B.Ed.

B.Ed. – 1st Year

ASSIGNMENTS
January 2010

School of Education
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068
 Assignments
January 2010
st
B.Ed. – 1 Year
Please Note:
a) The Assignment Responses (AR’s) 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.
ES-331: CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
Assignment - 01
Answer the following questions in 1500 words total (i.e. each in 500 words).
i) Discuss the factors influencing the curriculum planning.
(500 words)
ii) List the problems faced by you in the classroom teaching and describe the ways in which
you managed them
(500 words)
iii) Select a topic of your choice from your subject and suggest how will you organize cooperative
learning among your students.
(500 words)
ES-332: PPPSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING
Assignment - 01
Answer the following questions in 1500 words total (i.e. each in 500 words).
i) Discuss the influence of environmental factors on development of personality. Give examples.
(500 words)
ii) Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation giving examples and explain the following
theories of motivation:
a) Maslow’s theory of motivation.
b) Theory of achievement motivation. (500 words)
iii) Discuss the concept of guidance and its relevance to school education. How will you organise
guidance services for the following groups of students?
a) backward Students
b) Creative Students
(500 words)
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ES-333: EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION
Answer the following questions in 1500 words total (i.e. each in 500 words).
i) Explain concept, need and essential aspects of Continuous comprehensive evaluation.
(500 words)
ii) Explain concept, need and importance of “Blue Print” in constructing the achievement test.
(500 words)
iii) Select a topic and develop 12 objective test items i.e. four items each belongs to three
categories of objectives i.e. knowledge, understanding andapplication respectively.
(500 words)
ES-341: TEACHING OF SCIENCE
Answer the following questions in 1500 words total (i.e. each in 500 words).
i) Discuss the nature of Schiece asa process and product.
(500 words)
ii) Explain concept, importance and procedure involved in developing remedial material in
science.
(500 words)
iii) List various deficiencies faced by you while working in Science Laboratory. How will you
improve these layout plan of Science Laboratory?
(500 words)
ES-342: TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
Answer the following questions in 1500 words total (i.e. each in 500 words).
i) Explain briefly the principles of formulating Mathematics curriculum.
(500 words)
ii) Discuss importance and essential aspects of “Drill and Practice” in Mathematics teaching.
(500 words)
iii) Select a topic inMathematics and explain how will you teach through Heuristic/Discovery
method.
(500 words)

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ES-343: TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES
Answer the following questions in 1500 words total (i.e. each in 500 words).
i) Define ‘Social studies’. Exlain the significance of Social Studies n secondary School curriculum.
(500 words)
ii) Describe major types of climate of India. Develop an instructional straegy for this content
whichsould include instructional objectives, main teaching points, teachin-learning activities,
methods and media to be used, and evaluation items.
(500 words)
iii) Organise the following froup-directed instructional sessions choosing appropriate topics from
Social Studies curriculum
a) Debate
b) Panel Discussion
Prepare a report mentioning planning, organization, and instructional benefits of these sessions.
(500 words)

ES-344: TEACHING OF ENGLISH

Answer the following questions in 1500 words total (i.e. each in 500 words).
i) How can a teacher teach English in learning environments where the exposure of learners to
English is limited to the classroom?
(500 words)
ii) It is important to set a number of writing tasks (and not just one composition) for purposes
of assessment. Give reasons why this is important?
(500 words)
iii) What are the advantages of using collaborative teaching techniquest for English in language
classroom situations? Set a task for using this technique in secondary classes.
(500 words)