SHAH GOVERDHAN LAL KABRA

TEACHERS' COLLEGE (C.T.E.) JODHPUR - Raj.

[ Upgraded as College for Teacher Education by

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi. ]

(Affiliated to Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur)

(Managed by : Shri Mahesh Shikshan Sansthan)

PAPER - V & VI : HOME SCIENCE

 

 

      OBJECTIVES :

 

      The student teacher will be able –

 

        1   to understand the nature and importance of Home Science and its correlation with other subjects.

      2.  to understand aims and objectives of the teaching of Home Science as a subject.

      3.  to realise the essential unity between laboratory work and theoretical background of the subject.

     4.  to analyse school syllabus of the subject in relation to its applicability to practical situation and adaptability of the curriculum to local needs.

      5.   to utilise effectively the instructional material in teaching Home Science.

      6.  to construct test-items to measure objectives belonging to various cognitive levels.

      7.   to identify specific learning difficulties in Home Science and to provide suitable remedial individual instructions to them.

 

COURSE CONTENT

 

        UNIT I :

      (a)       Nature and meaning of Home Science.

      (b)       Values and importance of Home Science for students of Higher Secondary stage

      (c)       Correlation of Home Science with other subjects.

      (d)       Aims and objectives of Home Science teaching (Bloom’s approach to specify the outcomes).

 

        UNIT II :

      (a)       Problem solving Method

      (b)       Demonstration Method

      (c)       Experimental Method

      (d)       Project Method

      (e)       Lecture-cum-demonstration Method

      (f)        Question-answer technique

     (g)       Text-book

      (h)       Dramatisation and Field Trips.

 

       UNIT III :

      (a)       Concept of Planning for Home Science Teaching

      (b)       Various steps of Planning- Unit and Daily Lesson plans.

      (c)       Importance and advantages of Unit and Daily Lesson plans.

      (d)       Qualities of a good Home Science Teacher.

      (e)       Role of the Home Science Teacher.

 

        UNIT IV : Specific uses of the following in the teaching of Home Science:    

      (a)       Audio-visual aids in the teaching of Home Science.

      (b)       Laboratory (Location, Building)

      (c)       Charts

      (d)       Diagrams

      (e)       Blackboard

      (f)         Reference books

      (g)       Graphs

      (h)        Radio

      (i)         T.V.

      (j)         Magazine

      (k)        Computer

 

        UNIT V :

      (a)        Curriculum in Home Science for different stages of school instruction.

      (b)        Concept of evaluation.

      (c)        Criteria of good evaluation

      (d)        Merits and limitations of evaluation.

      (e)        Preparation of blue-print of the Unit Test.

 


 

        SCHEME OF EXAMINATION:

 

      Distribution of questions shall be as follows:

 

      There shall be two parts in this Paper i.e. Part ‘A’ and Part ‘B’ and the distribution of questions shall be as under:

 

        PART- A: SHORT ANSWER-TYPE QUESTIONS:

 

      10 QUESTIONS: Two (2) questions shall be asked from each Unit. The students shall be required to attend Eight (8) questions and

      each  question will carry Five (5) marks.

 

        PART – B : ESSAY-TYPE QUESTIONS:

 

      3 QUESTIONS: All these three questions will be compulsory. Each question will carry 10 Marks.

 

      Q.No. 1 : There will be 2 questions with alternate choice either from Unit No. 1 or Unit No. 3. or from both the Units.

      Q.No. 2 :  There will be 2 questions with alternate choice from Unit No. 2.

      Q.No. 3 :  There will be 2 questions with alternate choice from Unit No. 4 or Unit No. 5 or from both the Units.

 

        SESSIONAL WORK:

 

      Any one of the following:

 

      (a)                 Writing of any Essay on any topic based on the contents of the above Units.

      (b)                 Preparation of visual-aid for solving community nutrition problem.

 

 

        BIBLIOGRAPHY :

 

       1.       Sherry, G.P. and Saran, D.P. : Grah Vigyan Shikshan, Vinod Pustak Mandir, Agra, 1969

       2.       Asthana, S.R. : Griha Vigyan ka Addhyapan, Laxmi Narain Agarwal, Agra, 1968

       3.       Sarla Sharil : Banana Seekho, Atmaram & Sons, Delhi, 1962

       4.       Dass, R.R. and Ray, Binita : Teaching of Home Science, Sterling Publishers Pvt., New Delhi, 1984

       5.       Sukhiya, S.P. and Mehrotra : Grah Vigyan Shikshan, Haryana Sahitya Akademy, Chandigarh, 1984

       6.       Agarwal, Laxminarayan, Teaching of Home Science.

       7.       Sherry, G.P. : Home Management