DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Education) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2016.
CURRICULUM DESIGN PROCESS
(2009 onwards)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE from the following in about 300 words each.
1. What do you mean by curriculum? State its importance in
the system of education.
2. Enumerate the intellectual aspects influencing
curriculum construction.
3. State the characteristics of a good text book.
4. List out the components of effective curriculum
transaction.
5. What are your suggestions for organizing a seminar?
Explain.
6. Explain the steps involved in constructing an
achievement test.
7. Distinguish between measurement and evaluation in
education.
8. State the significance of laboratory as a resource of
curriculum transaction.
Sub. Code
13
DE-3824
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SER
SECTION B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in about 700 words each.
9. Explain the philosophical and psychological bases of
curriculum designing.
10. Elaborate the factors influencing curriculum
construction.
11. Explain the process of curriculum planning.
12. Deduce the curriculum transaction strategies at higher
education level.
13. Explain the resources available for curriculum
transaction.
14. Discuss the need for curriculum evaluation.
15. Explain the uses of internet as an effective curriculum
transaction resource.