DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Education) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL BASES OF
EDUCATION
(2009 onwards)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following questions in about
300 words each.
1. Give the meaning and objectives of Philosophy.
2. Describe the teaching methods of Naturalism.
3. Explain any one of the western thinkers' contribution to
education.
4. Write down the scope of educational sociology.
5. Moral education cultivates good values in children.
Justify.
6. Why is social change needed for the society and what are
its constraints?
7. How does education act as an instrument of social
change?
8. Explain about social mobility.
Sub. Code
11
DE-635
2
wk12
SECTION B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions in about 700 words each.
9. Explain the relationship between education and
philosophy.
10. Explain the concepts of knowledge, reality and values
propounded by the school of Jainism. Draw its
educational implications.
11. Describe Sri Aurobindo's method of integral teaching.
12. Explain the role of social institutions in the social change.
13. What should be the steps taken by the government to
provide education for the downtrodden people?
14. What are the problems on women education and explain
the programmes promoting women's empowerment.
15. Education tackles terrorism and promotes global peace.
Justify.