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                                                 BLOOMS TAXONOMY                                                                                                                           D r.M.MARIA SAROJA Research Director , IQAC Coordinator&  Associate Professor for Biological Science    St.Ignatius College of Education(Autonomous),   Palayamkottai Tirunelveli-2 Introduction  The Taxonomy Group The idea for the classification of educational objectives first of all came up at an informal meeting of college examiners attending the 1948 American Psychological that Association convention in Boston U.S.A. The examiners at this meeting felt the same theoretical frame work which could be utilized to exchange ideas and material, among test workers shall facilitate communication among examiners. The work done by the Taxonomy group started in 1949. The examiners agreed that educational objectives should be classified under the following three domains 1.   Cognitive 2.   Affective
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  AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE                                                                                                                              Dr.M.MARIA SAROJA Research Director , IQAC Coordinator&  Associate Professor for Biological Science    St.Ignatius College of Education(Autonomous),   Palayamkottai Tirunelveli-2 Introduction  One of the important aims of education is to help students to become responsible democratic citizens of the country. The responsibility of science teachers is not only to teach facts, principles, and processes of science, but also to facilitate students to discharge their social responsibilities and preserve democracy as well. They should appreciate how science and technology have developed and are affected by many diverse individuals, cultures, and societies. They need to be encouraged to appreciate and participate in the responsible use of science and technology for the benefit of society, to visualize future of our
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  UNIT-I- OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE Notes Prepared by Dr. M.Maria Saroja Research Director, IQAC Coordinator & Associate Professor of Biological Science   Major Instructional Objectives If science programme in the schools is to be effective, we must know what we are trying to accomplish and then put in all our efforts to achieve it. Any subject in the school curriculum should try to achieve the general aims of education set to make the child a good citizen who can adjust himself and participate in the democratic set up of society. Individual development in all the dimensions of child’s personality and the social efficiency and the like are some other general aims of education. It is, however, out of the scope of this book to discuss all those aims. We shall limit our discussion to the main objectives of science teaching which are dealt under the following heads : 1. Knowledge     2. Skills           3. Abilities.     4. Attitudes. 5. Trai
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