Prepare individuals to teach Mathematics in middle and secondary schools.
Meaning, Nature, Scope, Need and Significance, Values, Aims and Objectives: Instructional objectives and Behavioral Objectives – Need and Importance of Instructional Objectives. 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.
Micro-Teaching : Concept, Definition, Steps, Cycle, Micro-teaching Vs Macro-Teaching - Micro Teaching Skills: Skill of Set Induction, Skill of Explaining, Skill of Blackboard Usage, Skill of Questioning, Probing skills, Skill of Stimulus Variation, Skill of Reinforcement, Skill of non-verbal clues, Skill of Closure - Link lesson – Model episode.
Approaches of Lesson Planning - Steps - Organizing Teaching: Memory Level (Herbartian Model), Understanding Level (Morrison teaching Model), Reflective Level (Bigge and Hunt Teaching Model)– Unit Plan – Lesson Plan Writing.
Teacher Centered Instruction: Lecture method, Demonstration and Team Teaching – Learner Centered Instruction: Self-Learning – Forms of Self-Learning: Programmed Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Keller Plan, Project Method, Activity Based Learning (ABL), Active Learning Method (ALM)-Mind Map, Advanced Active Learning Method (AALM).
Classification of Instructional Media – Use of Mass media in classroom Instruction. New Emerging Media: Tele-Conferencing, Communication Satellites, Computer Networking, Word Processors, Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality.
