Syllabus
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Course Code: 814 Course Name: Group - II (iii) PEDAGOGY OF ECONOMICS |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. NATURE & SCOPE OF TEACHING OF ECONOMICS • Meaning, Nature and Scope of Economics as a school subject. • Aims and Objectives of teaching Economics at School level • Values of Teaching Economics in present scenario. • Taxonomy and behavioural Objectives in Economics. • Correlation of Economics with Public Finance, Commerce, Law, Geography, Mathematics, Natural Science and Sociology. • Understanding terminology of Economics: Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Market, Production, Business Economics and Budgeting. |
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| 2 | 2. PEDAGOGICAL ANALYSIS AND LESSON PLANNING • Meaning and Importance of Pedagogical Analysis. • Content : - Poverty as Challenge facing India - Indian economy - Globalization - Inflation& Deflation - Employment • Pedagogical Analysis : Following points should be followed for pedagogical analysis on topics: a) Identification of concept b) Listing behavioral outcomes c) Listing activities and experiments. d) Listing evaluation techniques. • lesson planning in Economics: Need & Importance, Basic Elements & its Preparation • Skills of teaching Economics: Skill of Explaining. Skill of Illustration with Examples, Skill of Probing Questions and Skill of Stimulus Variation. |
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| 3 | 3. TEACHING LEARNING RESOURCES AND PROCESS • Meaning, Importance and Principles of designing a good Curriculum of Economics, Critical Appraisal of the Existing Curriculum in Economics, Suggestions for improvement. Approaches of organizing the curriculum of Economics. • Meaning & Importance of Co-curricular activities. Economics Club – Meaning, Importance and Organization. • Teaching Learning Material: Textbook & Reference Books, Documentaries, Graphs, Tables, News Papers, Library and E-resources (Blog, World Wide Web, and Social Networking.) |
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| 4 | 4. APPROACHES AND EVALUATION IN TEACHING • Teaching Economics through Discussion method, Project method, Problem-solving, Dramatization, Survey and Field visit. • Meaning, Importance and Types of Evaluation in Economics. • Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation: Meaning, importance & Process. Construction of Achievement Test – Concept and Steps. |
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| 5 | Praticum/Sessional Any one of the following: i. Explore how cartoons, advertisements, graphs, currency, pictures can be used for teaching Economics. ii. Content Analysis and preparation of instructional material related to any unit iii. Prepare ten (10) slides related to economics teaching content at senior secondary level. iv. Critical appraisal of economics text books at senior secondary level. v. Field Visits ( Banks, Small-Scale Industries, Consumer Cells) |
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