NTA UGC/NET/SET/JRF Education Paper 2 - 2024, 2nd Edition, Includes 2023 Solved papers (June and December) | 500 + Previous years questions with answer keys

NTA UGC/NET/SET/JRF Education Paper 2 - 2024, 2nd Edition, Includes 2023 Solved papers (June and December) | 500 + Previous years questions with answer keys

by Heena Dawar
Released April 2024
Publisher(s): Pearson India
ISBN: 9789361596575

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Book description

Education is one such subject whose importance is all-pervasive. This book, now in its second edition, continues to provide insight on all areas of learning, teaching aptitude, research, skill development, NEP policy and technology that are required to build a robust framework of teaching, in specific and education, in general.

Divided into 10 Units, and 41 Chapters, the book has been interspersed with easy-to-comprehend pedagogy. It involves easy learning through figures and tables, along with practise questions to gauge subject knowledge of the students.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About Pearson
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgement
  7. About the Author
  8. UGC NET Question Paper December 2023
  9. UGC NET Question Paper June 2023
  10. UGC NET Question Paper March 2023 (Shift 1)
  11. UGC NET Question Paper March 2023 (Shift 2)
  12. UGC NET Question Paper 2022
  13. UNIT 1: EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
    1. Chapter 1. Inter-relationship between Education and Philosophy
      1. Introduction
      2. Branches of Philosophy
      3. Inter-Relationships Between Philosophy and Education
      4. Assess Your Learning
      5. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Western Schools of Thoughts
      1. Introduction
      2. Idealism
      3. Realism
      4. Pragmatism
      5. Existentialism
      6. Naturalism
      7. Marxism
      8. Other Western Philosophies
      9. Assess Your Learning
      10. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Indian Schools of Thoughts
      1. Introduction
      2. Yoga Philosophy
      3. Vedanta
      4. Islamic Education
      5. Sankhya
      6. Buddhism
      7. Jainism
      8. Assess Your Learning
      9. Answer Keys
    4. Chapter 4. Contribution of Indian Thinkers
      1. Introduction
      2. Swami Vivekananda
      3. Mahatma Gandhi
      4. Rabindranath Tagore
      5. Jiddu Krishnamurthi
      6. Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
      7. Assess Your Learning
      8. Answer Keys
    5. Chapter 5. Contribution of Western Thinkers
      1. Introduction
      2. Nel Noddings
      3. Mary Wollstonecraft
      4. Paulo Freire
      5. Other Western Thinkers
      6. Assess Your Learning
      7. Answer Keys
    6. Chapter 6. Sociology of Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Approaches to Sociology of Education
      3. Social Movements In India
      4. Assess Your Learning
      5. Answer Keys
    7. Chapter 7. National Values as Enshrined in The Indian Constitution
      1. Introduction
      2. Assess Your Learning
      3. Answer Keys
      4. Previous Years’ Questions
  14. UNIT 2: HISTORY POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
    1. Chapter 1. Committees and Commissions’ Contribution to Teacher Education
      1. Introduction
      2. University Education Commission (1948–149)
      3. Secondary Education Commission
      4. The Education Commission (1964–66)
      5. National Knowledge Commission
      6. National Policy on Education (1968)
      7. National Policy on Education (1986)
      8. Programme Of Action (1992)
      9. National Curriculum Framework (2005)
      10. National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education (2009)
      11. National Education Policy, 2020
      12. Yashpal Committee Report (2009)
      13. Yashpal Committee - Learning Without Burden
      14. The National Commission on Teachers (1993)
      15. The Justice Verma Commission (2012)
      16. National Curriculum Framework 2022
      17. Paradigm Shifts That Guide The NCF 2022
      18. Assess Your Learning
      19. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Concept of Economics of Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness
      3. Signal Theory
      4. Human Capital Theory
      5. Assess Your Learning
      6. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Relationship Between Politics and Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Educational Finance
      3. Politics and Education
      4. Educational Politics
      5. Assess Your Learning
      6. Answer Keys
    4. Chapter 4. Relationship Between Policies and Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Budget
      3. Policy
      4. Assess Your Learning
      5. Answer Keys
      6. Previous Years’ Questions
  15. UNIT 3: LEARNER AND LEARNING PROCESS
    1. Chapter 1. Growth and Development
      1. Introduction
      2. Educational Psychology
      3. Growth and Development
      4. Assess Your Learning
      5. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
      1. Introduction
