West Bengal State University Education – Honours & General CBCS w.e.f.

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WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY

DRAFT SYLLABUS OF EDUCATION HONOURS & GENERAL UNDER CBCS MODE

There will be six semesters in the three-year B.A. Honours in Education. The syllabus consists of 14 Core (C)
Courses, 4 Discipline Specific Elective Courses, 4 Generic Elective (GE) Courses [to be taken from the pool of
Generic Elective Courses], 2 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC), and 2 Skill Enhancement
Courses (SEC). Each course is of 50 marks [10 marks for internal and 40 marks for End-Semester Examination
[ESE]. Lec. Stands for Lecture Hour, Tu. Stands for Tutorial, and Pr. Stands for Practical Hour.

SEMESTER WISE COURSE STRUCTURE IN CREDITS

TOTAL SEMESTER – 6 TOTAL CREDITS = 140

COURSES SEM SEM SEM SEM SEM SEM Total

I II III IV V VI
CORE COURSES 12 12 18 18 12 12 84
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELWCTIVE COURSE - - - - 12 12 24
GENERIC ELECTIVE/ INTERDISCIPLINARY
6 6 6 6 - - 24
COURSE
ABILITY ENHANCEMENT COMPULSORY
2 2 - - - - 6
COURSE(AECC)
SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSES (SEC) - - 2 2 - - 4
TOTAL CREDITS 20 20 26 26 24 24 140

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THE DISTRIBUTION OF CREDITS FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF COURSES

SYLLABUS FOR EDUCATION (HONOURS)

SEMESTER -I

Marks No. Of Hours/wk

Course Code Course Title Credit

Total Lec. Tu. Pr.
EDCACOR01T Educational Philosophy 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR02T Educational Psychology 6 75 5 1 -
Generic Electives (GE1) Other than Education 6 75 5 1 -
AECC Environmental Studies 2 25 2 - -
Total in Semester -I 20 250 17 3 -

SEMESTER II

Marks No. Of Hours/wk

Course Code Course Title Credit

Total Lec. Tu. Pr.
EDCACOR03T Educational Sociology 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR04T Pedagogy 6 75 5 1 -
Generic Electives (GE2) Other than Education 6 75 5 1 -
AECC English/Hindi/MIL 2 25 2 - -
Total in Semester -II 20 250 17 3 -

SEMESTER III

Marks No. Of Hours/wk

Course Code Course Title Credit

Total Lec. Tu. Pr.
EDCACOR05T Educational in pre independence India 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR06T Educational in post independence India 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR07T Contemporary Issues 6 75 5 1 -
Generic Electives (GE2) Other than Education 6 75 5 1 -
SEC I (EDCSSEC01M) Field Tour and Report Writing 2 25 -
Total in Semester -III 26 325

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SEMESTER IV

Marks No. Of Hours/wk

Course Code Course Title Credit

Total Lec. Tu. Pr.
EDCACOR08T Educational Management 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR09T Basics of Educational Research and Evaluation 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR10T Statistics in Education 6 75
Generic Electives (GE2) Other than Education 6 75 5 1 -
SEC II (EDCSSEC02M) ICT 2 25 -
Total in Semester -IV 26 325

SEMESTER V

Marks No. Of Hours/wk

Course Code Course Title Credit

Total Lec. Tu. Pr.
EDCACOR11T Guidance and Counselling 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR12T Educational Technology 6 75 5 1 -
DSE 1 & 2 Choose any 2:
(EDCADSE01T) 1.Women Education 6+6 75×2 5+5 1+1 -
(EDCADSE02T) 2. Teacher Education
(EDCADSE03T) 3. Life Skill Education

Total in Semester -V 24 300 20 4 -

SEMESTER VI

Marks No. Of Hours/wk

Course Code Course Title Credit

Total Lec. Tu. Pr.
EDCACOR13T Curriculum Studies 6 75 5 1 -
EDCACOR14T Special Education 6 75 5 1 -
DSE 3 & 4 Choose any 2:
(EDCADSE04T) 4.Value Education 6+6 75×2 5+5 1+1 -
(EDCADSE05T) 5. Peace Education
(EDCADSE06T) 6. Environmental Education

