CEC Courses

Educational Administration, Management and leadership in School Education

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Educational administration is a process that includes the combined operation through which a country is maintained in good working conditions. It is a process of utilizing appropriate material in such a way as to promote effectively the development of human qualities. It includes all those techniques and procedures employed in operating the educational organization in accordance with established policies. Here the totality of resources are made available and made effective for accomplishing the purpose of an enterprise. Educational administration includes functions like planning, organizing, financing, directing, supervising, inspecting and evaluation. It is also concerned with elements like setting up of goals of education, review, feedback and innovation.Management in businesses and organizations is the function that coordinates the efforts of people to accomplish goals and objectives by using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management includes planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization to accomplish the goal or target. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources.Leadership is both a research area and a practical skill encompassing the ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations.The course- Perspectives, issues and research in teacher education is a 60 hour 4 credit course having 36 modules. The time distribution will be as follows:Self Study through Video & Text - 35 hoursParticipation in discussion forum - 05 hoursWeb Search/ Library Search - 10 hoursAssessment/Assignment - 10 hours

Physical Geography-II (Climatology & Oceanography)

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About Course :This course is designed to provide the candidates a good understanding about the atmospheric and oceanographic phenomenon.The study of Elements of Climate and the factors influencing the distribution of temperature and pressure are the key aspects covered. Apart from that the Heat budget, Insolation, Air masses, Fronts, Ocean currents are other interesting topics which enlighten the candidates to have a complete picture about the atmosphere and hydrosphere. This paper also explains how closely these two are associated with each other to determine the world climate and there by the life on this earth.Learners outcomes:• The students should be able to differentiate between weather and climate.• The students should be able to understand the horizontal and vertical distribution of temperature.• The students should be able to describe the relationship between air pressure and wind direction in cyclonic and anticyclonic movement.• The students should be able to describe tropical air masses and how they move and to describe what happens when different air masses meet.• The students should be able to explain how storms form, the relationship between jet stream position and storm movement, and make the distinction between warm fronts and cold fronts.About Course ModulesThere are totally 30 modules. Each module covers one topics, and three modules are completed in a week. Each topic consists of classroom Video with background graphics. Text material in the form of Power point and other material such as, Objectives, Summary, Glossary, FAQ, References, Transcript, Assignments and Quiz.The candidates can easily learn through this material without any difficulty to understand. The greatest advantage in this learning process is at your time and at your place. No any form of compulsion. At your free will you can learn. Candidates are also free to post questions through the swayam portal to get clarification about their doubts.Advantage of MOOC LearningIn an online platform the candidates are having free will to read material any number of times anywhere as well listen to videoany number of times until clearly understood. In a class room teaching once the class is over there is no scope to listen again.Hence I feel the students of today's generation have a great advantage to learn any subject online. Hope this opportunityprovided by the Ministry of India will be utilized.

