AIOU Course Code 6500 Question Paper Spring 2025

- Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
(Department of Secondary Teacher Education)
Warning 1. Plagiarism or hiring a ghost writer(s) for solving the assignment(s) will debar the student from the award of degree/certificate if found at any stage. 2. Submitting assignment(s), borrowed or stolen from others(s) as one’s own, will be penalized as defined in the AIOU Plagiarism Policy. |
Course: Foundation of Education (6500) Semester : Spring, 2025
Level: AD, BS, B.Ed, MA/MSc, M.Ed,ATTC
Please read the following instructions for writing your assignments. (AD, BS, BEd, MA/MSc, MEd) (ODL Mode).
1. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks but within a question the marks are distributed according to its requirements.
2. Read the question carefully and then answer it according to the requirements of the questions.
3. Avoid irrelevant discussion/information and reproducing from books, study guides, or allied material.
4. Handwritten scanned assignments are not acceptable.
5. Upload your typed (in Word or PDF format) assignments on or before the due date.
6. Your own analysis and synthesis will be appreciated.
7. Late assignments can’t be uploaded at LMS.
8. The students who attempt their assignments in Urdu/Arabic may upload a scanned copy of their handwritten assignments (in PDF format) on University LMS. The size of the file should not exceed 5MP.
Total Marks: 100 Passing Marks: 50
- Assignment No: 1
Q1 What should, in your opinion, by the primary function of education; the transmission or the reconstruction of the social heritage? Reply with special reference to the existing social conditions of Pakistan. (20)
Q2 Explain the link between education and philosophy. (20)
Q3 Discuss the Islamic concept of moral values in detail. (20)
Q4 Compare and contrast realism and idealism as educational theories with particular reference to aims, methods of teaching and discipline. (20)
Q5 How will you define “re-constructionism”? What are the basic principles of this school of thought? Discuss. (20)
Total Marks: 100 Passing Marks: 50
Assignment No 2
Q1 Discuss the role of family in socialization process of child. (20)
Q2 Discuss the criteria for content selection of curriculum. (20)
Q3 Explain the concept of economics of education and further highlight the benefits of education. (20)
Q4 Critically analyze the limitations of scientific methods. (20)
Q5 Write note on following: (10+10)
- Efficiency in education
- Opportunity cost