ASSIGNMENTS

M. A. (Education) 1st Year

(January – 2020)
&

(July – 2020)

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

MASTER OF ARTS (EDUCATION) 1st YEAR

January 2020
&
July 2020

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

Assignment: 01
a) Explain, with examples, how education is different from learning,
schooling and indoctrination. (500 words)

b) Explain the notable features of Ancient Vedic and Buddhist systems of

Education with suitable examples. (500 words)

c) Explain the concepts of Equality and Equity in education. Discuss the influence
of economic system on equality of educational opportunity. (500 words)

MES – 012: EDUCATION: NATURE AND PURPOSES

Assignment: 01

a) Explain the concept and different forms of discipline. Discuss the status
of Education as a discipline. (500 words)

b) Differentiate orthodox school’s views of knowledge from heterodox

school’s views of knowledge. Discuss pramana as a valid
source of knowledge. (500 words)

c) Explain the concepts and practices of education as advocated by

Mahatma Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo. Discuss the relevance of their
concepts and practices of education in the present
day context. (500 words)

2
MES – 013: LEARNING, LEARNER AND DEVELOPMENT
Assignment – 1
a) Discuss Vygotsky’s socio-cultural perspective in learning and its
educational implications. (500 words)

b) Discuss how class differences in socialization affect children’s learning. (500 words)

c) Explain the concept and nature of affective learning. Suggest strategies

for selecting and organizing curricular experiences for developing
affective learning in your learners. (500 words)

MES – 014: SOCIETAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION

Assignment: 01

a) Explain, briefly, theories of socialization given by G.H. Mead and

Sigmund Freud. Discuss how these theories help in understanding the
process of socialization in family and school. (500 Words)

b) Critically analyse the uses of Mass Media in distance education system with
special reference to Indira Gandhi National Open University. (500 Words)

c) Explain the concept of privatization in Indian Education system. Explain

the factors which led to the rapid growth of private institutions in education
along with the concerns associated with such rapid growth. (500 Words)

MES-015: OPERATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATION

Assignment: 01
a) Describe the development of higher education after independence. (500 words)

b) Describe, briefly, various means of curriculum transaction in classroom.

Discuss how you can ensure the effectiveness of curriculum transaction. (500 words)

c) Visit an educational institution in your locality and discuss with the head
of the institution regarding various problems the institution faces.
Identify any problem which you want to solve for the institution.
Prepare a detailed plan of action to solve the problem with the help of
rational model of decision making. (500 words)

3
MES- 016: EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Assignment: 01
a) Distinguish between positivist and non-positivist paradigms of knowledge
generation in education with examples. (500 words)

b) Explain the meaning and nature of descriptive survey research. Discuss

any three types of descriptive survey research with examples
from education. (500 words)

c) Select a research problem you have sensed in any area of educational

practices at school or college level. Prepare a detailed research
proposal on the same problem. (500 words)