Subject - Geology; Paper - Metamorphic Petrology & Thermodynamics

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This course is a basic to advance introduction for the post graduate students in petrology. Geology is plagued by the problem of in accessibility; they see only the tiny fraction of the rocks that composes the Earth. During the processes of uplift and the erosion on the surface, but their exact place of origin is vague. As a result, a large proportion of our information about earth is indirectly coming from analysis of subsurface materials, geophysical studies, or experiments conducted at variable temperature and pressure. Metamorphic rocks are the most common rock type on Earth, and their study allows us to put constraints on the pressure, stress and temperature conditions in the crust and mantle, and on the bulk composition in these environments. Metamorphism affects rocks in three ways; it changes their mineralogy, it changes their shape, and it can change their composition.In this course we will look at the processes behind metamorphism, the description, and classification of metamorphic rocks, and how to extract information from metamorphic rocks and minerals to determine the conditions under which they formed. Metamorphism means change in form. In geology the term is used to refer to a solid-state recrystallization of earlier igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks. Such study includes description and classification of rocks as well as interpretation of their origin. Petrology is subdivided into three major rock types: Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Igneous and metamorphic petrology are combined, due to the similarity of approach and principle involved during their formation. As per the syllabus of UGC based on CBCS, I henceforth use the term metamorphic petrology and thermodynamics is to study metamorphic rocks and their processes of formation within one single paper as basic to advance for the post graduate students.This course deals with the naturally occurring rocks in field as well as laboratory analysis data that provide sufficient information how they occur in the nature. It gives idea of modern petrological theories which are widely accepted for their origin. The course emphasis the petrology which cover the Geology & its Perspective, Career in geology, Structure and classification of the silicate minerals along with Definition of metamorphism, Factors controlling metamorphism, variables / agents and types / kinds of metamorphism – contact, regional, fault zone metamorphism, impact metamorphism. Types and classification based on metamorphic agent. Regional metamorphism and paired metamorphic belts with reference to the theory of plate tectonics. Mineralogical phase rule for closed and open systems, nature of metamorphic reactions, concept and classification of metamorphic facies and facies series, Introduction to ultrahigh temperature and ultrahigh pressure metamorphism. Metamorphic zones, isograde and reaction isograde, Concept of classification of metamorphic facies, facies-series and grade, structure and textures of metamorphic rocks; chemographic projection, graphical representation of metamorphic minerals assemblages; ACF, AKF, AFM and others diagram.Description of each facies of low, medium to high pressure and very high pressure with special reference to characteristic minerals, subdivision into zones / subfacies, mineral assemblages; Metamorphic reactions and pressure – temperature conditions of metamorphism. Regional metamorphism of pelitic, calcareous, basic, and ultra basic rocks and thermal metamorphism of calcareous and pelitic rocks. Schreinemakers rule and construction of petrogenetic grids, metamorphic differentiation, anatexis and origin of migmatites in the light of experimental studies. Laws of thermodynamics; Gibb’s free energy, entropy, ∆G of metamorphic reactions (solid-solid and dehydration reactions); Geothermobarometry and PT paths. Petrographic details of some important metamorphic rocks such as - slate, phyllite, schists, gneiss, quartzite, marble, charnockite, leptynite, khnodalite etc.The course definitely provides better understanding to students for the processes and principles involved during the origin and evolution of the metamorphic rocks. The course contains video, text, assignment; quiz, case studies, references etc and I hope it will be useful for the geology students within and outside India. Last but not least, I highly accept any comments, questions, or suggestion for the improvement of this course.

History of Indian Independence (1857-1950)

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The course is designed to offer an overall understanding of the historical processes the Indian society and polity underwent between 1857s and 1950s. These processes in critical ways conditioned the making of the subsequent Indian reality. The course, to be covered in 41 modules, will be delivered over a period of 8 WEEKS, or roughly over 2 calendar months. Between 5 to 6 lectures will be released every week. There will be a fixed slot for discussion, in which the Instructor and Teaching Assistants will respond to questions or queries raised by students. Every one of the 8 weeks is devoted to a particular theme divided into a number of lectures. Together, they present a historical perspective on the trajectory of the various processes, events and personalities, which left an imprint on the emergence of India as a nation state. It is designed with the typical UG history student in mind, and conforms to the UGC prescribed syllabus. Yet, its content and scope will appeal to anyone keen to study and understand the emergence of modern India.

Some Aspects of the Transformation of Society & Economy of Modern Europe, 15th-18th Century

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This course seeks to understand the process of transition to modernity in Europe between the 15th and the 18th centuries. The centuries covered here mark numerous transitions. The course begins by looking at Europe during what has been called the late medieval period and traces the transitions in economy, society, religion and thought processes during the next three centuries. It ends by looking at the beginning of the process of Industrialization opening a new era in European history.

Econometric Methods

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Give brief about course content / curriculum The econometric methods course may introduce the learners to the basics of building, estimating, assessing econometric models. This course covers the following topics: 1. Meaning, Definition, Scope of Econometrics2. Econometric Methodology3. Assumptions and advantages of Ordinary least square (OLS) method of estimation4. Estimation, Evaluation, Interpretation and reporting of econometric models.5. Implications of, detection of and solutions for OLS assumption violations8. Econometrics models with lag variables9. Econometric models and dummy variables10.Applications of Econometric models. 