Total in Semester -VI 24 300 20 4 -

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PROPOSED SCHEME FOR CBCS IN EDUCATION HONOURS (following WBSU structure)

Sem. CORE Elective Elective Generic Ability Skill Total

COURSE (14) Discipline (GE) 4 Enhancement Enhancement Credit
(DSE) 4 Compulsory Course (SEC) 2
Course (AECC)
2
1 C 1: Educational Philosophy Envmnt. Sc 20
( EDCACOR01T)
C 2: Educational
Psychology

(EDCACOR02T)
2 C 3: Educational English/ 20
Sociology(EDCACOR03T) MIL
C 4: Communication
Pedagogy(EDCACOR04T)
3 C 5: Education In pre SEC-1
independence
India(EDCACOR05T) (EDCSSEC01M 26
C 6: Education In post )
independence
India(EDCACOR06T)
C 7: Contemporary
Issues(EDCACOR07T)
4 C 8: Educational SEC-2 26
Management(EDCACOR08
T) (EDCSSEC02M
C 9: Basics of Educational )
Research &
Evaluation(EDCACOR09T)
C 10: Statistics in
Education(EDCACOR10T)
5 C 11: Guidance & DSE-1& DSE – 24
Counselling 2
(EDCACOR11T)
C 12: Choose any 2:
EducationalTechnology
(a) Women Edn
(EDCACOR12T)
(EDCADSE01T)
(b) Teacher Edn
(EDCADSE02T)
(c )Life skill Edn
(EDCADSE03T)
6 C 13: Curriculum DSE – 3 & DSE 24
Studies(EDCACOR13T) –4
C 14: Special
Edu.(EDCACOR14T) Choose any 2:

(a) Value
Education
(EDCADSE
04T)

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(b) Peace
Education
(EDCADSE
05T
(c) Environmen
tal
Education
(EDCADSE06T)
14 4 4 2 2 140

PROPOSED CORE COURSES:

SEMESTER 1
EDCACOR01T: Educational Philosophy
Unit 1 Concept and scope of education
a. Concept and scope of education, concept of modern education w.r.t. Delor’s Commission,
child centricism.
b. Concept of different forms of education – informal, formal, non-formal and open education.
c. Functions of education – individual and social development, Human Resource
Development.
Unit 2 Philosophical bases in education
a. Philosophy in education – philosophical bases of educational aims, knowledge, curriculum,
methods of teaching, teacher and discipline.
b. Western philosophical thoughts and their influence on education – Idealism, Naturalism,
Pragmatism and Existentialism.
c. Indian philosophical thoughts and their influence on education – Sankhya, Yoga, Jainism,
Buddhism and Islamic.
Unit 3 National values and role of education
a. Values as enshrined in the Indian constitution – democracy, secularism, equality and justice.
b. Educational provisions in the Indian constitution – Articles 15,17,28,30,45,46,350.
Unit 4 Contributions of great educators on philosophy of education (w.r.t. aims,curricula and
methods of teaching)
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Swami Vivekananda
c. John Dewey
d. Bertrand Russell

Selected References:

 Aggarwal J.C and Gupta S (2008), Great Philosophers and Thinkers on Education, Shipra
Publications, New Delhi.
 Aggarwal, J.C. (2008), Theory and Principles of Education, Vikash Publishing House, New Delhi.
 Bandyopadhyay, A (2005); SikshaDarshan O SikshaNeeti,B.B.KunduGrandson,Kolkata.
 Brubacher, J.S. (1969); Modern Philosophies of Education, McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
 Dewey, J. (1961); Philosophy of Education, Little Field- Adams & Co., New Jersey.
 Ghanta, R and Das, B.N (2006); Foundations of Education, Neelkamal Publishers Pvt.Ltd.,New Delhi.
 Ghosh, S (2010); SiksharDarshanikBhitti, Banerjee Publishers,Kolkata.
 Halder, G.& Sharma, P. - ShikshaTatta O ShikshaNiti, Banerjee Publishers,Kolkata
 Mondal, M. (2008); Sikshadarshan O Sikshabijnan, Calcutta University.
 Pal, A.K. (2013); SikshaDarshanarRuprekha, Classic Books; Calcutta

