M.Ed. Notes-TRENDS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION

M.Ed. Notes-TRENDS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION

Prepared by

SABARISH-P

M.Sc., M.Ed., JRF & NET

Assistant Professor in Physical Science, Arafa Institute for Teacher Education

Attur, Thrissur.

Contact me : pklsabarish@gmail.com

MODULE 1 – Modern Trends in Curriculum Design, Construction and Development

New trends and perspectives in curriculum design and in curriculum constructionconstructivist

– cultural studies – holistic curriculum –diversified curriculum – teacher

made curriculum.

New policies and practices in education in India in the light of UNESCO Report

for 21st Century education, NCF2005, KCF 2007, NCFTE 2009, JVC Report 2012 and

its recommendations, NCTE Regulations2014, RTE 2009 and relevance of RTE in

Kerala context.

Integrated programmes, composite institutions, Teacher education universities,

Inter university centre for teacher education

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MODULE 2 - Modern Tools and Techniques for Knowledge Construction and Dissemination

Web based learning, e-learning, e-resource, e-communication: Forums, blogs,

bulletin boards. Social Media for Pedagogical Innovation, e-textbooks, e-journals, digital

library, e-Governance. Digital Divide, Role of Teacher and learner, Concept of Digital

Immigrants and Digital Natives.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Course Management Systems

(CMS): Online Learning, Blended Learning; LMS/CMS Software : Blackboard, Moodle,

Desire2Learn, Webinar, Massive Online Open Course (MOOC), Blended Learning

Mobile Learning and Ubiquitous Computing, Cloud computing, Flipped

Classrooms: Need and Importance in Indian context, Augmented Reality-pedagogical

potentials, Pedagogy in Bring Your own Devices (BYOD) Environment, Open

Educational Resource (OER) and Creative Common Licence, Emerging Digital Assistive

Technologies, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusion, Techno pedagogical

content knowledge(TPACK).

Free and Open source software – Introduction to GNU/Linux, Linux distribution,

File System, Hierarchies, User interfaces, Running an Application, File and Directory

Management in Linux. Ubuntu, Introduction to Educational Softwares: GeoGebra,

Stellarium, PhET, Scilab.

Multimedia approach- Designing multimedia package - Overview of Models of

instructional design- ADDIE Model, Dick and Carey Model. Instructional Design for

competency based teaching.

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MODULE 3 - Trends in Methodology, Pedagogy and Evaluation

Methodological paradigm shifts in knowledge construction – ethnographic

methods – grounded theory – phenomenology.

Modern Pedagogy – pedagogical transactions – integrating ICT, cultural

integration – constructivist approach – critical pedagogy, reflective teaching, process

oriented approach, mind mapping.

Critical appraisal of CCE – Portfolio management – Classroom assessment

techniques (CAT) – new trends in examination – open book- online examination –on

demand- institution based- technology assisted assessment (for performance based

assessment), differentiated assessment, culturally responsive assessment, evaluation

of curriculum and pedagogy – meta evaluation.

Issues- commercialization of assessment, quality concerns, domain dependency.

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MODULE 4 - Trends in Financing Education

Private investment, public investment – Impact of globalization on education–

financing, early childhood education, primary, secondary and higher education –

Appraisal of schemes of governmental initiation – SSA, RMSA, ASAP and RUSA,

student loans and fellowships.

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MODULE 5 - Issues in contemporary Education

Gender Issues, cultural issues, social and economic issues, environmental

issues in education - education for sustainable development – value crisis – education

for peace – value education, life skill education, inclusive education and joyful learning.

Issues related with professional updation, infrastructural deficiency, dropout,

stagnation, teacher absenteeism, teacher shortage, student – teacher ratio,

uneconomic schools, quality deterioration and massification of higher education and

quality concerns.

Political interference in education, Child labour, Corporal punishment, School

violence, child abuse, use of drugs and intoxicants among students, Stress and

examination anxiety - Strategies for Coping and effective parenting.

Equity, access and quality – women education, women empowerment–

education for socially, economically and culturally deprived.

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