M.Ed (Master of Education) Course Syllabus, Entrance Exam Syllabus, Subjects and Books 2023

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Master of Education, acronymed as M.Ed, is a 2 year program which basically caters to the needs of professional preparation of teacher educators at various stages of education and simultaneously for job specific preparation of trained professional manpower to run various departments of education/educational institutions.

There are a number of colleges offering Master of Education courses in India with options of distance learning as well.

Top M.Ed Colleges	M.Ed Jobs and Career Options

M.Ed Syllabus

The M.Ed syllabus is structured in a way that it lays emphasis on different pedagogy of learning techniques that help candidates develop the right technical finesse to become an educator.

The course curriculum of M.Ed involves a great amount of practical work along with theoretical knowledge. Candidates are encouraged to prepare dissertations, join internships, pursue academic writing, and attend workshops and seminars as a part of the M.Ed syllabus.

Tabulated below are semester-wise core subjects that are mandatorily taught in M.Ed curriculum.

Semester I
Educational Psychology	Historical and Political Perspectives of Education
Educational Studies	Methodology of Educational Research & Educational Statistics
Human Rights and Education	Information and Communication Technology in Education
Semester II
Philosophical Foundations of Education	Sociological Foundations of Education
Curriculum Studies in Education	Teacher Education in Indian and Global Perspectives
Semester III
Advanced Methods in Educational Research	In-Service Teacher Education in India
Comparative Education	-
Semester IV
(Only elective subjects mentioned below)	-

The students should be aware that apart from the core courses, each student will have to select one area of specialization at the end of each year. The candidates can choose from an array of elective subjects available in the M.Ed course curriculum.

M.Ed Elective Subjects

Some of the specialisation subjects are mentioned as follows:

Elementary Education
Teacher Education
Curriculum Studies
Guidance and Counselling
Planning, Management and Financing of Education
Distance Education and Open Learning
Inclusive Education
Educational Technology and ICT
Gender Studies
Advanced Curriculum Theory

The M.Ed syllabus might slightly vary from one college to another, hence students are advised to go through the M.Ed syllabus Pdfs available at the colleges’ official website.

M.Ed Subjects

The M.Ed course curriculum includes various subjects from different fields. The elective subjects depend on the choice of subjects in the B.Ed course, but the compulsory subjects or the core subjects are almost similar for most top M.Ed colleges.

Tabulated below are some of the subjects taught in the M.Ed courses.

Educational Technology	Historical and Political bases of Education
Educational Management	Language Education
Guidance and Counselling	Special Education
Women Studies	Environment Education
Yoga Education and Curriculum Studies	Educational Psychology
Theory of Advanced Human Development	Teacher Education
Teachers Education with respect to Global Perspectives.	Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education
Educational Research & Educational Statistics	Information and Communication Technology in Education

M.Ed Course Structure

The course structure of two years M.Ed program is divided into four major categories as

Perspectives (Core), Specializations (Optional), Practicum and Research.

The detailed structure is tabulated below:

FIRST YEAR
	Paper No.	Title of Paper	Marks
Core Courses			External	Internal	Total
	I	Philosophical Perspectives of Education	80	20	100
	II	Psychological Perspectives of Education	80	20	100
	III	Introductory Methods in Educational Research	80	20	100
	IV	Historical and Political Perspectives of Education	40	10	50
	V	Educational Measurement and Evaluation	40	10	50
	VI	Advanced Educational Technology	40	10	50
Specialization	VII	Any one: i. Curriculum Development ii. Pedagogy and Assessment iii. Human Rights and Value Education	40	10	50
Practicum	VII	School Observation	-	25	25
		Field Based Activities	-	25	25
		Self Development and Communication Skills	Through grades (Minimum D required to pass) A-Excellent B- Very Good C- Good D- Satisfactory E- Unsatisfactory
Research	IX	Preparation of Synopsis	-	50	50
Total			400	200	600
Total First Year			600
SECOND YEAR
	Paper No.	Title of Paper		Marks
Core Courses			External	Internal	Total
	I	Socio- Economic Perspectives of Education	80	20	100
	II	Advanced Psychological Perspectives	80	20	100
	III	Advanced Methods in Educational Research	80	20	100
	IV	Advanced Educational Measurement and Evaluation	40	10	50
	V	ICT and E-learning	40	10	50
	VI	Teacher Education in Indian and Global Perspectives	40	10	50
Specialization	VII	Any one: i. Gender and Inclusive Education ii. Educational Management and Administration iii. Guidance and Counseling	40	10	50
Practicum	VIII	i. Internship in Teacher Education Institutions	-	25	25
		ii. Field Based Administration of Tools	-	25	25
		iii. Seminar and Workshop		50	50
Research	IX	Dissertation and Viva Voce	80	20	100
Total			480	220	700
Total Second Year			700
Grand Total (First Year + Second Year)			1300

M.Ed Entrance Exam Syllabus

The top M.Ed colleges conduct an entrance exam for admission, the students should be well prepared before taking the exam. The entrance syllabus is primarily based on the topics studied during the B.Ed program.

Main Topics for M.Ed Entrance Exam are as follows:

Education & Philosophy	Education in Ancient & Medieval India
Education in British India	Educational Thinkers and their contribution in developing Principles of Education
Intelligence	Learning & Motivation
Major Philosophies of Education	Nature & Meaning of Psychology
Personality	Psychology & Educational Psychology

The M.Ed entrance exam pattern may differ from one college to another, and can be easily found in the college websites. Given below is the exam pattern of MAH CET 2023 for M.Ed which would give an idea of the question paper pattern.

Mode of exam: Online (CBT)
Type of Questions: MCQ type
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Marking Scheme: 1 marks for every correct answer and no negative marking for any incorrect answer
Medium of the Test: English and Marathi only

Subject / Area	Number of Questions	Total Marks
Educational Philosophy- and Educational Sociology	20	20
Educational Psychology	20	20
Educational Evaluation and Educational Statistics	20	20
School Administration and Management	20	20
Information and Communication Technology and Research Aptitude	20	20
Total	100	100

M.Ed Books

NCERT books and government policies and journals form an important part of the M.Ed study material which help students understand the subjects well. Given below is a list of some of the essential reads.

Name of the Book	Author
Modern Philosophies of Education McGraw Hill, New Delhi	Brubacher, J.S
Building of Philosophy of Education Englewood, Cliffs Prentice Hall, Inc.	Broudy, H.S
The Doctrines of Great Educators	Rusk, R.
Comparative Education: Some considerations of method- Unwin Education Book, Boston.	Brain Holmes
The Concept of education, Routledge, United Kingdom	Peters, R.S.
Democracy and Education: An introduction to the philosophy of education. New York: Macmillan.	Dewey, J.
National policy on education (revised) New Delhi.	MHRD, Gov. of India
Frames of Mind: The theory of multiple intelligence. New York: Basic Books.	Gardner, H.
EFA Global Monitoring Report on Quality of Education Finance.	UNESCO (2005)
Teachers and Educational Quality. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Montreal.	UNESCO (2006)