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 Pathak, R.K. (2009); Philosophical and Sociological Foundation of Education, Kanishka Publishers
Distributors,New Delhi.
 Purkait, B. R. (1995); Great Educators and their Philosophies, New Central Book Agency, Kolkata.
 Purkait, B.R (2000); Principles and Practices of Education, New Central Book Agency, Kolkata.
 Roy, S. (2007); SikshaTatwa O SikshaDarshan, Soma Book Agency, Calcutta.
 Uddin, A. and Das, S. (2008), SikshaDarsan, UpamaPrakason, Dhaka

EDCACOR02T: Educational Psychology

Unit 1 Introduction to educational psychology
a. Introduction to educational psychology, relation between education and psychology
b. Introduction to neuro-physiological bases of human behavior- structure and function of
human brain, neuron, synaptic transmission, endocrinal glands, sensation, perception
Unit 2 Psychology of human development and education
a. Human development-concept, principles, types and stages
b. Cognitive development ( Piaget) and its significance in education
c. Moral development ( Kohlberg) and its significance in education
d. Psycho-social development (Erikson) and its significance in education
e. Personality – concept, types (Jung, Adler), personality development by Freud
Unit 3 Intelligence and creativity
a. Intelligence – concept and scope
b. Theories of intelligence – Guilford, Gardener, Sternberg
c. Creativity – concept, scope and characteristics of creative person
d. Relationship between intelligence, creativity and education
Unit 4 Psychology of learning
a. Learning – concept and scope
b. Factors influencing learning – attention, maturation, motivation and emotion (concept only)
c. Theories of learning: Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura and Vygotsky

Selected References:
 Adhikari, S.R. – SikshayMonobidya, Classique Books, Kolkata.
 Aggarawal. J.C.- Essentials of Educational Psychology, Vikash Publishing house Pvt. Ltd.
 ArunGhosh‐ Shiksha‐ ShraiMonobigyan; Educational Enterprises, Kolkata
 Chauhan. S.S. - Advanced Educational psychology: Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
 Clifford.C.Morgan. Richard. A. King, John R. Weisz, John R. Schopler – Introduction to
 Dandapani, S. – A text Book of Advanced Psychology, Anmol Publications. New Delhi.
 Diane. E., Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds - Human Development: McGraw‐ Hill.
 Elizabeth, B., Hurlock,- Child Development, McGraw‐ Hill Book Company.
 Fernandes, M.M. – The Advanced Educational Psychology: Psychology of theLearner: Himalaya
Publishing House, Mumbai.
 Hall &Lindzey, (1985), Theories of Personality, Wiley Eastern Limited.
 Hilgard, E.R. & Bower, G.H. - Theories of Learning, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.
 Kundu, C.H. and Tutoo, D.N. - Educational Psychology, Sterling Publication.
 Mangal S.K. – Advanced Educational Psychology; Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
 PramodbandhuSengupta&Prasanta Sharma ‐ ShikshaManobigyan; BanerjeePublishers, Kolkata.
 Siddik, A.B. (2006), Manovigyan, SahityaKosh, Dhaka.
 Sushil Ray ‐ ShikshaManovidya.Soma Book Agency; Kolkata.

