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 : BIOLOGY

OBJECTIVES :

The Student teacher will be able –

(1) to know the nature, place and objectives of teaching Biological Science at school level.

(2) to know the principles of curriculum construction in Biological Science.

(3) to evaluate critically the existing syllabus of Biology prescribed by the State Board.

(4) to know about the lesson and unit plans.

(5) to know the various methods and approaches to the Biological Science teaching.

(6) to know the various teaching of aids .

(7) to know about the organization of Biology lab, Science club and Science fair.

(8) to know the concept of evaluation and preparation of achievement test.

COURSE CONTENT

UNIT I : Nature, Scope and Objectives

(a) Nature of Science with special reference to Biology. Developments in Biology.

(b) Place of Biological Science in School curriculum.

UNIT II : Curriculum and planning

(a) Principles of constructing Biological Science curriculum at school level.

(b) Critical appraisal of Biology Syllabus at Secondary level prescribed by the State Board.

UNIT III : Method and Approaches

(a) Lecture-Demonstration method.

(b) Laboratory method.

(d) Problem solving method.

(e) Inquiry approach

(f) Programmed instruction.

(g) Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

UNIT IV : Instructional Support System

(a) Multi-sensory Aid : Charts, Models, Bulletin Board, Transparencies, Slides, Slide Projector, OHP, Computer, T.V.

(b) Organization of Biology laboratory

UNIT V : Evaluation

(a) Concept of evaluation, Formative and Summative evaluation.

(b) Types of test items and their construction.

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 :

Any one of the following:-

1. Write an essay on any one of the topic.

2. Design and describe any two low cost teaching models.

3. Preparing transparencies on any unit of Biological l Science.

4. Construction of an achievement test.

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

1. Sood,J.K., 1987: Teaching Life Sciences, Kohali Publisher,Chandigarh.

2. Sharma ,L.M.,1977 : Teaching of Science & Life Science, Dhanpat Rai & Sons,Delhi

3. Kulshrestha ,S.P., 1988 : Teaching of Biology,Loyal Book Depot ,Meerut

4. Yadav K., 1993 : Teaching of Life Science, Anmol Publisher,Daryaganj Delhi.

5. Yadav,M.S., 2000 : Modern Methods of Teaching Science, Anmol Publishers, Delhi.

6. Singh, U.K.& Nayab, A.K., 2003 : Science Education Commonwealth Publishers, Daryaganj,New Delhi

7. Venkataih, S., 2001 : Science education in 21st century Anmol Publishers, Delhi

8. Yadav,M.S.(Ed.), 2000 : Teaching Science at Higher Level, Anmol Publishers,Delhi

9. Ediger,Marlow & Rao, D.B., 2003 : Teaching Science Successfully Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi

10. Mangal, S.K., 1996 : Teaching of Science, Arya Book Depot, New Delhi

11. Dave,R.H., 1969 : Taxonomy of Educational objectives & Achievement Testing, London University Press, London.

12. Sood,J.K., 1989 : New Directions in Science Teaching, Kohli Publishers, Chandigarh.