January
2016
and
July
2016
School
of Education
Indira
Gandhi National OpenUniversity
Maidan
Garhi, New Delhi
D.El.Ed.
DIPLOMA
IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (D.El.Ed.)
ASSIGNMENT
[Sessions:
January - July, 2016]
Please note:
a) The Assignment Responses 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.
1st Year
BES-001:
UNDERSTANDING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILD
Answer the following questions in
about 1500 words (500 words each).
1. ‘Gender is a social
construction’. Elaborate the statement with suitable examples.
2. Discuss the role of family and
school in the process of socialization of a child by giving appropriate
examples.
3. Visit a nearby school and find
out the children with special needs. Interview the teachers of these children
and prepare a report including the following points:
a) Number of children with
special needs
b) Types of children with special
needs
c) Teaching methods adopted by
teachers
d) Steps taken by school
authorities for inclusion
BES-002:
TEACHING-LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT
Answer the following questions in
about 1500 words (500 words each).
1. Explain the concept and nature
of learning. Discuss, with examples, how students at elementary level learn.
2. What is meant by co-operative
learning? Illustrate with examples, how different cooperative
learning methods can be used to
teach children at elementary level.
3. Choose a subject you are
teaching at elementary level. Prepare an achievement test in the same
subject for the annual examination.
Describe various steps that you would follow while preparing the test.
BES-004:
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SOCIETY AND EDUCATION
Answer the following questions in
about 1500 words (500 words each).
1. Critically analyze the
development of English Education in India. Discuss how English Education in
India served the political purpose.
2. Through light on the
Constitutional provisions for Education in Indian Constitution. Analyze the provisions
for education in Indian Constitution that safeguards the educational interest
of Minority Communities.
3. Discuss the concept of Equity
and Equality in Elementary Education. As a Teacher, what should be your
responsibility for ensuring ‘Equity and Equality in Education’ for the students
in your School?
BES-008:
LANGUAGE AND EARLY LITERACY
Answer the following questions in
about 1500 words (500 words each).
1. Social factors such as
geographical location, socioeconomic status, caste and ethnic group
influence language diversity.
With illustration, discuss the social factors that influence variation in your
local language.
2. Explain aphasia and related
language disorders.
3. Discuss the characteristics of
a good evaluation programme. Develop the following test items
for assessing listening
comprehension:
Giving directions
Picture tests
Using short stories
Testing auditory perceptions
BES-009:
TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS FOR THE PRIMARY
SCHOOL CHILD
Answer the following questions in
about 1500 words (500 words each).
1. What is place value? Describe
an activity that you would like to select in teaching place value
at the primary classes.
2. Discuss in brief any two
points you would like to consider while planning to teach mathematics to
primary school children.
3. Describe activity – based
methods to enable children to learn addition and subtraction in fractions.
BES-010:
TEACHING OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Answer the following questions in
about 1500 words (500 words each).
4. Describe objectives of
environmental studies mentioned in the National Curriculum Framework – 2005.
5. Describe application of
Vygotsky’s learning theory in EVS teaching.
6. Discuss the importance of
knowing children’s ideas and prior learning for teaching EVS with
examples from your classroom
teaching-learning situations.
Answer the following questions in
about 1500 words (500 words each).
1. What is the difference between
testable questions and hypotheses? Indentify a topic from
Science curriculum of class 7,
and frame five testable questions and related hypotheses.
2. What do you understand by
concept map? How does concept map help in unit planning?
Identify a unit from class8
science textbook and prepare a concept map.
3. Prepare a lesson plan based on
‘5-E approach’ on any of the following topic:
Separation of substances
Adaptation of animals to climate
Refraction of light
