B.Ed.

ASSIGNMENTS

B. Ed. (1st Year) (January, 2017)

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

Assignments January 2017

B. Ed. (1st Year) Please Note: a)

The Assignment Responses (AR’s) may be submitted by hand or sent by registered post to the Programme-in-Charge of your Programme Centre.

b)

You should retain a copy of all the assignment responses in your own interest.

ES-331: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Assignment 1 Answer the following questions in about 500 words each i)

Describe the major steps of curriculum development.

(500 words)

ii) Define learning outcomes. Illustrate with suitable examples.

(500 words)

iii) Identify a topic from your subject area, develop a plan for activity based learning.

(500 words)

ES-332: PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING Assignment 1 Answer the following questions in about 500 words each. i)

Discuss the various factors influencing the development of personality.

ii) What is verbal learning? Discuss the implications of verbal learning for classroom practices.

(500 words)

(500 words)

iii) Describe the special needs of underprivileged children. As a teacher how can you help these children to meet their special needs. (500 words)

ES-333: EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION Assignment 1 Answer the following questions i)

Explain the relation of evaluation, assessment and measurement with illustrations.

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(250 words)

ii)

Explain the term ‘Validity’ of the tool along with its types.

iii) What is ‘Remediation’? As a teacher you must have felt the need of Remedial material. Illustrate the Remedial material along with steps involved in its preparation which you had used for the learner.

(250 words)

(1000 words)

ES-341: TEACHING OF SCIENCE Assignment 1 Answer the following questions i)

Explain briefly ‘Objectives’ of teaching Science at Secondary level.

(250 words)

ii)

Discuss use, advantages and disadvantages of ‘Laboratory method’ for teaching science.

(250 words)

iii) As a Science teacher, you must have done assessment in Science Practicals. Explain the techniques of assessment used by you with illustrations.

ES-342

(1000 words)

: TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS

Assignment 1 Answer the following questions i)

Distinguish between ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ Mathematics with examples.

ii)

Explain ‘Heuristic’ method for teaching of mathematics with examples.

(250 words)

iii) ‘Evaluation is used for enhancement of Learning’. As a teacher, how did you use evaluation for enhancement of Learning. Describe with suitable illustrations.

(1000 words)

ES – 343: TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES

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(250 words)

Assignment 1: Answer the following question: i)

Discuss briefly various approaches to organising social studies curriculum. Which of the approaches you will choose for organising social studies curriculum and why. (500 Words)

ii) Suppose you are asked to prepare the question paper on social studies for the forthcoming Annual Examination. Describe the steps you would follow while preparing the question paper. (500 Words) iii) Select a topic of your choice from the social studies curriculum at secondary school level. Prepare a detailed instructional strategy comprising instructional objectives, teaching learning activities and evaluation questions. (500 Words)

ES-344

: TEACHING OF ENGLISH

Assignment 1 Answer the following questions in about 500 words each: i)

What aspects of writing would you give importance to at the secondary level? What are the resources from everyday life, that can be used to set writing tasks, discuss with example. (500 words)

ii) Discuss the major differences in teaching strategies resulting from behaviourist and cognitivists view of language learning with examples. (500 words) iii) What is the difference between “acquisition-rich” and “acquisition poor” learning environments? In the context of English, devise a teachinglearning strategy each for learners coming from these environments. (500 words)

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