Ms.Preetika
Sharma (Faculty Home Science)
Asstt.
Professor , Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana
The Preparation Guidance
With CBSE-NET just a few days away, it is the time to
finalize the preparation and give a boost to the revision and consolidation
schedule. Management of anxiety and
study hours now holds the key to give the final shape to the preparation. To
help the CBSE-NET Home Science aspirants, Mantram talked to Ms. Preetika
Sharma. Presently Ms. Sharma is Faculty Home Science, Assistant Professor, Khalsa College for
Women, Ludhiana.
Here is what Ms. Sharma suggested to the aspirants...
Hello Aspirants,
Troubled with never ending eligibility criteria on the job
front? Well! It’s good to go. At least for the Home Science brigade (wink). At
the first place, be proud that you are a part of this brigade. Home Science or
Home Economics as it is called on the international front is a very diverse
subject consisting of comprehensive details on almost any subject you name.
Lucky, that we are spared the intense calculations of Mathematics. The major
areas being Food and Nutrition, Human Development, Clothing and Textiles and
Family Resource Management. Apart from this subjects like Communication and
Extension Education, Research Methodology and Scientific Writing also form an
integral part of the curriculum.
Aiming CBSE-NET (Home Science), there is no subject that you
can skip. The entire content is important. This is not to be feared about. The
only step to it is management of time and content.
- Identify the pattern of exam: Look out in the previous question papers for the pattern of questions asked in the examination. This will help you in studying with focus. More so, the subject content can also be covered in this manner.
- Long live the text books: But not for this competition. Practically, it is impossible to track down each and every subject book in much detail. The time for exam preparation is not to study hard, but to study smart.
- Time management: Well, 6-7 hours of sincere self-study can get you through. These numbers are not here to scare the hell out of you. A normal adult has about 20 minutes of attention span. So relax! Take short breaks and study well.
Recommended Readings:
- Trueman’s, Modern and Arihant for paper II and III CBSE-NET Home Science.
- Previous years question banks with answer keys.
- Teaching of Home Science by SeemaYadav
- Teaching of Home Science by PriyaBhargav
For detailed content of the subject matter:
- Food Science by B.Srilakshmi
- Dietetics by B.Srilakshmi
- Child Development by Elizabeth Hurlock
- Life Span Development by Santrock
- Educating Special Children: An introduction to Special Education by SK Mangal
- Clothing and Textiles by NeeruGarg
- Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
- Clothing Contruction by Shree DoongajiFamily Resource Management by Tami Moore
- Family Resource Management: Principles and Applications by Ruth E. Deacon
- House and Home by Carter
- Management for Modern Families by Gross Crandall and Knoll
- The Home and Family: An Elementary Book of Home Making by Helen Kinne
- Handbook of Journalism and Mass Communication by Aggarwal and Gupta
- Introduction to Mass Communication by Stanlay J. Baran
- Mass Communication and Journalism by R. Gupta
- Understanding Extension Education by Maimun Nisha
- Research Methodology in Social Sciences by G. Ramesh Babu
- Science Research Writing by Hilary Glasman
- Deal Writing for Social Scientists by Howard S. Becker
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