Psychology Of Development And Learning

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This course is designed to orient the teacher students about the child development, personality and the process of Teaching and Learning. This course offers an overview of the study of childhood and adolescence. In the course, the concept of adolescence is situated in realistic and contextual frames. The course is organized around student-teachers developing capacities to look at, understand, interpret the universal notions about children and childhood, about growing up in realistic contexts and arriving at a critique of the notions of childhood and children and adolescents. The course can be taken by anybody at any level of teacher education and it can help the students to master all the basic ideas of Educational Psychology. The course is part of approved University Level curriculum for B.Ed. Course in all Indian Universities. The Course content is in tune with the Curriculum of Educational Psychology spread in first Two semesters of the 2 Year B.Ed. Curriculum as planned by NCTE in the national Level. The course is also designed in a way so as to help the teacher students of Elementary level also. Apart from that the modules included in the Course can be helpful even for the M.Ed. students. The course components detail various aspects of Child Development, Individual Differences, Learning process and ways to facilitate learning, Personality of the Learner and Various theories on Personality, Adjustment and Maladjustment, Mental Health, Exceptional Children and the importance of Guidance and Counselling to help the needy children. This course will enable student teachers to have a wider outlook on the realities of Classroom learning and Instruction. Once a student complete this course, he/ she can surely master in the Psychology of child development and Learning process.

Subject - Geology - Paper - Crystallography & Mineralogy

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This course is a basic to advance introduction for the undergraduate students pursuing B.Sc. Geology / Honous degree in Geology/ Engineering Graduate for Civil and Mining. Mineralogy is a pre-requisite course in petrology, geochemistry, and economic geology. The field of mineralogy cover a very broad area of study that includes, crystallography, chemical mineralogy or mineral chemistry, structures of minerals, genesis of minerals, optical mineralogy etc. Since mineralogy covers several aspects of geological sciences, it is indeed difficult to decide what aspects need to be included in core mineralogy for beginner students. Mineralogy also forms a part of curriculum in materials sciences, besides becoming a course in geological sciences. This course includes fundamental of crystallography and structural chemistry of minerals along with descriptive mineralogy. In my opinion crystallography and mineralogy together should continue to form the core course for the graduate students in geological sciences. As per the syllabus of UGC based on CBCS B.Sc. Geology, I henceforth use the term Crystallography and Mineralogy is to study rock forming minerals and their paragenesis, optical properties of minerals and crystallographic properties within one single paper as basic to advance for the under graduate students. This course deals with the naturally occurring minerals in field as well as laboratory analysis data that provide sufficient information how they occur in the nature. It gives idea of modern experimental mineralogical and crystallographic theories which are widely accepted for their origin. The course emphasis the Crystallographic and Mineralogy which cover the crystals and their characters, crystal form, face, edge, solid angle, interfacial angle and their measurements, crystallographic axes and angles, crystal parameters, Weiss and Miller system of notations, Symmetry element and description of normal class of Isometric, Tetragonal, Hexagonal, Trigonal, Orthombic, Monoclinic and Triclinic system. Introduction of mineralogy, Definition and characters of mineralogy, common physical properties of minerals, chemical composition, and diagnostic physical properties of minerals such as: Quartz, Orthoclase, Microcline, Hypersthene, Hornblende, Garnet, Muscovite, Biotite, chlorite, Olivine, Epidote, Calcite etc. Polarizing microscope, its parts and functioning, Ordinary and polarized lights, Common optical properties observed under ordinary, polarized lights and crossed nicols. Optical properties of some common rocks forming minerals.The course definitely provides better understanding to students for the understanding of crystallography, mineralogy, and optical mineralogy and its application involved during the origin and evolution of the rocks. The course contains video, text, assignment; quizzes, references etc, and I hope it will be useful for the geology students within and outside India. This 4 credits course run online for 16 weeks and finally end with examination. Last but not least, I highly accept any comments, questions, or suggestion for the improvement of this course.

Fundamentals of Business and Accounting for Managers

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Out of the total activities of the firm, It focuses upon the introduction to concept of Financial accounting, cost accounting and management accounting. It gives all basic accounting concepts, conventions and fundamentals of financial accounting standards. It deals with double entry Book keeping system. It includes the fundamentals and process of preparation of trial balance, profit and loss account and balance sheet. It includes fundamentals cost and management accounting. This unit gives you basic elements of cost and cost determination. It gives emphasis on cost management, cost sheet, cost behaviour and the concepts of absorption and marginal costing. It is all about financial analysis. It involve analysis and interpretation of financial statements and techniques of financial analysis, ratio analysis and cash flow analysis. It focuses upon budget and budgetary control, cost volume profit analysis and its applications. It also involves alternative choice decision making process like make or buy decisions, shut down decisions, product mix decisions, replacement decisions and so on.Objectives of the course (100 words):At the end of the course, the students shall be able to:⦁ To learn the fundamentals of accounting for managers.⦁ To understand fundamentals like accounting concepts, branches of accounting, nature of accounting, accounting standards.⦁ To prepare and analyze financial statements.⦁ To learn financial planning & control and major financial decisions.⦁ To understand and choose alternative choice decision making process.  ⦁ Eligibility for enrollment (25 words):Those who have passed students 10 + 2 with any subject specializations ⦁ Course prerequisite, intended audience and reading materials⦁ Prerequisite for admission in these courses will be 10 + 2 with any subject specializations⦁ Intended for any interested students of any background who want to learn marketing fundamentals.⦁ Reading materials References and web links provided in 3rd quadrant in all lectures ⦁ Learning outcomes:At the end of the course students will be able to understand the accounting fundamentals like accounting concepts, branches of accounting, nature of accounting, accounting standards, Preparation of financial statements, cost and management accounting fundamentals, financial analysis, planning and control. 