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SEMESTER 2
EDCACOR03T: Educational Sociology
Unit 1 Introduction to educational sociology
a. Educational sociology – concept, scope.
b. Relationship between education and sociology.
c. Education as a social process – social system, socialization, social groups ( primary,
secondary, tertiary), social mobility.
Unit 2 Culture and education
a. Culture – concept, interrelationship between education and culture, importance of folk
culture in education.
b. The concept of ʿ Unity in Diversityʾ , cultural lag, cultural conflict, acculturation.
c. National Integration, International Understanding.
Unit 3 Education and social development
a. Social development in India – Sanskritisation, Modernisation, Globalisation.
b. Education for sustainable development – concept, need, report of the Brundtland
Commission.
Unit 4 Social issues and education
a. Education for poverty eradication
b. Inclusive education
c. Child rights and abuses

Selected References:
 Aggarwal, J.C. (2008), Education for Values, Environment and Human Rights, Shipra Publication,
New Delhi.
 Ahuja, R – Social Problems in India; Rawat Publication; Jaipur.
 Ali, A.F.I, (2006), Samajtatta, NovelPublishingHouse, Dhaka.
 Banerjee, A - Fundamentals of Educational Sociology, B.B Kundu Grandsons, Kolkata.
 Bhattacharya, D – Siksha O Samajtatwa, Pearson, New Delhi.
 Bhattacharya, D. C – Sociology; Vijoya Publishing House Kolkata.
 Brown, F.J. - Educational Sociology; Prentice Hall Inc;
 Chakraborty, J.C. - Educational Sociology, Publishers Distributers, New Delhi.
 Chattoraj, S. (2011), SikshamukhiSamajVigyan, Central Library, Kolkata.
 Ganguly, R and Mainuddin, S.A.H, (2008), Contemporary Indian Society, PHI Learning Pvt,Ltd, New
Delhi.
 Gisbert, P. - Fundamentals of sociology.
 Jayaram, N – Sociology of Education in India; Rawat Publication; Jaipur.
 Madan, G.R, (1997), Indian Social Problem, Vol-1, AlliedPublishersLtd.
 Mahapatra, A.K – BharaterSamajikSamashya; Suhrid Publication, Kolkata
 Mahapatra, A.K – BishaySamajtatwa; Indian Book Concern, Kolkata.
 Sharma, S.N – Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education; Kanishka
 Sharma, Y.K – Sociological Philosophy of Education; Kanishka Publishers
 Talesra H- Sociological Foundations of Education, Kanishka Publishers Distributers,
 Tarafdar, M – SikshaShrayeeSamajBigjnan; K Chakraborty Publication, Kolkata

EDCACOR04T: Pedagogy
Unit 1 Introduction to pedagogy
a. Pedagogy – concept, scope; relationship between learning and teaching
b. Bases of pedagogy – philosophical, sociological and psychological
c. Pedagogy vs Andragogy
Unit 2 Pedagogy as the science of teaching

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a. Teaching – concept, scope, principles and functions

b. Teaching as a process – input, process and output
c. Levels of teaching – autonomous, memory, understanding, reflective
Unit 3 Pedagogy of teaching - learning
a. Teaching – learning of 3 R’s
b. Teaching – learning of verbal conditioning
c. Teaching – learning of psychomotor skill
Unit 4 Applications of pedagogy in class room
a. Teaching – learning of principles and concepts
b. Teaching – learning of problem solving
c. Teaching – learning of knowledge construction

Selected References:
 Chakraborty, P.K. (2012), SikshaManovigyan O SikhonPrakria, WestBengalStateBookCouncil.
 Chauhan, S.S. (1979). Innovations in Teaching-Learning Process, Vikash Publishing House Private
Ltd., New Delhi.
 De Cecco, J.P. & Crawford, W (1977). The Psychology of Learning and Instruction:Educational
Psychology; Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.
 Orlich, D.C., et.al. (1990). Teaching Strategies. D. C. Heath& Co., Lexington, Massachusetts.
 Walker, M. (2010). Educational Philosophy and Theory, Wiley-Blackwell

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PROPOSED SCHEME FOR CBCS IN B.A. GENERAL (following WBSU structure)

