Pedagogy of History – I

Syllabus

UNIT – 1  AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING HISTORY
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 – 2  TEACHING SKILLS

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

UNIT – 3 APPROACHES OF TEACHING
Approaches of Teaching History: The Concentric Approach,
Topical Approach, Chronological Approach, Unit Approach,
Correlated Approach and Integrated Approach Lesson
Planning: Need for Lesson Planning, Steps in Lesson
Planning, – Organizing Teaching: Memory Level (Herbartian
Model), Understanding Level (Morrison teaching Lesson Plan
Model), Reflective Level (Bigge and Hunt Teaching Model)-
Unit Plan Writing.

UNIT- 4 METHODS OF TEACHING
Lecture Method, Problem Solving Method, Biographical
Method, Story-telling Method, Discussion Method, Socialised
Recitation Method, Source Method, Unit Method, Team
Teaching, Supervised Study, 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 – 5  INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA
Meaning- Need and Importance of Instructional Aids –
Psychological Bases of Hardware and Software Technologies:
Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experiences, Multi-sensory Instruction
Hardware Instructional Aids: Motion Pictures, Computers,
Projectors and Tab – Software Instructional Aids: Geotag,
Charts, Maps, Globes, Cartoons, Posters, Newspapers – Use
of Mass Media in classroom Instruction New Emerging Media:
Tele-Conferencing, Communication Satellites, Computer
Networking, Word Processors, Blended Learning, Flipped
Classroom, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality.