tnteu.in Ph.D Entrance Examination 2014 Syllabus : Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University

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Ph.D. (Full Time & Part Time) – 2014
Entrance Examination
SYLLABUS

1. Philosophical Foundations of Education
Relationship of Education and Philosophy
Western Schools of Philosophy:
Idealism, Realism, Naturalism, Pragmatism, Existentialism, Marxism with special reference to the concepts of knowledge, reality and values their educational implications for aim, contents and methods of education
Indian schools of philosophy (Sankhya, Vedanta, Buddhism, Jainism, Islamic traditions) with special reference to the concept of knowledge, reality and values and their educational implications.
Contributions of Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi and Aurobindo to educational thinking
National values as enshrined in the Indian Constitution, and their educational implications
Modern concept of Philosophy: Analysis- Logical analysis, Logical empiricism and Positive Relativism

2. Sociological Foundations of Education
Relationship of Sociology and Education
Meaning and nature of Educational sociology and sociology of education
Education- as social sub-sytem- specific characteristics
Agencies of Education and its educational implications
Socialization of the Child
Meaning and nature of social change
Education as related to social stratification and social mobility
Education as related to social equity and equality of educational opportunities
Constraints of social change in India
Education of the socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society with special reference to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, women and rural population

3. Psychological Foundations of Education
Relationship of Education and Psychology
Process of Growth and Development
– Physical, social, emotional and intellectual
– Development of concept formation, logical reasoning, problem solving and creative thinking: language development
– Individual differences- determinants: role of heredity and environment: implications of individual differences for organizing educational programmes Intelligence – its theories and measurement
Learning and Motivation
Theories of learning- Thorndike is connectionism: Pavlov’s classical and Skinner’s operant conditioning: Learning by insight: hull’s reinforcement theory and Tolman’s theory of learning: Lewin’s Field theory
– Gagne’s hierarchy of learning
– Factors influencing learning
– Learning and motivation
– Transfer of learning and its theories
Psychology and education of exceptional children –creative, gifted, backward, learning disables and mentally retarded
Personality- type and trait theories- measurement of personality
Mental Health and hygiene- process of adjustment, conflicts and defence mechanism, mental hygiene and mental health. Sex Education Guidance

4. Methodology of Educational research
Nature and scope of Educational Research
Scientific inquiry and Theory Development- some emerging trends in research
Fundamental- Applied and Action Research
Research in Social Science and Science
Formulation of Research Problem
Criteria and sources for identifying the problem
Developing assumptions and hypothesis in various types of research
Collection of Data and sampling procedures
Characteristics of a good sample
Tools and Techniques
Construction and standardisation of Research tools pilot study and final study
Characteristics of a good research tool
Types of research tools and techniques and their uses
Questionnaire- Interviews-Observations
Tests and scales, projective and sociometric techniques
Major Approaches to Research
Descriptive Research
Laboratory Experiment
Field Experiment
Field Studies
Historical Research
Analysis of Data
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. The null hypotheses. Tests of significance, types of error, one- tailed and two tailed tests
The t- test
The F- test (one way and ANOVA)
Non-parametric tests (Chi-Square test)
Product moment correlation – coefficient of correlation

5. Value Education
Meaning and Definitions- Nature and concept of Value – Classification of values- Need for value education in 21st century- humanistic value for the 21st century
Fostering values- Approaches and strategies
Approaches
Value inculcation, analysis and clarification
The value inculcation approach- the value clarification approach- value analysis
Teaching Strategies
Curriculur and co-curricular programmes- value based curricular activities- value based co-curricular activities.

6. Curriculum and Instruction
Curriculum – Its meaning, nature and scope –Concept of curriculum- Definitionssequence
– Types- Balance in the Curriculum- curriculum development- need –
Determinants of curriculum- Cultural and social changes- value system
Philosophical bases of curriculum- philosophy and Education- Schools of Philosophy and the impact on education- sociological and psychological bases of curriculumcurriculum content- curriculum organization
Curriculum evaluation- evaluation plan- evaluation models- Tyler’s evaluation model- Hilda Taba’s model

7. Educational Technology
Meaning and Scope of Education Technology
– Educational technology as systems approach to education
– ‘system’s approach in educational technology and its characteristics
– Components of educational technology, software, hardware
Multi-media approach in Educational Technology
Stages of teaching – pre-active, interactive and post-active
Teaching at different levels- memory, understanding and reflective
Modification of teaching behavior: micro teaching, Flander’s interaction Analysis, simulation
Programmed Instruction (origin, types linear and branching, development of programmed instruction material- linear/branching model. Teaching machines.
Computer assisted instruction