BCS written syllabus

SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION     
       
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EDUCATION 
Part-II 
Marks-100 
1.  Learner and Learning: 
 -  Concepts of learner and learning; 
 -  Child and adolescent phsiological and psychological needs and characteristics of child and 
adolescent; 
 -  Piaget's and Bruner's theories of cognitive development; 
 -  Insightful learning theories and their applications; 
 -  Connectionism, classical conditioning, operant conditioning and Gestalt Theories an d their 
application in learning. 
 
2.  Learning Experience:  
 -  Concepts effective learning experience;  
 -  Changing roles of teacher as facilitator; 
 -  Criteria of facilitating learning; 
 -  Maxims of effective learning; 
 -  Learning how to learn than what to learn; 
 -  Child centric and joyful learning strategies; 
 -  Activity based learning strategies; 
 -  Reinforcement for effective learning; 
 -  Effective communication in classroom; 
 -  Classroom methods and techniques; 
 -  Classroom management and learning environment. 
 
3.  Assessment of Achievement: 
 -  Assessment, Measurement and Evaluation: concepts, nature, significance Test: classification, 
characteristics, standardization, administration, scoring  
 -  Analysis of test-results: use of descriptive statistics, interpretation. 
 
4.  Education in Bangladesh: 
 -  Historical background 
 -  Structure, organization and management;  
 -  Constitutional provision and legal framework. 
 -  Primary Education: structure, statistics, curriculum, development programs, major issues and 
problems and their solutions 
 -  Secondary Education: structure, statistics, curriculum, development programs, major issues and 
problems and their solutions 
 -  Higher Education: structure, statistics, curriculum, development pro grams, major issues and 
problems and their solutions 
 -  Language Education: nature, scope, limitation and shortcomings, possible solutions  
 -  Social Science Education: nature, scope, limitation and shortcomings, possible solutions 
 -  Mathematics, Scien ce and Technology Education: nature, scope, limitation and shortcomings; 
possible solutions; 
 -  Technical, Vocational and Professional Education: programs, statistics, major issues and problems 
and their solution. 
 
5.  Teacher Education and Research in Education: 
 -  Primary Teacher Education: initial and in -service short programs, curriculum, modalities of 
delivery, shortcomings and problems, possible solution 
 -  Secondary Teacher -Education: initial and in -service short programs, curriculum, modalities o f 
delivery, shortcomings and problems, possible solution 
 -  Provisions and Scope of Higher Degree in Education: Master's M.Phil and Ph.D 
 -  Research in Education: Nature, scope, limitations and future directions.