BESC-131 · December 2023 · English

IGNOU BESC-131 December 2023 Previous Year Question Paper

EDUCATION : CONCEPT, NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES

Structured previous year question paper for BESC-131, December 2023 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 14 · Sections: 4

Verified: 10 Aug 2026

B. A. (GENERAL) (BAG)

Term-End Examination

December, 2023

BESC-131 : EDUCATION : CONCEPT, NATURE

AND PERSPECTIVES

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : All Sections are compulsory. Answer any two

questions from Section A, any four questions

from Section B and any two questions from

Section C.

Section—A

Note : Answer any two of the following questions in

about 500 words each. 2×20=40

Q1.Describe the scope of education from the view - point of different learning environments. [ 2 ]

Q2.Explain the interrelationships between Philosophy and Education with suitable examples.

Q3.Explain the concept of social change. Discuss the factors that affect social change.

Q4.Describe the steps of experimental method of educational psychology.

Section—B

Note: Write short notes on any four of the following

within 250 words each. 4×12=48

Q5.Democratic aim of education.

Q6.Emerging role of school as an agency of education.

Q7.Aims of education according to naturalism.

Q8.Aims of education according to Swami Vivekananda.

Q9.Basic structure of School Management Committee according to Right to Education Act,

Q11.Differentiate between classical and operant conditioning.

Q12.Education during the Vedic period.

Section—C

Note : Write very short notes on any two of the

following within 125 words each. 2×6=12

Q13.Informal education system.

Q14.Horizontal social mobility.

Q15.Aims of Education according to John Dewey.