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 : ECONOMICS

OBJECTIVES :

The student teacher will be able –

1. to refresh the knowledge about the meaning, importance, nature, scope and aims of Economics.

2. to acquaint with the aims, objectives and value outcomes through teaching of Economics.

3. to develop ability to plan suitable instructions in Economics.

4. to organize group activities and projects to use various instructional strategies and methods for effective Teaching of the subject.

5. to establish correlation of Economics with other School subjects.

6. to develop skills to use various teaching Aids.

7. to develop Social efficiency among them.

8. to develop Social rationale for solving the different problems of Economics.

9. to develop skill to successfully use various evaluation Techniques and to interpret the results.

10. to develop appropriate attitude towards the subject and country’s Economy.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT - I : Nature, Scope and Objectives

(a) Meaning, nature and scope of Economics

(b) Importance of teaching Economics and its place in school curriculum.

(d) Correlation of Economics with other School Subjects.

UNIT- II : Curriculum and Planning

(a) Principles of curriculum construction in Economics.

(b) Presentation of syllabus at secondary and Higher secondary levels

(d) Unit plan in Economics.

(e) Daily lesson plan.

UNIT- III : Methods and Approaches to Teaching Economics

(a) Various methods of teaching Economics :

(i) Lecture Method

(ii) Problem solving method

(iii) Project method

(iv) Supervised study method

(v) Discussion method &

(vi) Inductive and Deductive method

(b) Various Techniques and devices of teaching Economics.

(d) Importance of Field Trips in Economics.

UNIT- IV : Instructional Support System

(a) Text-Book in Economics

(b) Economics Teacher- their qualities and professional growth.

(d) Innovative practices- Team teaching, teaching on Television, equipping Economics Room.

UNIT - V : Evaluation of Teaching Economics

(a) Concept and Importance of Evaluation.

(a) Preparation of achievement Test : -

(i) Various types of Questions.

(ii) Blue Print

(b) Construction of 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. 2. or from both the Units.

Q.No. 2 : There will be 2 questions with alternate choice from Unit No. 3.

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 :

(a) Writing one essay related to the topics prescribed on Unit I, Unit II, Unit III, Unit IV and Unit V

(b) Preparation of Unit test containing thirty items.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

Kanwar, B.S. : Teaching of Economics, Prakash Bros, Ludhiyana,1973.

Rai, B.C. : Methods of Teaching Economics, Publication Centre, Lucknow,1986.

Siddiqi, M.H. : Teaching of Economics, Ashish Publishing House, New Delhi 1993.

Bawa, Dr. M.S.(ed) : Teaching of Economics : Contemporary Methods and Strategies for Secondary and Senior Secondary levels, Teachers' Hand-book; Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Department of Education, University of Delhi, 1995.

Tyagi, G.D., Arthashastra Shikshan, Vinod Pustak Mandir, Agra-2005.