Master of Education

Education is an interdisciplinary branch of the social science encompassing Sociology, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, History and others all applied to the topic of Secondary and Post Secondary Education. Our programs are the product of ongoing collaboration among faculty, staff, students and wider educational community. We embrace the principles of increased transparency, participation, and collaboration as essential to accomplishing its mission. Committed to improving the quality and understanding of education, Gyan Vihar School of Education offers programmes both at graduate and post graduate levels.

The courses offered by School of Education aim at helping the students to explore the most challenging and exciting questions in education research, policy and practice and enable them to shape the future world with the transformative power of education. It would prepare experienced teacher educators for performing various roles in schools, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and beyond. The school is committed to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion across the curriculum, in our classrooms and in our campus culture.

The Master of Education (M.Ed.) provides an opportunity for professionals in the field of Education to undertake advanced coursework and research in their area of interest. The course offers professional educators excellent career prospects in terms of advancement of knowledge and qualification and ultimately making them better teachers. The course prepares graduates to inquire into the nature of educational problems and generate new knowledge, which can be used to enhance policy and practice and help develop skills to tackle the challenging and dynamic world of teaching. The M.Ed. programme is designed to shape promising teacher educators with advanced teaching skills, research insights, and competence in delivery of contents. Besides the theory papers, the M.Ed. programme has dissertation.

Programme Outcome

The Master of Education (M.Ed.) provides an opportunity for professionals in the field of Education to undertake advanced coursework and research in their area of interest. The course offers professional educators excellent career prospects in terms of advancement of knowledge and qualification and ultimately making them better teachers. The course prepares graduates to inquire into the nature of educational problems and generate new knowledge, which can be used to enhance policy and practice and help develop skills to tackle the challenging and dynamic world of teaching. The M.Ed. programme is designed to shape promising teacher educators with advanced teaching skills, research insights, and competence in delivery of contents.

Programme Specific Outcome

• To enable student teachers to set high standards of professional competency, intellectual conviction and integrity.
• To develop the capacity, skill and knowledge among student teachers to create and sustain environment in modern day education.
• To equip the student teachers with the knowledge and skills of new technologies.
• To enable student teachers examine critically the theories and concepts of education drawn from various disciplines related to education such as Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Management, Economics, Science and Technology, ICT etc. in such a way that their linkages with methods, pedagogy and practices in the classroom can be enriched.
• To develop the capacity to undertake research in the field of education.
• To enable student teachers develop specialization in areas of education to emerge as educational leaders in those areas.

Salient Features

• NCTE Benchmarked Curriculumn

  The Curriculum of M.Ed. is in accordance with National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE).

• Information and Communication Technology

  ICT application in class room and professional development and in teaching learning process Curriculum is equipped with 21st century digital technologies.

• Employability Skills

  Emphasis is on inculcating and nurturing teaching skills and professional qualities of prospective teachers.

• Field Attachment

  Exposure is given to Teacher- Educators for real classroom situations in the Teacher Training Institutions.

• Research Work

  Research work /projects are being undertaken with the purpose of contributing and enriching the pedagogy of teacher education and to bridge the gap between curriculum and recent developments in various fields.