      2. Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Development 
Theory
      3. Assess Your Learning
      4. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Personality
      1. Introduction
      2. Approaches to Personality
      3. Structure of Personality
      4. Defence Mechanism
      5. Stages of Personality Development
      6. Post Freudian Approaches
      7. Behavioural Approach to Personality
      8. Assessment of Personality
      9. Assess Your Learning
      10. Answer Keys
    4. Chapter 4. Intelligence
      1. Introduction
      2. Classification of Theories of Intelligence
      3. Assessment of Intelligence
      4. Assessment of Intelligence
      5. Assess Your Learning
      6. Answer Keys
    5. Chapter 5. Problem Solving
      1. Introduction
      2. Stages of Problem Solving
      3. Creative Thinking
      4. Metacognition
      5. Critical Thinking
      6. Assess Your Learning
      7. Answer Keys
    6. Chapter 6. Learning
      1. Introduction
      2. Characteristic Features of Learning
      3. Behaviouristic School of Learning
      4. Assess Your Learning
      5. Answer Keys
    7. Chapter 7. Guidance and Counselling Counselling
      1. Introduction
      2. Guidance
      3. Counselling
      4. Major Theories and Approaches to Counselling
      5. Assess Your Learning
      6. Answer Keys
      7. Previous Years’ Questions
  16. UNIT 4: MEANING AND NATURE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
    1. Chapter 1. Meaning and Nature 
of Teacher Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Meaning of Teacher Education
      3. Nature of Teacher Education
      4. Scope of Teacher Education
      5. Changing Context of Teacher Education in the Indian Scenario
      6. Areas of Teacher Education
      7. Vision by NCERT
      8. Transactional Approaches
      9. Assess Your Learning
      10. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Understanding Areas of Teacher Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Knowledge Base of Teacher Education
      3. Reflective Teaching
      4. Models of Teaching
      5. Assess Your Learning
      6. Educational Psychology
    3. Chapter 3. Concepts of Profession and Professionalism
      1. Introduction
      2. In-Service Teacher Education
      3. Agencies Related to Teacher Education System
      4. Teaching as a Profession
      5. Professional Ethics
      6. Factors Affecting Teacher Education System
      7. Quality Enhancement of Teacher 
Education System
      8. Innovative Practices in Teacher Education
      9. Assess Your Learning
      10. Answer Keys
      11. Previous Years’ Questions
  17. UNIT 5: MEANING AND NATURE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
    1. Chapter 1. Basic Concept and Meaning of Curriculum
      1. Introduction
      2. Meaning of Curriculum
      3. Principles of Curriculum
      4. Classification of Curriculum
      5. Approaches to Curriculum
      6. Dimensions of Curriculum Design
      7. Curricular Approaches
      8. Foundations of Curriculum
      9. Assess Your Learning
      10. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Curriculum Development
      1. Introduction
      2. Process of Curriculum Development
      3. Curriculum Planning and Its Models
      4. Assess Your Learning
      5. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Curriculum Transaction and Evaluation
      1. Introduction
      2. Curriculum Transaction
      3. Instructional System
      4. Approaches to Curriculum and Instruction
      5. Curriculum Evaluation
      6. Curriculum Change
      7. Curriculum Research
      8. Assess Your Learning
      9. Answer Keys
      10. Previous Years’ Questions
  18. UNIT 6: RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
    1. Chapter 1. Basic Concept of Research and Research Designs
      1. Introduction
      2. Types of Research
      3. Educational Research Designs
      4. Approaches of Educational Research
      5. Scientific Method
      6. Types of Scientific Method
      7. Assess Your Learning
      8. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Variables, Hypothesis and Sampling
      1. Introduction
      2. Variables
      3. Hypothesis
      4. Sampling
      5. Scales of Measurement
      6. Assess Your Learning
      7. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Data Analysis
      1. Introduction
      2. Normal Probability Curve (NPC)
      3. Parametric and Non-Parametric Test
      4. Characteristics of a Good Research Tool
      5. Types of Tools and Their Uses
      6. Personality Measures
      7. Interview
      8. Observation
      9. Correlation
      10. Assess Your Learning
      11. Answer Keys
    4. Chapter 4. Qualitative Research Designs
      1. Introduction
      2. Grounded Theory
      3. Narrative Research Designs
      4. Mixed Method Research
      5. Case Study
      6. Ethnography
      7. Assess Your Learning
      8. Answer Keys
      9. Previous Years’ Questions
  19. UNIT 7: PEDAGOGY, ANDRAGOGY, AND ASSESSMENT
    1. Chapter 1. Basic Concept of Pedagogy and Andragogy
      1. Introduction
      2. Pedagogy
      3. Pedagogical Analysis
      4. Critical Pedagogy
      5. Levels of Teaching
      6. Andragogy
      7. Knowles’ Adult Learning Theory
      8. Dynamic Model of Learner Autonomy
      9. Assess Your Learning
      10. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation
      1. Introduction
      2. Measurement
      3. Assessment
      4. Evaluation
      5. Learning and Assessment
      6. Types of Assessment
      7. Aims and Objectives
      8. Assessment of the Instructional Objectives of Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor Domain
      9. Assess Your Learning
      10. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Assessment Tools aand Feedback Devices
      1. Introduction
      2. Observation
      3. Self-assessment
      4. Peer Assessment
      5. Inventory
      6. Question and Answer
      7. E-Portfolio
      8. Projects
      9. Standardized Tests
      10. Anecdotal Records
      11. Interview
      12. Checklists
      13. Portfolios
      14. Rubrics
      15. Competency-Based Evaluation
      16. Interaction Analysis
      17. Criteria for Teacher Evaluation
      18. Assess Your Learning
      19. Answer Keys
      20. Previous Years’ Questions
  20. UNIT 8: TECHNOLOGY IN/FOR EDUCATION
    1. Chapter 1. Meaning of Educational Technology
      1. Introduction
      2. Characteristics of Educational Technology
      3. Approaches to Educational Technology
      4. Scope of Educational Technology
      5. Meaning and Nature of ICT
      6. Theories of Learning and Their Implications for Using ICT in Education
      7. Teaching-Learning Systems
      8. Assess Your Learning
      9. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Instructional Design and Its Models
      1. Introduction
      2. Instructional Design Models
      3. Assess Your Learning
      4. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. E-learning and E-inclusion
      1. Introduction
      2. Applications of Computers in Education
      3. E-Learning
      4. E-Inclusion
      5. Creative Commons
      6. Assess Your Learning
      7. Answer Keys
      8. Previous Years’ Questions
  21. UNIT 9: EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP
    1. Chapter 1. Educational Management and Administration
      1. Introduction
      2. Educational Management
      3. Principles of Educational Management
      4. Educational Administration
      5. Assess Your Learning
      6. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Theories and Techniques of Educational Management
      1. Introduction
      2. Theories of Educational Management
      3. POSDCORB
      4. Swot Analysis
      5. Project Management Techniques
      6. Assess Your Learning
      7. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Leadership and its Models
      1. Introduction
      2. Functions of Leadership
      3. Types of Leadership
      4. Leadership Styles
      5. Assess Your Learning
      6. Answer Keys
    4. Chapter 4. Quality in Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Quality in Education
      3. Total Quality Management (TQM)
      4. Six Sigma
      5. Quality Gurus
      6. National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
      7. Quality Council of India
      8. International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education
      9. Change Management
      10. Assess Your Learning
      11. Answer Keys
      12. Previous Years’ Questions
  22. UNIT 10: INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
    1. Chapter 1. Evolution of Inclusive Education
      1. Introduction
      2. Stages of Exclusion
      3. The History of Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Indian Context
      4. Concept and Principles of Inclusive Education
      5. Legal Provisions, Policies, Programmes and Act
      6. Concept of Impairment, Disability and Handicap
      7. Assess Your Learning
      8. Answer Keys
    2. Chapter 2. Classification of Disabilities
      1. Introduction
      2. Classification of Disabilities Based on ICF Model
      3. Characteristics and Identification of Students with Disabilities
      4. Gifted Children
      5. Slow Learners
      6. Assess Your Learning
      7. Answer Keys
    3. Chapter 3. Planning and Management of aInclusive Classrooms
      1. Introduction
      2. Curriculum Planning
      3. Teaching Methodology
      4. Adaptations and Modification in Curriculum for Children with Disabilities
      5. Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
      6. Assistive and Adaptive Devices in Inclusive Schools
      7. Issues and Challenges in Implementation of Inclusive Classrooms
      8. Assess Your Learning
      9. Answer Keys
      10. Previous Years’ Questions
  23. Mock Tests
  24. Further Readings
  25. Copyright Page

Product information

  • Title: NTA UGC/NET/SET/JRF Education Paper 2 - 2024, 2nd Edition, Includes 2023 Solved papers (June and December) | 500 + Previous years questions with answer keys
  • Author(s): Heena Dawar
  • Release date: April 2024
  • Publisher(s): Pearson India
  • ISBN: 9789361596575