UNIT- I : AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING COMPUTER SCIENCE

Meaning, Nature, Scope, Need and Significance, Values,Aims and Objectives : Instructional objectives and Behavioural 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.

Unit-II: TEACHING SKILLS

Micro-Teaching : Concept, Definition, Steps, Cycle , Micro-teaching Vs Macro-Teaching - Skill of Set Induction - Skill of Explaining , Skill of Questioning , Probing skills, Skill of Stimulus Variation, Skill of Reinforcement, Skill of non-verbal clues, Skill of Closure - Link lesson – Model episode.

Unit – III : APPROACHES OF TEACHING

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.

Unit-IV: METHODS OF TEACHING

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).

Unit-V : INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA

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.