Statistics for Business Economics

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The present course has been specially designed for the students studying in the subject of Business Economy at CBCS undergraduate level. The course will cover the essential aspects of statistics useful in Business economics viz: correlation and regression, probability and distributions, sampling and testing of hypothesis, and index numbers. The course will mainly emphasize the different statistical methods. By studying this course students will taught how the problem of business economics can be handled using the methods of statistics. Many economic problems required use of statistical distributions and testing of hypothesis of the parameters involved to solve them. The course will emphasize especially the modern techniques along with their significance in the area of business economics.Objective of CourseThe structure of the present course on statistics for business economics has been designed with the perspective of achieving following major objectives: • To provide a glimpse of descriptive measures to the students. • To impart knowledge regarding the development of linear relationship between the two correlated variables to the students. • To develop detailed understanding of discrete and continuous distributions. • To adequate the students with concepts of sampling theory and how to draw sample from the given population to estimate the parameters of the population. • To give adequate information to the students regarding the testing of hypothesis such that how various types of tests can be utilized under different situations? • To make the students aware about the various types of index numbers and their constructions.

B.Ed (English) - Pedagogy of Teaching English

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Pedagogy of teaching English is an advanced course which aims at empowering participants with contemporary theoretical developments in language teaching. It also aims at developing critical thinking skills among participants in teaching English as a second language. The course is designed to raise and consolidate awareness of the principles and practice of teaching English to secondary school students and adult learners. The participants of this course will be exposed to a variety of techniques and their theoretical bases in order to help them take appropriate decisions. The content and lessons of this course are organized in the following four core units of learning:1.Unit-I : Critical Reflections on ELT2. Unit-II : Constructing Discourses-I3. Unit-II : Constructing Discourses-II, and4. Unit: IV. Understanding Assessment/FeedbackThe duration of the course will be 13 weeks where the participant shall be dealing with 52 papers. Weekly assignments will be provided that are considered for the internals.At the end of the course, student are expected to: 1. be able to reflect on the current practices in English language teaching .2. be able to draw insights from contemporary perspectives on language and language learning for designing pedagogical and classroom processes.3. be able to cognize language learning in terms of construction and production of discourse4. be able to acquire critical competencies to construe teaching and learning grammar from anti-behaviorist framework of mind.5. have a conceptual knowledge and effective application of various theories and procedures of assessment in classrooms.  

Plant groups

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The CC- Botany 1 entitled Plant Groups is actually a course on basic plant diversity and comprises of 40 modules. It gives a detailed account of different plant groups like virus, bacteria, algae, fungi including and mycorrhizae, archegoniates including bryophytes, pteridophytes and also the spermatophyte in the form gymnosperms. Each group have detailed discussion of their classification, ecological importance, classification and phylogeny, certain important type genera and also their economic importance. Thus by studying these 40 modules, a student should be able to understand and appreciate the major plant groups from microbes to gymnosperms which form the basis of plant sciences. Students from any branch of biological sciences will find these modules relevant and useful for their higher studies.

