A Three - year B.A. (Honours) Course under 1+1+1
Regulations (2009) of University of Calcutta
Course Outcomes - Education Honours
Paper-I
PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION AND
CONTRIBUTION OF GREAT EDUCATORS
COURSE OUTCOME:
The students can understand the meaning,
aims, functions and role of education.
The students can understand the relation
between education and philosophy.
The students get acquainted with Indian and
western schools of philosophy and their impact
on education.
The learners get acquainted with the
contribution of great educators.
The students understand the aims of
education with special reference to Delor's
Commission.
Students can understand and analyz the
contributions of Western and Eastern educators
Rousseau, Froebel, Montessori, Bertrand Russell,
Dewey, Rabindranath and Vivekananda.
PAPER-II
PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION
COURSE OUTCOME:
The students can understand the meaning of
Psychology, and they get acquainted with its
different perspectives.
The students realize the relationship
between Psychology and education.
Students know the patterns of different
aspects of human developments and relate this
knowledge with Education.
The learners get acquainted with the
cognitive approach to development and thus to
understand the processes and factors of
cognition.
The students can discuss the various stages
of development and their educational
implications.
The students can understand and analyze the
neural basis of cognition.
The students can explain the role and
factors of perception.
The students can comprehend the role of
attention in cognition and distinguish between
the factors of attention.
The learners can discuss the process of
memory and its related concepts.
The students understand the concept of
motivation.
The learners can analyze intelligence and
its theories
Part–II
PAPER III
DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN INDIA
COURSE OUTCOME:
The students get acquainted with the salient
features of education in Indiain Ancient &
Medieval times.
The students get acquainted with the
development of education in British India.
The students come to know about the
development of education in Independent India,
including significant points of selected
Education.
The learners were acquainted with current
issues and trends in Education.
Students able to analyze the development of
Education after 1947in the light of
constitutional provisions concerning education
in India.
Students have a clear idea about the
recommendations of Hunter Commission (1882- 83),
Curzon Policy, National Education Movement,
Calcutta University Commission(1917-1919), Basic
Education and Sargent Plan etc.
PAPER–IV
SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL
ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT.
COURSE OUTCOME:
The students can understand the meaning of
sociology and Education and realize its
pertinence to education.
The learners become aware of the different
social factors that influence education.
The students become aware of social groups
that influence education.
The students become aware of the processes
of social change and their impact on education.
The students get acquainted with current
social issues and their relationship with
Education.
The learners understand the concept of
school organization.
The students get acquainted with modern
aspects of school organization.
The students understand the difference
between educational Management & Administration
at different levels of education.
The learners understand the meaning, types
and need for educational management.
The students understand the meaning, types,
need and strategies of educational planning.
Part - III
PAPER- V
PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT AND EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE &
COUNSELLING
COURSE OUTCOME:
The learners understand the concept of
adjustment and maladjustment.
The students can identify some commonly
found problem behaviors along with the etiology
and remedial measures.
The students became aware of the role of
parents and educational institution in promoting
mental health.
The students became aware about different
coping strategies for successful stress -
management.
The students understand the concept of
guidance and counseling.
The learners become aware about tools and
techniques for conducting guidance and
counseling services.
Students can classify various tools for
collecting data for providing guidance to the
students.
PAPER –VI
EVALUATION IN EDUCATION
COURSE OUTCOME:
The students develop understanding of the
concepts of measurement and evaluation in
education.
The students get acquaint with different
types of measuring instruments and their uses.
The students get acquainted with the
principles of test construction.
The learners develop understanding of the
concepts of validity and reliability and their
importance in educational measurement.
The learners develop the ability to organize
relevant educational data. They also develop the
ability to use various statistical measures in
analysis and interpretation of educational data
and the ability to interpret test data.
The learners develop the ability to
represent educational data through graphs.
The learners develop skill in analyzing
descriptive measures.
PAPER-VII
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND CURRICULUM
COURSE OUTCOME:
To enable the student to understand the
concept of educational technology.
To expose the students to the basic
developments in educational technology.
To acquaint the students with different
instructional techniques.
The students develop the ability to analyze
classroom teaching – learning and the ability to
observe classroom behaviour and group dynamics.
The learners understand the meaning and
scope of curriculum.
The students understand the basis of
curriculum construction, evaluation and
innovation.
PAPER-VIII
COMPARATIVE EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The students can analyze and compare Indian
educational system with abroad.
The learners get acquainted with the process
of collecting data.
The students can apply relevant statistical
techniques to display and analyze data.
The learners acquire the skills of
observation and inference in relation to some
selected constructs in educational psychology.
Education General (Elective) Subject Course
Outcomes
Paper 1
Principles of Education
Understanding the concept of education, its
nature and scope.
Analyzing the difference between the
individualistic and socialistic perspectives in
education
Comprehending the concepts of freedom and
discipline
Understanding the various factors
influencingeducationCO5Discussing the role of
different agencies and institutions of education
Understanding and analyzing child-centricism
Analyzing the role of play and play-way in
education.
Paper II
Educational Psychology
Understanding the concepts, nature and scope
of Psychology and Educational psychology
Discussing the various stages of development
and their educational implications
Explaining the concept of personality and
its related theories.
Comprehending the concept of emotion and its
related theories.
Understanding Habit and its educational
significance
Comprehending and classifying of
intelligence
Discussing the process of memory and its
related concepts
Explaining the nature and educational
implications of attention and Interest
Discussing learning, its types and its
relation to motivation and maturation
Analyzing remembering and forgetting LECTURE
HOURS-4.5 Hours per week.
Paper III
Development of Education in Modern India
Understanding and comparing the features of
ancient and medieval history of education in
India
Identifying the activities of Serampore
Missionaries activities in education
Highlighting the contribution of
introduction of English education by Lord
Bentinck
Analyzing the Adams Report, Anglicist –
Orientalist controversy, Macaulay's Minute,
Bentinck's resolution and Wood Despatch
Highlighting the social and educational
contributions of Raja Rammohan and Vidyasagar
Highlighting the recommendations of Hunter
Commission (1882-83)
Discussing the growth of national
consciousness: Conflict with Lord Curzon (1902
to 1905)CO6 Understanding and analyzing the
National Education Movement and contributions of
Vivekananda, Rabindranath and Aurobindo
Highlighting the recommendations of The
Sargent Plan 1944
Understanding the various Education
Commissions-University Education Commission,
Secondary Education Commission and Indian
Education Commission
Analyzing education of women since
independence
Assessing the National Policy on education
(1986)
PAPER IV
Evaluation and Guidance in education
Identifying the concept, scope and needs of
educational measurement and evaluation
Classifying and analyzing tools and
techniques of evaluation
Understanding and classifying types of tests
Understanding the criteria of constructing
standardized tests
Understanding Statistics and its use in the
field of education
Organizing and graphically representing data
Calculating and applying measures of central
tendencies
Calculating and applying measures of
variability
Understanding and calculating Linear
Correlation
Understanding the concept, scope, types for
guidance and counseling
Analyzing the concept of adjustment,
maladjustment: its causes and remedies.
