The Course,BES-125: Understanding Disciplines and Subjectsis one of the Core Courses studied in the first year of the IGNOU B.Ed. Programme. The Course is developed as per the NCTE Regulations, 2014. The Course provides the learners an understanding about the formation of an academic discipline by categorizing a specific type of knowledge and further it explains about framing a School Subject from the discipline. The course enables the learners to understand the distinctive characteristics and perspectives of a discipline and its academic manifestation. This course will also help the learners to understand disciplinary knowledge and its constitution as a discipline. Further it helps the learners to understand the framing of a School Subject, its curriculum, and to address other areas of knowledge in the curriculum. The course concludes with discussing the factors that contributes for the choices of streams and subjects for the students.
Overview
Syllabus
Week
Module
Text in PDF form
Video Programmes
Week-1
Module-1
Knowledge and Disciplines
Knowledge and Disciplines
1. Knowledge and Information
2. Sources and Ways of Acquiring Knowledge
3. Categorisation of Knowledge for Constituting a Discipline
4. Concept and Characteristics of a Discipline
Week-2
Module-2
Perspectives of Disciplinary Knowledge (Part-1)
Perspectives of Disciplinary Knowledge (Part-1)
5. Discipline Specific Processes to Acquire Knowledge
6. Evolution and Framing of Discipline
Week-3
Module-3
Perspectives of Disciplinary Knowledge (Part-2)
Perspectives of Disciplinary Knowledge (Part-2)
7. Context and Perspectives of Disciplines
8. Inter-relationships between and among the Disciplines
Week-4
Module-4
Disciplinary Knowledge and School Education
Disciplinary Knowledge and School Education
9. Pedagogical Concerns of Disciplinary Knowledge
10. Classifying and Accommodating Specific Areas of Knowledge
11. Framing School Subjects
Week-5
Module-5
Subject Concerns in School Curriculum
Subject Concerns in School Curriculum
12. Curriculum, Syllabi and School Education
13. Domains of School Subjects
14. Curricular Materials – Its Types and Importance
15. Implications of Curricular Divisions for Learner-Centred Pedagogy
Week-6
Module-6
Organizing Subjects in School Curriculum (Part-1)
Organizing Subjects in School Curriculum (Part-1)
16. Bases of Organising Subjects in School Curriculum
17. Appropriateness of Subjects in Curriculum at Different Stages
Week-7
Module-7
Organizing Subjects in School Curriculum (Part-2)
Organizing Subjects in School Curriculum (Part-2))
18. Addressing the Needs of the Stakeholders in Formulation and Transaction of School Subjects
19. Issues of Uniform Vs Locally Designed Syllabus
Week-8
Module-8
Making Subject Choices
Making Subject Choices
20. Streams and Subject Choices for the Learners
21. Factors Determining Learners Choices of Streams and Subjects
Taught by
Dr. Niradhar Dey
