Level
- Secondary Level
- Higher Secondary Level
2. Organization of Components of Pre-service Teacher Education Transactional Approaches (for foundation courses)
- Expository
- Collaborative
- Experiential learning.
3. Meaning of Reflective Teaching and Strategies for Promoting Reflective Teaching,
4. Models of Teacher Education –
- Behaviouristic Teacher Education Models.
- Competency-based Teacher Education Models.
- Inquiry Oriented Teacher Education Models.
5. Agencies and Institutions of In-service Teacher Education
- SSA
- RMSA
- SCERT
- NCERT
- NCTE
- UGC
Unit 5: Curriculum Studies
1. Concept and Principles of Curriculum
2. Foundations of Curriculum Planning –
- Philosophical Bases (National, democratic),
- Sociological basis (socio cultural reconstruction),
- Psychological Bases (learner’s needs and interests),
3. Models of Curriculum Design:
- Traditional and Contemporary Models (Academic / Discipline Based Model, Competency Based Model)
- C I P P Model (Context, Input, Process, Product Model).
4. Models of Curriculum Evaluation:
- Tyler’s Model,
- Stakes’ Model,
- Scriven’s Model
- Kirkpatrick’s Model.
5. Meaning and types of Curriculum change,
6. Factors affecting curriculum change,
7. Approaches to curriculum change,
8. Role of students, teachers and educational administrators in curriculum change and improvement,
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Unit 6: Research in Education
1. Types of research (Fundamental, Applied and Action),
2. Approaches to educational research (Quantitative and Qualitative),
3. Designs in educational research (Descriptive, Experimental and Historical).
4. Hypotheses – Concept
5. Types of Hypothesis (Research, Directional, Non-directional, Null),
7. Characteristics of a good hypothesis
8. Techniques of Sampling
9. Techniques of Research –
- Observation 1
- Observation 2
- Interview and
- Projective Techniques
10. Quantitative Data Analysis – Descriptive data analysis (Measures of central tendency, variability, fiduciary limits and graphical presentation of data),
11. Testing of Hypothesis (Type I and Type II Errors)
12. Levels of Significance,
13. Parametric Techniques, Non- Parametric Techniques
14. Interpretation of statistical techniques:
- Correlation,
- t-test,
- z-test,
- ANOVA,
- chi-square (Equal Probability and Normal Probability Hypothesis).
15. Case Study
Unit 7: Pedagogy, Andragogy and Assessment
- Memory Level (Herbartian Model),
- Understanding Level (Morrison teaching Model),
- Reflective Level (Bigge and Hunt teaching Model),
2. Concept of Andragogy in Education: Meaning, Principles, Competencies of Self-directed Learning
- Theory of Andragogy (Malcolm Knowles)
- The Dynamic Model of Learner Autonomy.
3. Assessment – Meaning, nature, perspectives
- assessment for Learning
- assessment of learning
- Assessment of Learning
- Placement,
- formative,
- diagnostic,
- summative
5. Assessment in Pedagogy of Education –
- Assessment of Portfolios
- Field Engagement using Rubrics
6. Assessment in Andragogy of Education –
- Interaction Analysis: Flanders’ Interaction analysis,
- Rubrics for Self and Peer evaluation (Meaning, steps of construction).
Unit 8: Technology in/ for Education
1. Applications of Educational Technology in
- formal
- non-formal (Open and Distance Learning)
- informal and inclusive education systems
2. Overview of Behaviourist, Cognitive and Constructivist Theories and their implications to Instructional Design (Skinner, Piaget, Ausubel, Bruner, Vygotsky),
3. Systems Approach to Instructional Design
4. Models of Development of Instructional Design (ADDIE, ASSURE, Dick and Carey Model Mason’s)
5. Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction
6. Five E’s of Constructivism,
7. Nine Elements of Constructivist Instructional Design,
8. Application of Computers in Education:
- CAI,
- CAL,
- CBT,
- CML,
9. Concept and Process of preparing ODLM
10. Concept of e learning
11. Approaches to e learning
- Offline
- Online
- Synchronous
- Asynchronous
- Blended learning
- mobile learning
12. Emerging Trends in e learning
- web 2.0 tools for learning
13. Open Education Resources (Creative Common, Massive Open Online Courses; Concept and application)
Unit 9: Educational Management, Administration and Leadership
1. Educational Management and Administration –
- POSDCORB
- CPM
- PERT
- Management as a system
- SWOT analysis
- Taylorism
2. Models of Leadership
- Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid
- Fiedler’s Contingency Model
- Tri-dimensional Model
- Hersey and Blanchard’s Model
- Leader-Member Exchange Theory
3. Total Quality Management (TQM),
5. Quality Gurus:
6. Walter Shewart,
8. C.K Pralhad.
Unit 10: Inclusive Education
1. Inclusive Education: Concept, Principles, Scope and Target Groups
2. Evolution of the Philosophy of Inclusive Education: Special, Integrated, Inclusive Education
3. Legal Provisions: Policies and Legislations –
- National Policy of Education (1986),
- Programme of Action of Action (1992),
- Persons with Disabilities Act (1995),
- National Policy of Disabilities (2006),
- National Curriculum Framework (2005),
- Rehabilitation Council of India Act (1992),
- Inclusive Education under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA),
- Features of UNCRPD (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) and its Implication.
4. Concept of Impairment, Disability and Handicap,
5. Classification of Disabilities based on ICF Model
6. Barriers and Facilitators in Inclusive Education: Attitude, Social and Educational.
