MASTER
OF ARTS (EDUCATION)
Term-End
Examination
December,
2013
MES-012
: EDUCATION : NATURE AND PURPOSES
Time : 3
hours Maximum
Weightage : 70%
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Note : (i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) All questions carry equal weightage.
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1. Answer the following question in about 600 words
:
Discuss the various approaches to curriculum
designing and development bringing out the differences exhibited by each
approach.
OR
Discuss the implications of different philosophical
positions on planning and development of curriculum.
2. Answer the following question in about 600 words
:
Mention the different levels of enquiry addressed to
by the International Commission on Education
(1996). Discuss in detail the four types of learning
advocated by the commission.
OR
Discuss enculturation and
acculturation as processes of education.
3. Answer any four of the
following questions in about 600 words :
(a) How is knowledge classified ?
Give examples.
(b) What is knowledge according
to Gyana Yoga ?
(c) Explain the meaning of
knowledge in Islamic tradition.
(d) How are aims different from objectives
of education ?
(e) What are the reasons for
Paulo Freire equating education with banking ?
(f) Distinguish between
descriptive and prescriptive theoretical stance on education.
4. Answer the
following question in about 600 words :
Write a critical summary on the
views of any two of the following thinkers on education :
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Rabindranath Tagore and
(c) J. Krishnamurthi
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