Four Dimensions of Education

CONTENTS
1. NATURE & AIMS OF EDUCATION
2. TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS: A PEDAGOGICAL APPRAISAL
3. AN APPRAISAL OF CURRICULUM
4. EVALUATION PROCEDURES
Trio of Education: Goals, Efforts and Testing-168 Whether Teaching?-177, (a) Number Explosion-178. (b) Medium of Instruction-179, (c) Disturbed College Routine 180, (d) Politicalization of College Functioning- 181, (e) Unfair Means Used for Passing-181. (1) Teacher Preparation-182. (g) Inadequate Finance-183. (h) Decentralization of Post-Graduate Education-183, (1) Over-emphasis of Examinations-184, (1) Teacher's Accountability-185, Inadequacies in The Evaluation Techniques 195. (1) Evaluation: An Improvement Over Examination-198. (11) Procedure of Evaluation-199 Step: Define the Objectives to be Tested or Evaluated- 200. Step II Selection of Evaluation Tools and Techniques-201, Step III Administration of Tools of Evaluation-202. Step IV Scoring the Tests-202, Step V interpretation of Scores 202, (A) Instructional Objectives-203, (B) Assigning Weightage to Process Objectives-207 (C) Assigning Weightage to Forms. Difficulty etc. of Questions-208 (D) Preparation of Blue Print-209, (E) Preparation of a Sconing-Key and Chapters Scoring Directions-209. (F) Collecting Tools Evaluation-209, Different Types of Questions/ Items-215, Selection Type-216, Supply Type-219. Questions/Items for Higher Abilities-224, Vital Questions Connected with Evaluation-232, UGC Examination Reform: A Plan of Action (1973)-239, (A) General Principles of the Reform-239. (B) Reforms in Practice-242, (C) Affiliating Universities (Post-graduate Level)-244. (D) Internal Assessment-245, (E) Marks and Grades-247. (F) National Examination-250, (G) Question-Bank-252. Harper's Six Recommendations- 254, (1) Open-Book Examination System-256, (J) Effect of Evaluation on Students-258. (K) Cross National Evaluation-261, Impact of Machines on Evaluation-263. (M) Annual v/s Semester System- 264, (N) Credit Systern-266, (O) The Finis-267. Points to Ponder-268
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