Teaching of Social Science

Contents
1. What are Social Sciences?
1.1 Meaning of Social Sciences
1.2 Development of Social Sciences
1.3 Common Elements of the Social Sciences Approach or Perspective
1.4 Scope of Social Sciences
1.5 Importance of Social Sciences
1.6 Role of Social Scientists in India
1.7 Aims of Teaching Social Sciences
2. What is Social Studies?
2.1 What is Social Studies?
2.2 The Features of Social Studies as a School Subject
2.3 Aims of Teaching Social Studies
2.4 Meaning of Social Studies
2.5 The Functions of Teaching Social Studies: Views of Scholars
2.6 Approaches to Social Studies
2.7 Social Studies Assumes the name "Social Sciences" now in India
3. Similarities & Differences Between Social Sciences and Social Studies
3.1 Similarities
3.2 Differences
4. Aims & Objectives of Teaching Social Sciences
4.1 Aims and Objectives of Teaching Social Sciences as a Compulsory Subject up to Class X in Indian Schools
4.2 Critical Assessment
43 Aims and Objectives of Teaching Social Science Subjects as Elective Subject in Classes XI and XII
5. Curricular Approaches in Social Sciences
5.1 Curricular Approaches
5.1.1 Presenting subject content
5.1.2 Coordination approach
5.1.3 Correlation approach
5.1.4 Concentric approach
5.1.5 Spiral approach
5.1.6 Fusion approach or Integrated approach
5.1.7 Unit approach
5.1.8 Chronological approach
5.1.9 Regressive approach
6. Instructional Strategies of Social Sciences
6.1 Lecture Strategy
6.2 Lecture-cum-Discussion Strategy
6.3 Questioning Strategy
6.4 Demonstration Strategy
6.5 Inviting Guest Speakers
6.6 Source Method
6.7 Supervised Study
6.8 Creative Teaching Methods
6.9 Individualized Instruction
6.10 Programmed Instruction
6.11 Computer Assisted Instruction / Learning...
6.12 Project Method or Project Work
6.13 Field Work
6.14 Assignment Method
6.15 Discussion
6.16 Debate
6.17 Symposium
6.18 Panel Discussion
6.19 Socialized Recitation
6.20 Brain-storming
6.21 Scenario Building
7. Instructional Media in Social Sciences
7.1 Realia
Maps
Globes
Timelines
7.8 Newspaper Cuttings
7.9 Films
7.10 Internet Resources
8. Co-curricular Activities in Social Sciences
8.1 Educational Visits, Fieldtrips, Excursions and Tours
8.2 Social Surveys
8.3 Bulletin Board
8.4 Magazine
8.5 Drama
8.6 Exhibition
8.7 Collaboration with NGOs
8.8 Street Shows
8.9 Use of Community Resources
8.10 Arranging Lectures in the Community, Villages and Slums etc.
9. Desirable Competencies and Role Set of a Social Science Teacher
9.1 Views of Scholars
9.2 Teacher's Role Set
10. Instructional Process in Social Sciences
10.1 The General Aims and Objecjtives of Teaching the Subject Concerned
10.2 Assumptions about the Students' Previous Knowledge
10.3 The Essential Three Phases or Stages of the Instructional (Teaching) Process... 138
10.3.1 Pre-active Stage or the Planning stage
10.3.2 Interactive-Active Stage of Teaching
10.3.3 Post-active stage
10.4 The Three Levels of Teaching
10.5 Planning the Teaching Units: Semester-wise, Quarterly, Monthly, Weekly.
10.6 The Instructional Strategy or Strategies
which you like to adopt in teaching a lesson...
10.7 The co-curricular activity or activities which you will like to organize for your students
10.8 The Instructional Media (Audio-visual aids). which you will like to use in teaching a certain lesson
10.9 Preparing the Lesson Plan for each Period
10.10 Steps in Lesson Plan
10.11 Sample Proforma or Format for Lesson Plans...
10.12 Lesson Observation Schedule
10.13 Specifying Objectives
10.14 How to Use Blackboard
10.15 How to Select or Prepare an Auido-visual Aid...
10.16 Some Lesson Plans in Social Sciences
Economics
Lesson Plan-1
Topic: Dynamics of Human Development
Sub-Topic: Challenges of Human Development
Lesson Plan-2
Topic: Towards Liberalization & Globalization Sub-Topic: Globalization & Liberalization in India
Lesson Plan-3
Topic: Towards Liberalization & Globalization
Sub-Topic: New Economic Policy (NEP) of India
Lesson Plan-4
Topic: Towards Liberalization & Globalization
Sub-Topic: World Trade Organization (WTO)
History
Lesson Plan-5
Topic: Causes of the American War of Independence
Political Science
Lesson Plan-6
Unit: The United Nations
Lesson Plan-7
Topic: Human Rights
Geography
Lesson Plan-8
Unit: The Planet Earth
Lesion Plan-9
Topic: Maps as Aid to Understanding Environment
Sub-Topic: Scale, Directions, Representation of Relief Features
Economics
Lesson Plan-10
Unit Towards Economic Development - Foreign Trade
Social Studies/Sciences
Lesson Plan-11
Unit: Nigeria (Land of Palm Oil)
Lesson Plan-12
Topic: Public Property
Economics
Lesson Plan-13
Topic: India's Peace Initiative
Sub-Topic: Panchsheel & India's Policy of Non-alignment
Units & Specimen Lessons in Sociology
Unit-1: Socialization
Lesson Plan-1, 2 & 3
Topic: i) Stages of the Process of Socialization
Factors of the Process of Socialization
Lesson Plan-4 & 5
Topic: Agencies of Socialization
Lesson Plan-6
Topic: Elements of Socialization & Concepts of Individualization
Lesson Plan-7
Topic: Meaning of Family
Lesson Plan-8
Topic: Nature of Family
Lesson Plan-9
Topic: Origin of Family
Lesson Plan-10 & 11
Topic Forms of Family
Unit-3: Democracy and Its Problems
Lesson Plan-12
Topic: Meaning and Problems of Democracy
Lesson Plan-13
Topic: Solution of the Problems of Democracy
Lesson Plan-14
Topic: Need for Education in Democracy
Lesson Plan-15
Topic: Importance of Education in Democracy
Lesson Plan-16
Topic: Need for National Integration
Lesson Plan-17
Topic: Efforts for Increasing Emotional Integration
11. Assessing Students' Performance in Social Sciences
11.1 Classification of Evaluation Techniques
11.1.1 Qualitative evaluation
11.1.2 Quantitative tests
12. Preparation of a Question Paper
13. Social Science Laboratory or Resource Room