Kerala PSC Lecturer in Commerce Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2023: Download PDF, Link

Kerala PSC Lecturer in Commerce Syllabus 2023: Detailed

Unit 1: Community Resources

• Resources that enhance or facilitate the lives of people in a community – examples of community resources are factories, educational institutions, cinema halls, libraries, religious places, hospitals, community centers, parks, etc – make use of these resources in education as it develops a sense of value and belonging among students.

Unit 2: Community Engagement

• Community Engagement in Education – and symbiotic relationship that exists between communities and Education Institutions – sustainable networks, partnerships, communication media, and activities – Linking formal learning and the local community

Unit 3: Forms of community engagement

• Community-student engagement -Researching with the community, sharing knowledge with the community, Designing new curriculum and courses, Involving local practitioners as trainers, Social Innovation by students and the like

Unit 4: Practices for Community engagement

• Engagement practices and activities – formal or informal – include building relationships through collaboration initiatives, community campaigns, Community Survey, Community services, Excursions, cooperatives, small businesses, consultation meetings & conferences, sports events, cultural events, community development and community research projects.

Unit 5: Rural Community Development

• Social, economic, political and cultural framework of the rural society – Rural Resilience – Rural Institutions Close to Community, Participatory Learning – Approaches and Methods, Community Project Proposals and Project Management, Community living camps, Engagement with – School, Street Committee, Health Centre, Panchayat, SHGs – Programmes

Module II : Syllabus for General Subject – ICT in Education Total: 10 Marks

Unit 1: Potentials of ICT in Education

• ICT as a means to connect with the world – Pedagogy and ICT – Potentials and Advantages of Approaches to ICT
• Unit 2: ICT integration in Curriculum transaction
  Computer based Curricular planning- ICT Based Model of Curriculum Transaction – Considerations for integrating ICT – Innovations in Curriculum Transaction

Unit 3: ICT and Internet Resources for Teaching and Learning

• Resources – Access and Creation, resource mobilization – Web-based learning, Social Networking –Virtual learning Environment – Designing e-initiatives

Unit 4: ICT in Classrooms

• Creating Personal learning environments – ICT integrated Inclusive education – Assistive and Adaptive technologies

Unit 5: ICT for Assessment and Evaluation

• Purposes and Techniques of Evaluation, Scope of ICT for evaluation- Innovative Practices in Assessment & Evaluation

Module 3 : PERSPECTIVES OF EDUCATION (10 Marks)

PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF
EDUCATION

Philosophical perspectives of Education

• Role of education in philosophizing the issues of life –Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic, Phenomenology, Aesthetics and Axiology. Critical appraisal of schools of philosophy in the context of Twenty First Century – aims, content, methods an ongoing changes. Focus of education in the 21st century. Building perspectives on educational philosophies. Modern schools of Philosophy-Empiricism, Positivism, Relativism.- Post -structuralist views and eclectic views. Comparative study of philosophies and educational contributions of Indian and western thinkers

Psychological perspectives of education Learning and development

• Learner Characteristics and Learning styles with special reference to pre- primary, primary, secondary, higher secondary and adult learners Learning in twenty first century classrooms., Characteristics And types, Development – language development, emotional, moral, motor and identity development. Cognitive Functions Thinking, Reasoning, Problem Solving and Meta-cognition, Personality- types characteristics and development Intelligence-different types~ Multiple, Cultural, social and emotional, impact on learners. Mental Health-, Factors affecting Mental Health (parents, family environment, society, school practices) – Strategies for enhancing Mental health

Sociological perspectives of education

• Education for social security, wellness and progress, sustenance and transformation in society. Determinants of social change in the context of globalization.-Constraints on social change in India with respect to caste, ethnicity, class, language, religion, gender, regionalism, political interest
• Education and Secularism – Role of teacher in inculcating democracy and international values.- Pluralism – Role of education in creating unity in diversity- Nationalism and education.-Role of Education in addressing cultural lag, privatization, globalization and partnership in social progress – Current trends in social development and transformation of values in society.

Module 4 : Teaching aptitude (10 Marks)

Teaching aptitude.

• Teaching -characteristics, levels, phases and maxims
• Teaching methods, techniques and strategies
• Modern trends in professional development and ethics
• Technology integration in education
• Research, evaluation and innovations in classroom teaching, –

Module 5 : Research Aptitude (10 Marks)

• Research Meaning, Characteristics and Types
• Steps to Research
• Methods of Research
• Aims of Educational Research
• Research Ethics
• Research paper, Article, Workshop, Seminar, Conference and Symposium
• Thesis writings – its characteristics and Format

PART II (50 Marks)

MODULE 1: Conceptual bases of Commerce Education

• Commerce education: Meaning, Definitions and Nature – Academic and Vocational.
• Scope and Development of Commerce Education – academic, economic, social, international.
• Historical development and Modernization of commerce through technological advancement and LPG.
• Aims, objectives Values and Outcomes of Teaching Commerce
• Interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary approach in Commerce Education
• Outcome based education in commerce

