CURRICULUM

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OBJECTIVES OF THE TWO YEAR B. Ed PROGRAMME

The prospective teacher:

1. Understands and explores the meaning, need and significance of education

2. Understands the various perspectives on education.

3. Identifies and questions one’s own long-established presumptions on knowledge, learner,

teacher, and education, and develop a more informed, meaningful understanding of them.

4. Understands education in the socio-cultural context.

5. Familiarizes with the socio-political economic dimensions of Indian Society and

appreciating its diversity.

6. Develops an understanding of the trends, issues, and challenges facing contemporary

Indian Society.

7. Facilitates student teachers’ understanding of the psychological basis of teaching and

learning.

8. Understands the developmental processes and needs of children and adolescents and role

of teachers in facilitating developments.

9. Understands the various theories of personality, factors affecting individual differences

and the special problems of exceptional children.

10. Acquaints with the prominent theories of learning, retention, and transfer of

training and the strategies to facilitate each one of these.

11. Familiarizes with the psychological principles underlying ‘curriculum transactions,

psychological testing, management and guidance and counseling.

12. Understands the essentials of assessment for learning, democratic education,

school management, and physical & health education.

13. Helps them in understanding the relation between language, mind and society.

14. Develops a comprehensive and critical understanding on disability, marginalization

and inclusive education.

15. Addresses the learning needs of all children, including those who are marginalized

and disabled

16. Understands basic assumptions of ICT its scope in the area of teaching and

learning.

17. Imbibes knowledge and develops an understanding of methods and strategies of

teaching in Middle, High schools and Higher Secondary schools, and evaluating its

outcome.

18. Acquires adequate knowledge of the content of the school subjects concerned, of

middle, secondary and higher secondary classes.

19. Develops positive attitude to teaching profession and to the coming generation

20. Acquires the democratic and social values of an ideal teacher thereby to inspire

his/her students.

21. Develops interest in facilitating learning and development and enjoys teaching and

organizing curricular and co-curricular activities.

22. Readiness to accept the progressive changes in the field of education

23. Generates sensitivity towards local and global environment to emphasize living in

24. Harmony within oneself and with natural and social environment.

25. Recognizes the need of integrating and inculcating life skills and values in school

Curriculum and its implementation.

26. Develops skills in dealing with the problems of maladjustment, indiscipline and

learning disability.

27. Becomes capable in rendering counseling and guidance for the needy students.

28. Develops skills in planning, transacting and evaluating curricular contents of

secondary and higher secondary classes.

29. Develops various sub skills and competencies in teaching and classroom

management through microteaching.

30. Acquires skills in developing and using audiovisual devices and ICT for classroom

teaching.

31. Acquires skills in discharging the duties of a competent teacher in the prevailing

socio cultural and political system and to meet the challenges of the transforming society.

32. To acquaint with professionalization of teacher education

33. Attains a sound knowledge base and proficiency in language

34. Develops an artistic and aesthetic sense in children through art education

35. Learns how to make productive work a pedagogic medium for acquiring

knowledge in various subjects, developing values and learning multiple skills

36. Helps student teachers discover and develop open-mindedness, the attitude of a

self- motivated learner, having self-knowledge and self-restraint.

37. Helps student teachers develop the capacity for sensitivity, sound communication

skills and ways to establish peace and harmony.

38. Develops the capacity to facilitate personal growth and social skills in their own

students.

39. Enables student teachers to generate an understanding of the principles of yogic

practices so as to improve quality of life.

40. Develop the ability to perform appropriate yogasanas so as to improve physical

and mental conditions and emotional equilibrium.

41. Be sensitive to the social, professional and administrative contexts in which they

need to operate

42. Identifies their own personal expectations, perceptions of self, capacities and

inclinations

43. Learns about the requirements of professional work and makes contribution to the

schools providing internship opportunity.

44. To be a professional and humane teacher

Programme Objectives of M Ed Course

The M. Ed programme aims at preparing truly professional teacher educators and other personnel specialized in different areas of education. The programme intends to achieve the following objectives:

 To conceive the nature of education as a discipline

 To understand how concepts/ theories/issues drawn from disciplines cognate to education

 To develop specialized knowledge and understanding of the bases of education

 To create national and international perspectives on educational theory and practice

 To develop understanding of human behavior and personality for guiding efficient and effective learning

 To acquire skills required to take up leadership roles in the areas of education

 To develop a rational conceptualization of educational research

 To enhance essential ICT skills required for educational practice and professional empowerment

 To develop competence in specialized areas such as Elementary and Secondary Education

 To sharpen epistemological, axiological and ontological perspectives of school education and teacher education for enhancing conceptual understanding of education

 To reflect on the multiple contexts in which the schools and teacher education institutions are working

 To integrate information and communication technology to teaching-learning and training transaction

 To develop skills among students to manage internships, practicals and field attachment

 To develop competency in the development of curriculum, syllabus, textbooks, and instructional materials, evaluation and assessment

 To develop ability to analyze and reflect upon one’s professional experience

 To appreciate the challenge of theorizing education and identify relationship between theory and practices

 To learn the skills required for playing a leadership role in different areas of school education


OUT COMES OF PH D  PROGRAM


RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

 

         Research is the process by which new and innovative knowledge is created which influences the development of the people and society. The new techniques and methods achieved through creative research contribute to the social as well as academic  excellence. Opportunities and availabilities of research is a major pillar of strength of an educational institution. NSS Training College Ottapalam considers teaching along with research as the  supreme exercise expected to contribute to the production of new knowledge in education.

           NSS Training College Ottapalam is a  a recognised centre of research in education  under University of Calicut and  actively involved in various research projects with the industry and government bodies that provide a great platform for students and faculty to nurture their research skills, abilities, and knowledge. Apart from this, the college promotes research aptitudes and interests among students and faculty through research incubation, bi-annual journal, organising national / international seminars, conducting FDPs & workshops, guiding research scholars, facilitating & submission of project proposals, explore and collaborate with other  institutions in areas of mutual interest with the  following  objectives

 

To provide education information and training in research and research related     skills especially for graduate, postgraduate and research students of education

 

To promote facilitate and collaborate research in education.

 

 To transfer and mobilize knowledge gained through research for the benefit  of academic society through various mechanisms

 

  To provide academic and professional guidance and consultancy services to                        government and non government organisations.

 

 To provide awareness and organise seminar and conferences at national and international level to enhance equality and capacity of both students and faculties

 

To act as a storehouse of  ideas and informations for development of of academic society

 

 Promote and publish research papers in journals periodicals and books for the betterment of academic society