SSB Odisha Laboratory Assistant-cum-Storekeeper Syllabus 2026 – Education (Digital + PDF)

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Unit 1: Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Education

• Concept and Scope of Education: Education as a science, social process and human resource development
• Aims of Education
• Individual and social aims of education
• Aims and objectives of education at different levels from primary to higher education
• Schools of Philosophy: Idealism, Naturalism, Pragmatism and their contributions
• Thoughts of great Educators: Rousseau, Dewey, Tagore, Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo

Unit 2: Educational Psychology

• Educational Psychology: Its meaning, nature and scope
• Applications of Educational Psychology in Teaching and learning
• Methods of Educational Psychology: Observation, Survey, Case study and Experimental method
• Adolescence: Psychological characteristics and problems, Role of teacher in solving their problems
• Personality: Definition, meaning and nature, type and trait
• Theories of personality, assessment of personality

Unit 3: Learning

• Learning: Meaning and nature, factors affecting learning
• Learning and maturation, learning and motivation
• Theories of Learning – Trial and Error, Conditioning theory, Insightful learning
• Transfer of learning, and their educational implications

Unit 4: Individual Differences, Intelligence & Creativity

• Individual Difference – Its meaning, causes and classroom implications
• Intelligence – Its definition and Types
• Theories of intelligence, Measurement of intelligence
• Creativity – Its meaning, Creative process; Fostering creativity

Unit 5: Education in Ancient and Medieval India

• Vedic education: Salient features – Aims, curriculum, methods of teaching
• Vedic education: Student-teacher relationship and discipline
• Buddhist education: Salient features – Aims, curriculum, methods of teaching
• Buddhist education: Student-teacher relationship and discipline

Unit 6: Education during British Period

• Macaulay's Minutes, Wood's Despatch
• Report of Hunter Commission
• Movement for compulsory education, Gokhale's Bill
• University Education Commission, 1902

Unit 7: Education during Post-Independence Period

• University Education Commission
• Secondary Education Commission
• Kothari Commission, 1964-66
• National Policy on Education 1986 and revised formulations of 1992
• National Education Policy 2020

Unit 8: Role of Educational Bodies

• Role of NCERT, NCTE, SCERT, NIEPA
• Role of CBSE, UGC, AIU, AICTE
• Role of ICSSR, CSIR, ICA

Unit 9: Universalization of Education

• National Literacy Mission, Total Literacy Campaign
• Education for All, Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan

Unit 10: Major Issues in Indian Education

• Population education, Value education
• Work Experience and SUPW
• Environmental education
• Education of women
• Education of minority communities – aims, objectives, methods and problems

Unit 11: Educational Evaluation

• Nature of educational measurement
• Measurement and evaluation in education, Relationship between them
• Functions of measurement and evaluation in education
• Types of evaluation procedure – placement, formative, diagnostic and summative
• Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced evaluation

Unit 12: Taxonomy and Test Construction

• Taxonomy of educational objectives
• Methods of stating instructional objectives with reference to cognitive domains
• Construction of objective-based and objective-types of test items
• Essay type, short answer type and objective type of test
• Characteristics of good test: Validity, Reliability and Objectivity

Unit 13: Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation

• Concept of continuous and comprehensive evaluation
• Tools and techniques of evaluation: Rating scale, Checklist
• C.R.C, Anecdotal record

Unit 14: Educational Technology

• Software and Hardware
• Programmed learning, Micro-teaching and Team teaching
• Computer-Assisted Instruction, Simulated teaching and Distance Teaching
• ICT in education

Unit 15: Research in Education

• Fundamental, Applied and Action Research
• Quantitative & qualitative research
• Methods of educational research: Descriptive, Historical, Experimental and Philosophical