MODULE 2: Nature and Scope of Pedagogical content knowledge analysis in Commerce (4 Marks)

• Pedagogical content knowledge analysis (PCK) – Meaning, Scope, Features of PCK analysis
• Significance of PCK analysis in commerce discipline.
• Relationship between pedagogic with content analysis Content Analysis – Procedure, facts, concepts, principles, process, rules, equations.
• Inter relationship between Technology – Pedagogy – Content
• Scope and purpose of Techno-Pedagogic Content Knowledge Analysis in commerce.
• Commerce Education and Bloom’s revised taxonomy

MODULE 3: Curriculum Design and Development in Commerce (6 Marks)

• Meaning, definition and functions of Curriculum.
• Modern trends in the construction of curriculum; Curriculum mapping; Approaches and Principles of Curriculum Construction
• Types of Curricula; Curriculum implementation and renewal; critical evaluation of the present Higher Secondary Commerce Curriculum
• Curriculum Designs and Models – ADDIE, ASSURE, 5 E
• Theroretical bases of Curriculum development – Constructivism, Multiple Intelligence; Emotional Intelligence; implications in Commerce Education
• Brief sketch about NCF 2005/KCF 2007/NEP 2020 with special reference to vocational and entrepreneurship education.
• Curriculum transaction: meaning and modes – Face to face mode, ICT enabled mode, blended mode and distance mode.
• Experience with e – curriculum designs – Design e-content, digital texts and e – transactional platforms
• Curriculum Evaluation and Assessment – Methods and approaches

MODULE 4: Instructional Resources and Pedagogical Practices (10 Marks)

• Instructional Resources in Teaching and Learning of Commerce – IT enabled instructional resources – School and Community Based Instructional Resources in Teaching Commerce – E –Twinning practices for resource sharing – Learning management system (LMS) in teaching learning of commerce education.
• Instructional Models, Strategies, Methods and Techniques – Suitability and criteria for selecting appropriate instructional model/strategy/method/technique in Commerce.
• Models of teaching – Introduction, Operational Heart, Different families, Concept Attainment Model, Inquiry Training Model, Group Investigation Model, Cognitive Apprenticeship Model
• Instructional strategies – Co-operative learning strategies, Collaborative learning strategies, Scaffolding strategies. – Experiential learning, blended learning, problem-based learning, teaching thinking skills, graphic organizer – Strategies to deal with Children with Special Needs (CWSN) – differently able, slow learner, advance learner, IED learner and ADH.
• Instructional methods – Lecture Method, Project method, socialized methods  Group discussion, seminar, debate, symposia, workshop, Problem solving method, Case studies, Source method, Inductive and Deductive, Analytical and  Synthetic method.
• Techniques of Teaching –Brain storming, Role play, Buzz session, simulation, Quiz session.

Module 5 : Global trends in commerce education (10 Marks)

• Global trends in commerce education – opportunities and challenges
• Technological developments in Commerce – e commerce, e banking, online trade and market, e governance, green business practices, Marketing Automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mobile Commerce, Augmented Reality, virtual reality.
• Entrepreneurship development and education – Start up initiatives, skilling, Entrepreneurship skills and competencies, ASAP programmes.
• Financial management skills and competencies, Consumer education – exploitation, protection, consumer rights, laws and policies
• Accounting skills – Core Generic Skills in Accounting – Strategies for developing problem solving skills in accounting and book keeping.

Module 6: Assessment in Commerce Education (5 Marks)

• Strategies of Assessment in Commerce Education – Formative and Summative Evaluation, Criterion Referenced and Norm Referenced Test, Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation Diagnostic test, Achievement test (OBE model), Performance test, prognostic test.
• Qualitative assessment – Self-reflection, Peer evaluation, reflective journal, Portfolio and e portfolios, Rubrics.
• Tools and techniques for assessment – e assessment tools
• Recent trends in Evaluation: Grading-Portfolio assessment; Rubrics, Standardization of Achievement test in Commerce; Evaluation of projects and seminar; E-assessment; computer assisted assessment; Online assessment tools; online quiz; online test.

Module 7: Technology for instruction in Commerce (7 Marks)

• Need and importance of technology in Commerce learning; IT enabled instructional resources; significance of online and web resources: videos, YouTube resources, animations, film clippings, e-journal, educational blogs, C.D’s, SAMAGRA, Educational broadcasting -VICTERS Channel, Video conferencing and Tele conferencing in teaching of commerce,.
• Computer Assisted Instruction- Simulation, Tutorial, Gaming, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Managed Learning
• Concept of e-learning- m-learning, blended learning, Multimedia learning

Module 8: Research in Commerce Education(5 Marks)

• Need and importance, Recent researches in Commerce learning with special
  emphasis to instructional strategies, curriculum designs, assessment.
• Ways and means for generating research culture, Researches on teaching students with diverse learning needs: different modalities and novel modes
• Researches on capacitating Technology in Commerce learning.

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