Semester Core DSE GE AECC SEC Total credit

I DSC 1A
Environmental
DSC 2A 20
Science
English

II DSC 1B
English/MIL
DSC 2B 20
Communication
English

III DSC 1C

DSC 2C SEC1 20

MIL

IV DSC 1D

DSC 2D SEC2 20

MIL

V DSE1A GE1
SEC3 20
DSE2A

VI DSE1B GE2
SEC4 20
DSE2B

Total number 12 4 2
of courses
2 4 120

DSC 1A (EDCGCOR01T) / GE 1(EDCHGEC01T) Philosophical Foundation of Education

6 credits Full Marks-75

Unit-I: Concept and Scope of Education

a. Concept nature and scope of Education;
b. Factors of Education

Unit 2: Forms & Aims of Education

a. Forms of Education – Informal, Formal and Non-formal and Open Education;
b. Aims of Education – Individualistic, Socialistic & Democratic view of Education.

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Unit – 3: Great Educators (20 Hours)

a. R. N. Tagore,
b. F. W. A. Froebel

Selected References:

 Aggarwal, J.C & Gupta, S. (2008); Great Philosophers and Thinkers on Education, Shipra
Publications, New Delhi.
 Aggarwal, J.C. (2008); Theory and Principles of Education Philosophical, Vikash Publishing
House, New Delhi.
 Bandyopadhyay, A (2005); SikshaDarshan O SikshaNeeti, B.B.KunduGrandson,Kolkata.
 Ghanta, R. and Das, B.N. (2006); Foundations of Education, Neelkamal Publishers
Pvt.Ltd.,New Delhi.
 Ghosh, S (2010); SiksharDarshanikBhitti, Banerjee Publishers, Kolkata.
 Halder, G. & Sharma, P. ;ShikshaTatta O ShikshaNiti, Banerjee Publishers,Kolkata.
 Mondal, J. (2008); Sikshadarshan O Sikshabijnan, Calcutta University.
 Pal, A.K. (2013); SikshaDarshanarRuprekha, Classic Books; Calcutta.
 Pathak, R.K. (2009); Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education, Kanishka
Publishers Distributors, New Delhi.
 Purkait, B. R. (1995); Great Educators and their Philosophies, New Central Book Agency,
Kolkata.
 Purkait, B.R. (2000); Principles and Practices of Education, New Central Book Agency,
Kolkata.
 Roy, S. (2007); SikshaTatwa O SikshaDarshan, Soma Book Agency, Calcutta.

DSC 1B (EDCGCOR01T) / GE 2(EDCHGEC02T) Psychological Foundation of Education

6 credits Full Marks-75

Unit 1: Introduction to Educational Psychology

a. Relationship between Psychology and Education

b. Educational Psychology- concept, nature of Educational Psychology & contribution of Educational
Psychology

Unit 2: Psychology of Human Development and Education

a. Human Development – concept, principles, types and stages.
b. Concept of Physical, Motor, Cognitive, Moral development and its significance in Education

Unit 3: Attention & Memory

a. Concept, nature and determinants of Attention
b. Concept and process of Memorisation, causes of forgetting.

Selected References:

 Adhikari, S.R. – SikshayMonobidya, Classique Books, Kolkata.

 Aggarawal. J.C.- Essentials of Educational Psychology, Vikash Publishing house Pvt. Ltd.
 ArunGhosh‐Shiksha‐ShraiMonobigyan; Educational Enterprises, Kolkata

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 Chauhan. S.S. - Advanced Educational psychology: Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
 Clifford.C.Morgan. Richard. A. King, John R. Weisz, John R. Schopler – Introduction to
 Dandapani, S. – A text Book of Advanced Psychology, Anmol Publications. New
Delhi.
 Diane. E., Papalia and Sally Wendkos Olds - Human Development: McGraw‐Hill.
 Elizabeth, B., Hurlock,- Child Development, McGraw‐Hill Book Company.
 Fernandes, M.M. – The Advanced Educational Psychology: Psychology of theLearner:
Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.
 Hilgard, E.R. & Bower, G.H. - Theories of Learning, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.
 Kundu, C.H. and Tutoo, D.N. - Educational Psychology, Sterling Publication.
 Mangal S.K. – Advanced Educational Psychology; Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi.

Note: Syllabus of Semester_III to Semester_VI are under process

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