Evolutionary Biology

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This particular core course has been specifically designed for the students enrolled at College or University level in the subject of Zoology as per the UGC approved curriculum. The present core course can also be chosen by undergraduate students studying in the arenas of relevant biological science disciplines encompassing Life-Science, Microbiology, Botany, Genetics, Palaeontology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Forensic Science, Environmental Science, Biomedical Technology, Cancer Biology, Clinical Research, Bioinformatics and Medical science.The strategic planning of course units is as per the CBCS approved syllabus for Zoology. The structural organization of current core course splendidly covers all the essential aspects of evolutionary field. The course will give an introductory outline of basic Concept of Evolution. The course will also provide descriptive background about Origin of Life on the earth including Evolution of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells. The course will mainly focus on the explanation of various theories of evolution comprising of Lamarckism, Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism. The course will elaborately emphasize Evidences of Evolution in terms of Analogy, Homology, Paleontological Evidences, Embryological Evidences and Molecular Phylogeny. The course will also highlight Geological Time Scale and Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution in brief. This particular course will also impart comprehensive knowledge regarding principle Sources of Variation responsible for evolution. During this course, the course learners will be imparted extremely comprehensive understanding regarding key concepts of Population Genetics in terms of Hardy-Weinberg Law, Genetic Drift along with different Types of Natural Selection. The course will also provide adequate information about Micro-evolutionary changes, Speciation and Adaptive Radiation. The course will also cover detailed overview of Extinctions and its types. Apart from all these, the course will also discuss the Origin and Evolution of Man. The course will also impart glimpse of Phylogenetic Trees and explain their construction along with interpretation. Additionally, the course will also provide supplementary study material in order to explore various aspects of evolutionary biology field.Objectives of the course (100 words):The present core course on Evolutionary Biology has been magnificently designed with the perspective to achieve following principle objectives:⦁ To provide comprehensive overview of Concept of Evolution.⦁ To explain Origin of Life especially Prokaryotes as well as Eukaryotes in detail.⦁ To explore salient features of various theories of evolution comprising of Lamarckism, Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism.⦁ To impart detailed understanding of Analogy, Homology, Paleontological Evidences, Embryological Evidences and Molecular Phylogeny.⦁ To provide adequate information about Geological Time Scale and Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution.⦁ To develop comprehensive knowledge regarding various Sources of Variations and their role in evolution.⦁ To give detailed explanation of key concepts of Population Genetics in terms of Hardy-Weinberg Law, Genetic Drift and Types of Natural Selection.⦁ To provide adequate knowledge about Micro-evolutionary changes, Speciation and Adaptive Radiation.⦁ To give detailed outline of Extinctions and its types.⦁ To impart descriptive knowledge regarding Origin and Evolution of Man.⦁ To provide glimpse of Phylogenetic Trees and highlight their construction along with interpretation.Eligibility for enrollment (25 words):Those who have passed students (10 + 2) with biological subject with at least 55% marks and at present studying Zoology at undergraduate level.Course prerequisite, intended audience and reading materials:⦁ Pre-requisite for admission in this course will be 10+2 with any biological subject with at least 55% marks.⦁ Intended for the undergraduate students studying in the arenas of relevant biological science disciplines encompassing Life-Science, Microbiology, Botany, Genetics, Palaeontology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Forensic Science, Environmental Science, Biomedical Technology, Cancer Biology, Clinical Research, Bioinformatics and Medical science.⦁ Reading Materials References and Web links have been provided in 3rd quadrant in all the lectures.Learning Outcomes:At the end of the course, the students will be able to learn most of the essential aspects of Evolutionary Biology in detail which will help them in acquiring better understanding regarding the subject. 

Chemical Energetics, Equilibria and Functional Group Organic Chemistry-I

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This course ‘Chemical Energetics, Equilibria and Functional Group Organic Chemistry-I’ will cater to 2nd semester of CBCS based curricula of B.Sc. Chemistry and B.Sc. Physical Science (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) under the paper ‘Chemistry-DSC 2B: Chemical Energetics, Equilibria and Functional Group Organic Chemistry-I’. It will also cater to Generic Elective paper namely ‘Chemical Energetics, Equilibria and Functional Organic Chemistry-I’ of B.Sc. Honours with Chemistry CBCS syllabus.Thus the course will cover following topics:1. Chemical Energetics,2. Chemical Equilibrium,3. Ionic Equilibria,4. Aromatic hydrocarbons5. Alkyl and Aryl Halides6. Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers7. Aldehydes and KetonesThese topics will be covered in 13 weeks with intermediate assignments and will end with the final examination which will take an extra week.

Diet Management in Health and Disease

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Diet Management in Health and DiseaseThis course will give an insight into the diet management in health as well as in disease conditions. It helps in selection of foods, preparation methods and planning diet effectively to tackle the disease and to maintain body needs. Helps in reduction of malnutrition and improving the quality of life.