COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Understand the aims and objectives of teaching Economics.
- Formulate instructional objectives for a lesson.
- Gain mastery of the teaching skills.
- Apply various methods in teaching Economics.
- Use various resources in teaching Economics.
UNIT- I: AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING ECONOMICS
Economics: Meaning -Aims and objectives of teaching Economics in schools – Need and significance of teaching Economics - Nature – Scope -Values of Teaching Economics. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Instructional Objectives: Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor Domains, Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy 2001 (Anderson & Krathwohl) Interrelation among the domains – Correlation between subjects.
Unit-II: TEACHING SKILLS
Micro-Teaching: Concept, Definition, Steps and Cycle - Micro-teaching Vs Macro-Teaching - Skill of Set Induction - Skill of Explaining, Skill of Questioning, Probing skills, Skill of Stimulus Variation, Skill of Reinforcement, Skill of non-verbal clues, Skill of Closure, Mapreading Skill, Skill of Black Board Usage - Link lesson – Model episode.
Unit – III: APPROACHES OF TEACHING
Approaches of Teaching Economics: The Concentric Approach, Topical Approach, Chronological Approach, Unit Approach, Correlated Approach and Integrated Approach - Lesson Planning:Need for Lesson Planning, Steps in Lesson Planning, - Organizing Teaching: Memory Level (Herbartian Model), Understanding Level (Morrison teaching Model), Reflective Level (Bigge and Hunt Teaching Model)– Unit Plan – Lesson Plan Writing.
Unit-IV: METHODS OF TEACHING
Lecture Method, Problem Solving Method, Biographical Method, Story-telling Method, Discussion Method, Socialised Recitation Method, Source Method, Unit Method, Team Teaching, Supervised Study, Programmed Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Keller Plan, Project Method, Activity Based Learning (ABL), Active Learning Method (ALM)- Mind Map, Advanced Active Learning Method (AALM).
Unit-V: INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA
Meaning- Need and Importance of Instructional Aids – Psychological Bases of Hardware and Software Technologies: Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experiences, Multi-sensory Instruction – Hardware Instructional Aids: Motion Pictures, Computers, Projectors and Tab – Software Instructional Aids: Charts, Maps, Cartoons, Posters, Newspapers - Use of Mass Media in classroom Instruction - New EmergingMedia: Tele-Conferencing, Communication Satellites, Computer Networking, Word Processors, Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality.Economics club - Economics Resource Centre - Qualities of a good economics textbook - Qualities of an Economics teacher.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- Students’ seminar on Blended learning, Flipped classroom and Artificial Intelligence.
- Students’ Seminar on Lesson Plan Writing.
- Teacher talk / Invited talk on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Instructional Objectives.
- Teacher talk / Invited talk on Micro teaching Steps, Cycle, principles and on different skills like, skill of stimulus variation, skill of reinforcement and skill of questioning.
- Teacher talk on Herbartian Model and Morrison Teaching Model.